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Structural Analysis of Zn-Zn Distance in Ndm-1's Beta-Lactam Hydrolysis Mechanism

Structural Analysis of Zn-Zn Distance in Ndm-1's Beta-Lactam Hydrolysis Mechanism


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This dissertation, "Structural Analysis of Zn-Zn Distance in NDM-1's Beta-lactam Hydrolysis Mechanism" by Ka-long, Aaron, Hui, 許家朗, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Introduction: The New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase (NDM-1) is an enzyme synthesized by bacterium which hydrolyses β-lactam antibiotics and inhibits their antibiotic effects. Its active site is highly diverse and the hydrolysis mechanism is not yet fully understood. So, there is currently no clinically useful inhibitor for this enzyme. Due to this β-lactam resistant characteristics and the ease of horizontal gene transfer between bacteria, NDM-1 producing bacteria poses a great threat to public health. Objective: Structural analysis on Zn-Zn distance in the active site of NDM-1 was carried out in order to gain a better insight on its hydrolysis mechanism. Method: Structures of NDM-1 were obtained from PDB database and were viewed on PyMOL. Out of 22 NDM-1 structures searched, 12 of them fulfilled the inclusion criterion and were included in this study. Zn-Zn distances were compared with different factors including pH and temperature during crystallization, presence of water in the active site and nature of ligand bound to active site. Results: A trend was observed when Zn-Zn distances were compared with pH. There was also a correlation between Zn-Zn distance and nature of ligand. Distance between the 2 zinc ions in the active site increased in acidic pH value of 6.5 or below and it favours substrate hydrolysis while neutral or alkaline pH shortened the distance between zinc ions leading to hydrolysis inhibition. Discussion: One NDM-1 structure can hydrolyse the substrate in the absence of water molecule. It suggested that there might be another alternative mechanism which does not involve water molecule as nucleophile. Future study can be carried out to verify this hypothesis. On the other hand, it was also suggested that a lower pH, likely to be a pH value of 6.5 or below, could lead to a relatively higher Zn-Zn distance, likely to be 4.00 A or above. A Zn-Zn distance of 4.00 A or above would facilitate the hydrolysis mechanism. In other words, a pH value lower than 6.5 might also promote the hydrolysis action against β-lactams. These give us a deeper understanding into the hydrolysis mechanism of NDM-1 and might be useful in future development of clinical inhibitor to tackle the public health threat brought by NDM-1. DOI: 10.5353/th_b5318938 Subjects: Beta lactamases


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  • ISBN-13: 9781361352212
  • Publisher: Open Dissertation Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Open Dissertation Press
  • Height: 279 mm
  • No of Pages: 56
  • Weight: 431 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1361352213
  • Publisher Date: 27 Jan 2017
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 6 mm
  • Width: 216 mm


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