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Structural and biochemical insights into the disulfide reductase mechanism of DsbD, an essential enzyme for neisserial pathogens
The Journal of biological chemistry, Vol.293(43), pp.16559-16571
2018
PMCID: PMC6204915
PMID: 30181210
Abstract
The worldwide incidence of neisserial infections, particularly gonococcal infections, is increasingly associated with antibiotic-resistant strains. In particular, extensively drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains that are resistant to third-generation cephalosporins are a major public health concern. There is a pressing clinical need to identify new targets for the development of antibiotics effective against Neisseria-specific processes. In this study, we report that the bacterial disulfide reductase DsbD is highly prevalent and conserved among Neisseria spp. and that this enzyme is essential for survival of N. gonorrhoeae DsbD is a membrane-bound protein that consists of two periplasmic domains, n-DsbD and c-DsbD, which flank the transmembrane domain t-DsbD. In this work, we show that the two functionally essential periplasmic domains of Neisseria DsbD catalyze electron transfer reactions through unidirectional interdomain interactions, from reduced c-DsbD to oxidized n-DsbD, and that this process is not dictated by their redox potentials. Structural characterization of the Neisseria n- and c-DsbD domains in both redox states provides evidence that steric hindrance reduces interactions between the two periplasmic domains when n-DsbD is reduced, thereby preventing a futile redox cycle. Finally, we propose a conserved mechanism of electron transfer for DsbD and define the residues involved in domain-domain recognition. Inhibitors of the interaction of the two DsbD domains have the potential to be developed as anti-neisserial agents.
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- Title
- Structural and biochemical insights into the disulfide reductase mechanism of DsbD, an essential enzyme for neisserial pathogens
- Authors/Creators
- Roxanne P Smith - La Trobe UniversityBiswaranjan Mohanty - Monash UniversityShakeel Mowlaboccus - the Marshall Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Training, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth 6907, Western Australia, Australia.Jason J Paxman - La Trobe UniversityMartin L Williams - Monash UniversityStephen J Headey - Monash UniversityGeqing Wang - La Trobe UniversityPramod Subedi - La Trobe UniversityBradley C Doak - Monash UniversityCharlene M Kahler - the Marshall Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Training, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth 6907, Western Australia, Australia.Martin J Scanlon - Monash UniversityBegoña Heras - La Trobe University
- Publication Details
- The Journal of biological chemistry, Vol.293(43), pp.16559-16571
- Publisher
- The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.
- Identifiers
- 991005579437007891
- Copyright
- © 2018 Smith et al.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Centre for Biosecurity and One Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- 1.127 Molecular & Cell Biology - Pharmacology
- 1.127.973 Thiol-Disulfide Systems
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