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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2018

Structure and function of the bacillithiol-S-transferase BstA from Staphylococcus aureus.

Joel W Francis, Christopher J Royer, Paul D Cook

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Article in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joel W FrancisDepartment of Chemistry, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, 49401.
Christopher J RoyerDepartment of Chemistry, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, 49401.
Paul D CookDepartment of Chemistry, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan, 49401.
Grand Valley State University · US

Funding

Studies of the bacillithiol biosynthesis and utilization enzymesR15GM117488 · NIGMS · GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY · PI COOK, PAUL D. · 2016 to 2020
$767k
NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM117488
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacillithiol is a low-molecular weight thiol produced by many gram-positive organisms, including Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus anthracis. It is the major thiol responsible for maintaining redox homeostasis and cellular detoxification, including inactivation of the antibiotic fosfomycin. The metal-dependent bacillithiol transferase BstA is likely involved in these sorts of detoxification processes, but the exact substrates and enzyme mechanism have not been identified. Here we report the 1.34 Å resolution X-ray crystallographic structure of BstA from S. aureus. Our structure confirms that BstA belongs to the YfiT-like metal-dependent hydrolase superfamily. Like YfiT, our structure contains nickel within its active site, but our functional data suggest that BstA utilizes zinc for activity. Although BstA and YfiT both contain a core four helix bundle and coordinate their metal ions in the same fashion, significant differences between the protein structures are described here.

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsCatalytic DomainCrystallography, X-RayModels, MolecularNickelProtein ConformationStaphylococcus aureusZincBacterial ProteinsNickelZincbacillithioldetoxificationGram-positivelow-molecular-weight thiolStaphylococcus aureustransferaseX-ray crystallography

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PMID29417696
PMCPMC5866932
OpenAlexW2788213234

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