STRUCTURE-FUNCTION STUDIES ON ENZYMES INVOLVED IN THE LYSINE BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWA

赖氨酸生物合成途径相关酶的结构功能研究

• 批准号: 7954465
• 负责人: Katherine S Bateman
• 金额: $ 0.06万
• 依托单位: STANFORD UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-03-01 至 2010-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7954465
• 关键词: Arabidopsis; Bacteria; Chemicals; Chlamydia; Chlamydia Infections; Collaborations; Complex; Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects Database; Crystallization; Crystallography; Data; Drug Design; Enzymes; Funding; Genus Mycobacterium; Grant; Haemophilus influenzae; Human; Institution; Investigation; Lysine; Lysine Biosynthesis Pathway; Methods; Mouse-ear Cress; Pathway interactions; Plants; Research; Research Personnel; Resolution; Resources; Solutions; Source; Structure; Synchrotrons; Transaminases; Tuberculosis; United States National Institutes of Health; Work; antimicrobial drug; beamline; design; epimerase; high throughput screening; inhibitor/antagonist; mutant; pathogen; structural biology; synchrotron radiation

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Bacterial biosynthesis of lysine forms an attractive target for the design of new antimicrobial agents because this pathway is indispensable for bacteria and is absent in humans. We have undertaken structural investigations on enzyme targets involved in the biosynthesis of lysine from bacterial pathogens and plants. Crystal structures of two of these enzymes, namely, diaminopimelate epimerase from Haemophilus influenzae and LL-diaminopimelate aminotransferase from Arabidopsis thaliana have been determined recently. Structural work is continuing on these enzymes in complex with inhibitors and of mutant forms to understand details of the catalytic mechanism for the design of effective inhibitors. Recently, we have obtained crystals of the diaminopimelate epimerase from Arabidopsis. Also, crystallization trials are currently underway on the diaminopimelate aminotransferase from the human pathogen, Chlamydia. We have an ongoing collaboration for high-throughput screening of 80,000 chemical compounds in order to find potential inhibitor leads for crystallographic analysis in our drug design efforts against Chlamydial infections. Other targets undergoing crystallization trials include diaminopimelate desuccinylase from the tuberculosis causing mycobacteria. In order to achieve the best possible resolution and quality of diffraction data, as well as for de novo structure solution using MAD/SAD methods, we require access to the synchrotron beamlines for macromolecular crystallography.

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