Identifying Determinants of Carbapenem Resistance in Beta-lactamases
Identifying Determinants of Carbapenem Resistance in Beta-lactamases
批准号:
9261296
负责人:
George Cortina
金额:
$3.6万
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依托单位国家:
美国
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财政年份:
2017
资助国家:
美国
项目状态:
已结题
起止时间:
2017-01-01 至 2018-12-31
关键词:
AffectAmino AcidsAntibiotic ResistanceAntibioticsBacteriaBacterial Antibiotic ResistanceBacterial InfectionsBase SequenceBindingBioinformaticsBiological AssayCarbapenemsClinicalCyclophosphamideDataDistantDrug InteractionsDrug resistanceEffectivenessEngineeringEnvironmentEnzymesEssential Amino AcidsEvolutionExtended-spectrum β-lactamaseFamilyGenerationsGrantIncidenceInfectionInvestigationKineticsKlebsiella pneumonia bacteriumLiteratureMediatingMethodsModelingMonobactamsMutagenesisMutationPathway interactionsPharmaceutical PreparationsPharmacologic SubstancePhylogenetic AnalysisPositioning AttributeProtein DynamicsProteinsResistanceResortSequence AnalysisSerineSpecificitySubstrate SpecificityTestingTreesUnited StatesVariantWorkantibiotic designbasebeta-Lactamasecarbapenem resistancecarbapenemaseexperimental studyimprovedinsightkillingsmembermolecular dynamicsmutantnovelnovel therapeuticssimulationtraining opportunity
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Project Summary
Over 2 million people suffer a serious bacterial infection involving antibiotic resistance every year and at least
23,000 die as a direct result. Beta-lactamase enzymes contribute to this resistance by hydrolyzing antibiotics
that would normally kill bacteria. Carbapenemases, a class of beta-lactamase enzymes, are of particular
concern due to their ability to break down last-resort antibiotics, carbapenems. At present, the determinants
that contribute to the carbapenem specificity of the widespread KPC family are unknown. KPC-2, a
carbapenemase, and CTX-M9, a non-carbapenemase, offer an exemplary pair for the analysis of these
determinants. Their overall structural and mechanistic similarities allow for the focused investigation of how the
125 positional residue differences between these enzymes alter carbapenemase specificity. We propose to
predict and identify the subsets of these 125 residues that are required for carbapenemase specificity in KPC-2
and would grant carbapenemase specificity to CTX-M9. We will identify these subsets through two concurrent
approaches. The first uses phylogenetic ancestral modeling to create an ancestral carbapenemase and a
closely related ancestral non-carbapenemase. This phylogenetic approach allows us to infer two ancestors of
KPC-2 and CTX-M9 with different carbapenemase specificities. We will then use these enzymes to understand
the determinants required for carbapenemase specificity in a smaller mutational space as compared to the one
for KPC-2 and CTX-M9. The second approach involves the use of molecular dynamics simulations and
sequence analysis of KPC-2 and CTX-M9 to identify residue positions most likely to account for this different
specificity. In both approaches, we will create mutant variants of enzymes through mutagenesis assays and
test activity through antibiotic resistance and enzyme assays. The study of the residues contributing to
carbapenemase activity will offer insight into the functional determinants underlying these similar enzymes and
provide new methods of antibiotic resistance prediction in clinical and pharmaceutical environments.
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