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Structure of Ddn, the Deazaflavin-Dependent Nitroreductase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis Involved in Bioreductive Activation of PA-824

Journal Article · · Structure
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  1. Genomics Inst. of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, CA (United States); DOE/OSTI
  2. Genomics Inst. of the Novartis Research Foundation, San Diego, CA (United States)
  3. National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD (United States). Tuberculosis Research Section
  4. Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases (Singapore)
  5. National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD (United States). Center for Information Technology. Center for Molecular Modeling

Tuberculosis continues to be a global health threat, making bicyclic nitroimidazoles an important new class of therapeutics. A deazaflavin-dependent nitroreductase (Ddn) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis catalyzes the reduction of nitroimidazoles such as PA-824, resulting in intracellular release of lethal reactive nitrogen species. The N-terminal 30 residues of Ddn are functionally important but are flexible or access multiple conformations, preventing structural characterization of the full-length, enzymatically active enzyme. Several structures were determined of a truncated, inactive Ddn protein core with and without bound F deazaflavin coenzyme as well as of a catalytically competent homolog from Nocardia farcinica .Mutagenesis studies based on these structures identified residues important for binding of F and PA-824. The proposed orientation of the tail of PA-824 toward the N terminus of Ddn is consistent with current structure-activity relationship data.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER). Biological Systems Science Division
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1623721
Journal Information:
Structure, Journal Name: Structure Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 20; ISSN 0969-2126
Publisher:
ElsevierCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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