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==Crystal structure of Aquifex Aeolicus Peptidoglycan Glycosyltransferase in complex with Decarboxylated Neryl Moenomycin==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3nb7]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquifex_aeolicus Aquifex aeolicus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3NB7 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3NB7 FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 2.65&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3nb7 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3nb7 OCA], [https://pdbe.org/3nb7 PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3nb7 RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3nb7 PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=3nb7 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/PBPA_AQUAE PBPA_AQUAE] 
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Moenomycin A (MmA) belongs to a family of natural products that inhibit peptidoglycan biosynthesis by binding to the peptidoglycan glycosyltransferases, the enzymes that make the glycan chains of peptidoglycan. MmA is remarkably potent, but its clinical utility has been hampered by poor physicochemical properties. Moenomycin contains three structurally distinct regions: a pentasaccharide, a phosphoglycerate, and a C25 isoprenyl (moenocinyl) lipid tail that gives the molecule its name. The phosphoglycerate moiety links the pentasaccharide to the moenocinyl chain. This moiety contains two negatively charged groups, a phosphoryl group and a carboxylate. Both the phosphoryl group and the carboxylate have previously been implicated in target binding but the role of the carboxylate has not been explored in detail. Here we report the synthesis of six MmA analogues designed to probe the importance of the phosphoglycerate. These analogues were evaluated for antibacterial and enzyme inhibitory activity; the specific contacts between the phosphoglycerate and the protein target were assessed by X-ray crystallography in conjunction with molecular modeling. Both the phosphoryl group and the carboxylate of the phosphoglycerate chain play roles in target binding. The negative charge of the carboxylate, and not its specific structure, appears to be the critical feature in binding since replacing it with a negatively charged acylsulfonamide group produces a more active compound than replacing it with the isosteric amide. Analysis of the ligand-protein contacts suggests that the carboxylate makes a critical contact with an invariant lysine in the active site. The reported work provides information and validated computational methods critical for the design of analogues based on moenomycin scaffolds.

Functional and structural analysis of a key region of the cell wall inhibitor moenomycin.,Fuse S, Tsukamoto H, Yuan Y, Wang TS, Zhang Y, Bolla M, Walker S, Sliz P, Kahne D ACS Chem Biol. 2010 Jul 16;5(7):701-11. PMID:20496948<ref>PMID:20496948</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Glycosyltransferase 3D structures|Glycosyltransferase 3D structures]]
*[[Penicillin-binding protein 3D structures|Penicillin-binding protein 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Aquifex aeolicus]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Sliz P]]
[[Category: Walker S]]
[[Category: Yuan Y]]