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2016 ; 11
(4
): 981-91
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A Bacterial Cell Shape-Determining Inhibitor
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Liu Y
; Frirdich E
; Taylor JA
; Chan AC
; Blair KM
; Vermeulen J
; Ha R
; Murphy ME
; Salama NR
; Gaynor EC
; Tanner ME
ACS Chem Biol
2016[Apr]; 11
(4
): 981-91
PMID26735022
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Helicobacter pylori and Campylobacter jejuni are human pathogens and causative
agents of gastric ulcers/cancer and gastroenteritis, respectively. Recent studies
have uncovered a series of proteases that are responsible for maintaining the
helical shape of these organisms. The H. pylori metalloprotease Csd4 and its C.
jejuni homologue Pgp1 cleave the amide bond between meso-diaminopimelate and
iso-d-glutamic acid in truncated peptidoglycan side chains. Deletion of either
csd4 or pgp1 results in bacteria with a straight rod phenotype, a reduced ability
to move in viscous media, and reduced pathogenicity. In this work, a phosphinic
acid-based pseudodipeptide inhibitor was designed to act as a tetrahedral
intermediate analog against the Csd4 enzyme. The phosphinic acid was shown to
inhibit the cleavage of the alternate substrate, Ac-l-Ala-iso-d-Glu-meso-Dap,
with a Ki value of 1.5 ?M. Structural analysis of the Csd4-inhibitor complex
shows that the phosphinic acid displaces the zinc-bound water and chelates the
metal in a bidentate fashion. The phosphinate oxygens also interact with the key
acid/base residue, Glu222, and the oxyanion-stabilizing residue, Arg86. The
results are consistent with the "promoted-water pathway" mechanism for
carboxypeptidase A catalysis. Studies on cultured bacteria showed that the
inhibitor causes significant cell straightening when incubated with H. pylori at
millimolar concentrations. A diminished, yet observable, effect on the morphology
of C. jejuni was also apparent. Cell straightening was more pronounced with an
acapsular C. jejuni mutant strain compared to the wild type, suggesting that the
capsule impaired inhibitor accessibility. These studies demonstrate that a highly
polar compound is capable of crossing the outer membrane and altering cell shape,
presumably by inhibiting cell shape determinant proteases. Peptidoglycan
proteases acting as cell shape determinants represent novel targets for the
development of antimicrobials against these human pathogens.