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Monitoring the antibiotic darobactin modulating the 8-barrel assembly factor BamA

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STRUCTURE
卷 30, 期 3, 页码 350-+

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2021.11.004

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  1. Swiss National Science Foundation
  2. NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering
  3. Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI)

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The 8-barrel assembly machinery (BAM) complex is important for inserting and folding outer membrane proteins in Escherichia coli. A natural antibiotic compound called darobactin inhibits the central unit, BamA. Using dynamic single-molecule force spectroscopy, researchers were able to study the structure-function relationship of BamA and its inhibition by darobactin.
The 8-barrel assembly machinery (BAM) complex is an essential component of Escherichia coli that inserts and folds outer membrane proteins (OMPs). The natural antibiotic compound darobactin inhibits BamA, the central unit of BAM. Here, we employ dynamic single-molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS) to better understand the structure-function relationship of BamA and its inhibition by darobactin. The five N-terminal polypeptide transport (POTRA) domains show low mechanical, kinetic, and energetic stabilities. In contrast, the structural region linking the POTRA domains to the transmembrane 8-barrel exposes the highest mechanical stiffness and lowest kinetic stability within BamA, thus indicating a mechano-functional role. Within the 8-barrel, the four N-terminal 8-hairpins H1-H4 expose the highest mechanical stabilities and stiffnesses, while the four C-terminal 8-hairpins H5-H6 show lower stabilities and higher flexibilities. This asymmetry within the 8-barrel suggests that substrates funneling into the lateral gate formed by 8-hairpins H1 and H8 can force the flexible C-terminal 8-hairpins to change conformations.

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