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ArticlePloS one2018

Structural studies and molecular dynamics simulations suggest a processive mechanism of exolytic lytic transglycosylase from Campylobacter jejuni.

Jagamya Vijayaraghavan, Vijay Kumar, Nikhil P Krishnan, Ross T Kaufhold, Ximin Zeng, Jun Lin, Focco van den Akker

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Article in PloS one, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jagamya VijayaraghavanDepartment of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
Vijay KumarDepartment of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
Nikhil P KrishnanDepartment of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
Ross T KaufholdDepartment of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.
Ximin ZengInstitute of agriculture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States of America.
Jun LinInstitute of agriculture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States of America.
Focco van den AkkerDepartment of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-9210-3565
Case Western Reserve University · USUniversity of Tennessee at Knoxville · US

Funding

X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS) pp.711-759P41GM103393 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI HODGSON, KEITH O · 2012 to 2019
$30.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103393NIH HHS P41GM103393
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bacterial soluble lytic transglycosylase (LT) breaks down the peptidoglycan (PG) layer during processes such as cell division. We present here crystal structures of the soluble LT Cj0843 from Campylobacter jejuni with and without bulgecin A inhibitor in the active site. Cj0843 has a doughnut shape similar but not identical to that of E. coli SLT70. The C-terminal catalytic domain is preceded by an L-domain, a large helical U-domain, a flexible linker, and a small N-terminal NU-domain. The flexible linker allows the NU-domain to reach over and complete the circular shape, using residues conserved in the Epsilonproteobacteria LT family. The inner surface of the Cj0843 doughnut is mostly positively charged including a pocket that has 8 Arg/Lys residues. Molecular dynamics simulations with PG strands revealed a potential functional role for this pocket in anchoring the negatively charged terminal tetrapeptide of the PG during several steps in the reaction including homing and aligning the PG strand for exolytic cleavage, and subsequent ratcheting of the PG strand to enhance processivity in degrading PG strands.

Indexed as

Molecular Dynamics SimulationAcetylglucosamineBacterial ProteinsCampylobacter jejuniCatalytic DomainEscherichia coliGlycoside HydrolasesProlineRecombinant ProteinsAcetylglucosamineBacterial Proteinsbulgecin AGlycoside HydrolasesProlineRecombinant Proteins

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PMID29758058
PMCPMC5951611
OpenAlexW2801805677

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