Validation of the AmpC β-lactamase binding site and identification of inhibitors with novel scaffolds
Abstract
AmpC β-lactamase confers resistance to β-lactam antibiotics in multiple Gram-negative bacteria. Therefore, identification of non-β-lactam compounds that inhibit the enzyme is considered crucial to the development of novel antibacterial therapies. Given the highly solvent-exposed active site, it is important to study the induced-fit movements and water-mediated interactions to improve docking accuracy and virtual screening enrichments in structure-based design of new AmpC inhibitors. Here, we tested multiple models of the AmpC binding site to investigate the importance of conserved water molecules and binding site plasticity on molecular docking. The results indicate that at least one conserved water molecule greatly improves the binding pose predictions and virtual screening enrichments of known noncovalent AmpC inhibitors. The best model was tested prospectively in the virtual screening of about 6 million commercially available compounds. Sixty-one chemically diverse top-scoring compounds were experimentally tested, which led to the identification of seven previously unknown inhibitors. These findings validate the essential features of the AmpC binding site for molecular recognition and are useful for further optimization of i...Continue Reading
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