Structural and biochemical analyses of an aminoglycoside 2'-N-acetyltransferase from Mycolicibacterium smegmatis.

ABSTRACT: The expression of aminoglycoside-modifying enzymes represents a survival strategy of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Aminoglycoside 2'-N-acetyltransferase [AAC(2')] neutralizes aminoglycoside drugs by acetylation of their 2' amino groups in an acetyl coenzyme A (CoA)-dependent manner. To understand the structural features and molecular mechanism underlying AAC(2') activity, we overexpressed, purified, and crystallized AAC(2') from Mycolicibacterium smegmatis [AAC(2')-Id] and determined the crystal structures of its apo-form and ternary complexes with CoA and four different aminoglycosides (gentamicin, sisomicin, neomycin, and paromomycin). These AAC(2')-Id structures unraveled the binding modes of different aminoglycosides, explaining the broad substrate specificity of the enzyme. Comparati

SUBMITTER: Jeong CS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7725843 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature