Electrostatic analysis of TEM1 beta-lactamase: effect of substrate binding, steep potential gradients and consequences of site-directed mutations

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P SwarénJ P Samama

Abstract

Escherichia coli TEM1 is a penicillinase and belongs to class A beta-lactamases. Its naturally occurring mutants are responsible for bacterial resistance to beta-lactamin-based antibiotics. X-ray structure determinations show that all class A beta-lactamases are similar, but, despite the numerous kinetic investigations, the reaction mechanism of these enzymes is still debated. We address the questions of what the molecular contexts during the acylation and deacylation steps are and how they contribute to the efficiency of these penicillinases. Electrostatic analysis of the 1.8 A resolution refined X-ray structure of the wild-type enzyme, and of its modelled Michaelis and acyl-enzyme complexes, showed that substrate binding induces an upward shift in the pKa of the unprotonated Lys73 by 6.4 pH units. The amine group of Lys73 can then abstract the Ser70 hydroxyl group proton and promote acylation. In the acyl-enzyme complex, the deacylating water is situated between the carboxylate group of Glu166, within the enzyme, and the estercarbonyl carbon of the acyl-enzyme complex, in an electrostatic potential gradient amounting to 30 kTe-1 A-1. Other residues, not directly involved in catalysis, also contribute to the formation of this ...Continue Reading

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