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Chemical synthesis of peptidoglycan mimetic–disaccharide-tetrapeptide conjugate and its hydrolysis by bacteriophage T5, RB43 and RB49 L-alanyl-D-glutamate peptidases
BACKGROUND: Endolysins of a number of bacteriophages, including coliphages T5, RB43, and RB49, target the peptidoglycans of the bacterial cell wall. The backbone of these bacterial peptidoglycans consist of alternating N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylmuramic acid residues that is further “reinforced...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8140593/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34055493 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11480 |
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author | Azev, Viatcheslav Chulin, Alexey Molchanov, Maxim Prokhorov, Dmitry Mikoulinskaia, Galina Uversky, Vladimir N. Kutyshenko, Viktor |
author_facet | Azev, Viatcheslav Chulin, Alexey Molchanov, Maxim Prokhorov, Dmitry Mikoulinskaia, Galina Uversky, Vladimir N. Kutyshenko, Viktor |
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description | BACKGROUND: Endolysins of a number of bacteriophages, including coliphages T5, RB43, and RB49, target the peptidoglycans of the bacterial cell wall. The backbone of these bacterial peptidoglycans consist of alternating N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylmuramic acid residues that is further “reinforced” by the peptide subunits. Because of the mesh-like structure and insolubility of peptidoglycans, the processes of the peptidoglycan binding and hydrolysis by enzymes cannot be studied by spectral methods. To overcome these issues we synthesized and analyzed here one of the simplest water soluble peptidoglycan mimetics. METHODS: A compound has been synthesized that mimics the peptidoglycan fragment of the bacterial cell wall, N-acetylglucosaminyl-β(1-4)-N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanyl-γ-d-glutamyl-l-alanyl-d-alanine. NMR was used to study the degradation of this peptidoglycan mimetic by lytic l-alanoyl-d-glutamate peptidases of colibacteriophages T5, RB43, and RB49 (EndoT5, EndoRB43, and EndoRB49, respectively). RESULTS: The resulting glycopeptide mimetic was shown to interact with the studied enzymes. Its hydrolysis occurred through the bond between l-Ala and d-Glu. This artificial substrate mimetic was hydrolyzed by enzymes at different rates, which decreased outside the pH optimum. The EndoT5 demonstrated the lowest hydrolysis rate, whereas the EndoRB49-driven hydrolysis was the fastest one, and EndoRB43 displayed an intermediate potency. These observations are consistent with the hypothesis that EndoRB49 is characterized by the lowest selectivity, and hence the potentially broader spectrum of the peptidoglycan types subjected to hydrolysis, which was put forward in the previous study. We also show that to hydrolyze this glycopeptide mimetic, enzymes approach the glycopeptide near the methyl groups of all three alanines. |
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spelling | pubmed-81405932021-05-27 Chemical synthesis of peptidoglycan mimetic–disaccharide-tetrapeptide conjugate and its hydrolysis by bacteriophage T5, RB43 and RB49 L-alanyl-D-glutamate peptidases Azev, Viatcheslav Chulin, Alexey Molchanov, Maxim Prokhorov, Dmitry Mikoulinskaia, Galina Uversky, Vladimir N. Kutyshenko, Viktor PeerJ Biochemistry BACKGROUND: Endolysins of a number of bacteriophages, including coliphages T5, RB43, and RB49, target the peptidoglycans of the bacterial cell wall. The backbone of these bacterial peptidoglycans consist of alternating N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylmuramic acid residues that is further “reinforced” by the peptide subunits. Because of the mesh-like structure and insolubility of peptidoglycans, the processes of the peptidoglycan binding and hydrolysis by enzymes cannot be studied by spectral methods. To overcome these issues we synthesized and analyzed here one of the simplest water soluble peptidoglycan mimetics. METHODS: A compound has been synthesized that mimics the peptidoglycan fragment of the bacterial cell wall, N-acetylglucosaminyl-β(1-4)-N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanyl-γ-d-glutamyl-l-alanyl-d-alanine. NMR was used to study the degradation of this peptidoglycan mimetic by lytic l-alanoyl-d-glutamate peptidases of colibacteriophages T5, RB43, and RB49 (EndoT5, EndoRB43, and EndoRB49, respectively). RESULTS: The resulting glycopeptide mimetic was shown to interact with the studied enzymes. Its hydrolysis occurred through the bond between l-Ala and d-Glu. This artificial substrate mimetic was hydrolyzed by enzymes at different rates, which decreased outside the pH optimum. The EndoT5 demonstrated the lowest hydrolysis rate, whereas the EndoRB49-driven hydrolysis was the fastest one, and EndoRB43 displayed an intermediate potency. These observations are consistent with the hypothesis that EndoRB49 is characterized by the lowest selectivity, and hence the potentially broader spectrum of the peptidoglycan types subjected to hydrolysis, which was put forward in the previous study. We also show that to hydrolyze this glycopeptide mimetic, enzymes approach the glycopeptide near the methyl groups of all three alanines. PeerJ Inc. 2021-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8140593/ /pubmed/34055493 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11480 Text en © 2021 Azev et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited. |
spellingShingle | Biochemistry Azev, Viatcheslav Chulin, Alexey Molchanov, Maxim Prokhorov, Dmitry Mikoulinskaia, Galina Uversky, Vladimir N. Kutyshenko, Viktor Chemical synthesis of peptidoglycan mimetic–disaccharide-tetrapeptide conjugate and its hydrolysis by bacteriophage T5, RB43 and RB49 L-alanyl-D-glutamate peptidases |
title | Chemical synthesis of peptidoglycan mimetic–disaccharide-tetrapeptide conjugate and its hydrolysis by bacteriophage T5, RB43 and RB49 L-alanyl-D-glutamate peptidases |
title_full | Chemical synthesis of peptidoglycan mimetic–disaccharide-tetrapeptide conjugate and its hydrolysis by bacteriophage T5, RB43 and RB49 L-alanyl-D-glutamate peptidases |
title_fullStr | Chemical synthesis of peptidoglycan mimetic–disaccharide-tetrapeptide conjugate and its hydrolysis by bacteriophage T5, RB43 and RB49 L-alanyl-D-glutamate peptidases |
title_full_unstemmed | Chemical synthesis of peptidoglycan mimetic–disaccharide-tetrapeptide conjugate and its hydrolysis by bacteriophage T5, RB43 and RB49 L-alanyl-D-glutamate peptidases |
title_short | Chemical synthesis of peptidoglycan mimetic–disaccharide-tetrapeptide conjugate and its hydrolysis by bacteriophage T5, RB43 and RB49 L-alanyl-D-glutamate peptidases |
title_sort | chemical synthesis of peptidoglycan mimetic–disaccharide-tetrapeptide conjugate and its hydrolysis by bacteriophage t5, rb43 and rb49 l-alanyl-d-glutamate peptidases |
topic | Biochemistry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8140593/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34055493 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11480 |
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