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Defining the epitope region of a peptide from the Streptomyces coelicolor phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system able to bind to the enzyme I.

ABSTRACT: The bacterial PEP:sugar PTS consists of a cascade of several proteins involved in the uptake and phosphorylation of carbohydrates, and in signal transduction pathways. Its uniqueness in bacteria makes the PTS a target for new antibacterial drugs. These drugs can be obtained from peptides or protein fragments able to interfere with the first reaction of the protein cascade: the phosphorylation of the HPr by the first enzyme, the so-called enzyme EI. To that end, we designed a peptide, HPr(9-30), spanning residues 9 to 30 of the intact HPr protein, containing the active site histidine (His-15) and the first alpha-helix of HPr of Streptomyces coelicolor, HPr(sc). By using fluorescence and circular dichroism, we first determined qualitatively that HPr(sc) and HPr(9-30) did bind to EI(sc), the enzyme EI from S. coelicolor. Then, we determined quantitatively the binding affinities of HPr(9-30) and HPr(sc) for EI(sc) by using ITC and STD-NMR. The STD-NMR experiments indicate that the epitope region of HPr(9-30) was formed by residues Leu-14, His-15, Ile-21, and Val-23. The binding reaction between EI(sc) and HPr(sc) is enthalpy driven and in other species is entropy driven; further, the affinity of HPr(sc) for EI(sc) was smaller than in other species. However, the affinity of HPr(9-30) for EI(sc) was only moderately lower than that of EI(sc) for HPr(sc), suggesting that this peptide could be considered a promising hit compound for designing new inhibitors against the PTS.

SUBMITTER: Hurtado-Gomez E

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2479611 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Defining the epitope region of a peptide from the Streptomyces coelicolor phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system able to bind to the enzyme I.

Hurtado-Gómez Estefanía E Abián Olga O Muñoz F Javier FJ Hernáiz María José MJ Velázquez-Campoy Adrián A Neira José L JL

Biophysical journal 20080502 3

The bacterial PEP:sugar PTS consists of a cascade of several proteins involved in the uptake and phosphorylation of carbohydrates, and in signal transduction pathways. Its uniqueness in bacteria makes the PTS a target for new antibacterial drugs. These drugs can be obtained from peptides or protein fragments able to interfere with the first reaction of the protein cascade: the phosphorylation of the HPr by the first enzyme, the so-called enzyme EI. To that end, we designed a peptide, HPr(9-30), ...[more]

PMID: 18456829

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Defining the epitope region of a peptide from the Streptomyces coelicolor phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system able to bind to the enzyme I.

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Defining the epitope region of a peptide from the Streptomyces coelicolor phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase system able to bind to the enzyme I.

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