4EXY | pdb_00004exy

New Delhi Metallo-Beta-Lactamase: Structural Insights into Beta-Lactam Recognition and Inhibition

(2012) J Am Chem Soc 134: 11362-11365

• PubMed: 22713171 Search on PubMed
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/ja303579d
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  4EXS, 4EXY, 4EY2, 4EYB, 4EYF, 4EYL


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

  The β-lactam antibiotics have long been a cornerstone for the treatment of bacterial disease. Recently, a readily transferable antibiotic resistance factor called the New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 (NDM-1) has been found to confer enteric bacteria resistance to nearly all β-lactams, including the heralded carbapenems, posing a serious threat to human health. The crystal structure of NDM-1 bound to meropenem shows for the first time the molecular details of how carbapenem antibiotics are recognized by dizinc-containing metallo-β-lactamases. Additionally, product complex structures of hydrolyzed benzylpenicillin-, methicillin-, and oxacillin-bound NDM-1 have been solved to 1.8, 1.2, and 1.2 Å, respectively, and represent the highest-resolution structural data for any metallo-β-lactamase reported to date. Finally, we present the crystal structure of NDM-1 bound to the potent competitive inhibitor l-captopril, which reveals a unique binding mechanism. An analysis of the NDM-1 active site in these structures reveals key features important for the informed design of novel inhibitors of NDM-1 and other metallo-β-lactamases.

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Organizational Affiliation: 
• Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Center for Blood Research, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z3.