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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2025

Protein-tags and their fragments as potent inhibitors of enzymes: Structure of the ternary complex of phosphopantetheine adenylyltransferase from Enterobacter spp. with tag-peptides and phosphonoacetic acid at 2.20 Å resolution.

Nabeel Ahmad, Virender Kumar, Vijay K Goel, Pradeep Sharma, Sujata Sharma, Tej P Singh

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Nabeel AhmadDepartment of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Virender KumarSchool of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Vijay K GoelSchool of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
Pradeep SharmaDepartment of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Sujata SharmaDepartment of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Tej P SinghDepartment of Biophysics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.ORCID 0000-0001-9873-7323

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Indian Council of Medical Research I-1251Science and Engineering Research Board D-560Science and Engineering Research Board SB/DF/002/2019
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Abstract

Phosphopantetheine adenylyltransferase (PPAT) catalyzes the penultimate step of coenzyme A (CoA) biosynthesis pathway by transferring the adenylyl group from adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to 4'-phosphopantetheine (PNS), yielding 3'-dephosphocoenzyme A and pyrophosphate. In this study, the recombinant PPAT from Enterobacter spp. strain 638 (EbPPAT) was purified and co-crystallized with phosphonoacetic acid (PAE). The structure showed the presence of three homodimers AB, CD, and EF in the asymmetric unit. The 14 extra N-terminal residues (Met-14 to Ser-1, 14-mer peptide) from the expression tag were observed in Molecules B and F. These tag-peptides occupied the PNS-binding sites of adjacent Molecules A and E, respectively. Additionally, a heptapeptide (Met-14 to Gly-8) was also observed in the PNS-binding site of Molecule C. Furthermore, two PAE molecules were present in the ATP-binding sites of Molecules B, D, and F, whereas a single PAE molecule was found in Molecules A, C, and E. This showed that tag-peptides blocked the PNS-binding site while PAE blocked the ATP-binding sites. Three peptides of the tag, including 14-mer (Met-14 to Ser-1), heptapeptide (Met-14 to Gly-8) and pentapeptide (Met-14 to Thr-10) were synthesized, and their binding affinities were estimated, which showed the K

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Bacterial ProteinsEnterobacterEnzyme InhibitorsNucleotidyltransferasesPeptidesBinding SitesCrystallography, X-RayModels, MolecularBacterial ProteinsEnzyme InhibitorsNucleotidyltransferasespantetheine-phosphate adenylyltransferasePeptidescoaDcoenzyme Aenzyme inhibitionESKAPE pathogenspeptide‐based inhibitorsPPATx‐ray crystallography

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PMID40689715
PMCPMC12278691

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