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Inactivation kinetics of a new target of beta-lactam antibiotics.


ABSTRACT: Peptidoglycan is predominantly cross-linked by serine DD-transpeptidases in most bacterial species. The enzymes are the essential targets of ?-lactam antibiotics. However, unrelated cysteine LD-transpeptidases have been recently recognized as a predominant mode of peptidoglycan cross-linking in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and as a bypass mechanism conferring resistance to all ?-lactams, except carbapenems such as imipenem, in Enterococcus faecium. Investigation of the mechanism of inhibition of this new ?-lactam target showed that acylation of the E. faecium enzyme (Ldt(fm)) by imipenem is irreversible. Using fluorescence kinetics, an original approach was developed to independently determine the catalytic constants for imipenem binding (k(1) = 0.061 ?M(-1) min(-1)) and acylation (k(inact) = 4.5 min(-1)). The binding step was limiting at the minimal drug concentration required for bacterial growth inhibition. The Michaelis complex was committed to acylation because its dissociation was negligible. The emergence of imipenem resistance involved substitutions in Ldt(fm) that reduced the rate of formation of the non-covalent complex but only marginally affected the efficiency of the acylation step. The methods described in this study will facilitate development of new carbapenems active on extensively resistant M. tuberculosis.

SUBMITTER: Triboulet S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3123045 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Inactivation kinetics of a new target of beta-lactam antibiotics.

Triboulet Sébastien S   Arthur Michel M   Mainardi Jean-Luc JL   Veckerlé Carole C   Dubée Vincent V   Nguekam-Moumi Angèle A   Gutmann Laurent L   Rice Louis B LB   Hugonnet Jean-Emmanuel JE  

The Journal of biological chemistry 20110504 26


Peptidoglycan is predominantly cross-linked by serine DD-transpeptidases in most bacterial species. The enzymes are the essential targets of β-lactam antibiotics. However, unrelated cysteine LD-transpeptidases have been recently recognized as a predominant mode of peptidoglycan cross-linking in Mycobacterium tuberculosis and as a bypass mechanism conferring resistance to all β-lactams, except carbapenems such as imipenem, in Enterococcus faecium. Investigation of the mechanism of inhibition of t  ...[more]

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