Inhibition of D-Ala:D-Ala ligase through a phosphorylated form of the antibiotic D-cycloserine
oleh: Sarah Batson, Cesira de Chiara, Vita Majce, Adrian J. Lloyd, Stanislav Gobec, Dean Rea, Vilmos Fülöp, Christopher W. Thoroughgood, Katie J. Simmons, Christopher G. Dowson, Colin W. G. Fishwick, Luiz Pedro S. de Carvalho, David I. Roper
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2017-12-01 |
Deskripsi
The antibiotic D-cycloserine (DCS) targets the peptidoglycan biosynthesis enzyme D-Ala-D-Ala ligase (Ddl). Here the authors reveal the DCS inhibitory mechanism by determining the structure of E. coli DdlB with a phosphorylated DCS molecule in the active site that formed in crystallo and mimics the D-alanyl phosphate intermediate.