Inhibitor discovery of full-length New Delhi metallo-?-lactamase-1 (NDM-1).

ABSTRACT: New Delhi metallo-?-lactmase-1 (NDM-1) has recently attracted extensive attention for its biological activities to catalyze the hydrolysis of almost all of ?-lactam antibiotics. To study the catalytic property of NDM-1, the steady-kinetic parameters of NDM-1 toward several kinds of ?-lactam antibiotics have been detected. It could effectively hydrolyze most ?-lactams (k cat/K m ratios between 0.03 to 1.28 µmol?¹.s?¹), except aztreonam. We also found that thiophene-carboxylic acid derivatives could inhibit NDM-1 and have shown synergistic antibacterial activity in combination with meropenem. Flexible docking and quantum mechanics (QM) study revealed electrostatic interactions between the sulfur atom of thiophene-carboxylic acid derivatives and the zinc ion of NDM-1, along with hydrogen bond between inhibitor and His189 of NDM-1. The interaction models proposed here can be used in rational design of NDM-1 inhibitors.

SUBMITTER: Shen B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3652859 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature