PBP-A, a cyanobacterial dd-peptidase with high specificity for amidated muropeptides, exhibits pH-dependent promiscuous activity harmful to Escherichia coli

Autor: Gol Mohammad Dorrazehi, Matthias Winkle, Martin Desmet, Vincent Stroobant, Gamze Tanriver, Hervé Degand, Damien Evrard, Benoît Desguin, Pierre Morsomme, Jacob Biboy, Joe Gray, Karolina Mitusińska, Artur Góra, Waldemar Vollmer, Patrice Soumillion
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Scientific Reports, Vol 14, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-64806-x
Popis: Abstract Penicillin binding proteins (PBPs) are involved in biosynthesis, remodeling and recycling of peptidoglycan (PG) in bacteria. PBP-A from Thermosynechococcus elongatus belongs to a cyanobacterial family of enzymes sharing close structural and phylogenetic proximity to class A β-lactamases. With the long-term aim of converting PBP-A into a β-lactamase by directed evolution, we simulated what may happen when an organism like Escherichia coli acquires such a new PBP and observed growth defect associated with the enzyme activity. To further explore the molecular origins of this harmful effect, we decided to characterize deeper the activity of PBP-A both in vitro and in vivo. We found that PBP-A is an enzyme endowed with dd-carboxypeptidase and dd-endopeptidase activities, featuring high specificity towards muropeptides amidated on the d-iso-glutamyl residue. We also show that a low promiscuous activity on non-amidated peptidoglycan deteriorates E. coli’s envelope, which is much higher under acidic conditions where substrate discrimination is mitigated. Besides expanding our knowledge of the biochemical activity of PBP-A, this work also highlights that promiscuity may depend on environmental conditions and how it may hinder rather than promote enzyme evolution in nature or in the laboratory.
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