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==Structure of nitrocefin acyl-Penicillin binding protein 2a from methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain 27r at 2.00 A resolution.==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1mws]] is a 2 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staphylococcus_aureus Staphylococcus aureus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1MWS OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1MWS FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=CD:CADMIUM+ION'>CD</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=CL:CHLORIDE+ION'>CL</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='NonStdRes'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Non-Standard_Residue|NonStd Res:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><scene name='pdbligand=NC1:NITROCEFIN+ACYL-SERINE'>NC1</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='related'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Related_structure|Related:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat">[[1mwr|1mwr]], [[1mwt|1mwt]], [[1mwu|1mwu]], [[1mwx|1mwx]]</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1mws FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1mws OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1mws RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1mws PDBsum]</span></td></tr>
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== Evolutionary Conservation ==
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
The multiple antibiotic resistance of methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a major clinical problem worldwide. The key determinant of the broad-spectrum beta-lactam resistance in MRSA strains is the penicillin-binding protein 2a (PBP2a). Because of its low affinity for beta-lactams, PBP2a provides transpeptidase activity to allow cell wall synthesis at beta-lactam concentrations that inhibit the beta-lactam-sensitive PBPs normally produced by S. aureus. The crystal structure of a soluble derivative of PBP2a has been determined to 1.8 A resolution and provides the highest resolution structure for a high molecular mass PBP. Additionally, structures of the acyl-PBP complexes of PBP2a with nitrocefin, penicillin G and methicillin allow, for the first time, a comparison of an apo and acylated resistant PBP. An analysis of the PBP2a active site in these forms reveals the structural basis of its resistance and identifies features in newly developed beta-lactams that are likely important for high affinity binding.

Structural basis for the beta lactam resistance of PBP2a from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.,Lim D, Strynadka NC Nat Struct Biol. 2002 Nov;9(11):870-6. PMID:12389036<ref>PMID:12389036</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Penicillin-binding protein|Penicillin-binding protein]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Staphylococcus aureus]]
[[Category: Lim, D C]]
[[Category: Strynadka, N C.J]]
[[Category: Beta-lactam]]
[[Category: Biosynthetic protein]]
[[Category: D-carboxypeptidase]]
[[Category: D-transpeptidase]]
[[Category: Nitrocefin]]
[[Category: Penicillin binding protein]]