来自Burkholderia spp的临床相关Penβ-Lactamases的进化动力学和功能差异
Jing Gu1, Pratul K Agarwal2, Robert A Bonomo3,4,5,6,7,8
1UCL School of Pharmacy, University College London, London WC1N 1AX, U.K.
Journal of chemical information and modeling
|May 2, 2025
概括
抗生素耐药性是一个主要威胁,Burkholderia细菌产生Penβ-lactamases,从而产生抗生素耐药性. 这项研究揭示了独特的酶动力学和活性部位特征,提供了打击耐药性的目标.
科学领域:
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 计算生物学 计算生物学
背景情况:
- 抗微生物耐药性 (AMR) 构成了全球卫生危机,Burkholderia物种与具有挑战性的感染有关.
- 来自Burkholderia spp. 的青素酶 (Pen) β-乳酸酶. 是通过突变或过度生产对β-乳糖抗生素耐药性的关键贡献者.
研究的目的:
- 研究四种Penβ-乳酸酶 (PenA,PenI,PenL,PenP) 之间的动态差异.
- 了解序列变化如何影响酶动力学,基质特异性和催化效率.
- 确定在Burkholderia对抗AMR的潜在目标.
主要方法:
- 机器学习驱动的增强采样分子动力学模拟.
- 用于分析蛋白质动态的马尔科夫状态模型 (MSM).
- 卷积变异自编码器 (CVAE) 和BindSiteS-CNN用于对酶活性位点的深度学习分析.
主要成果:
- 在四个Penβ-lactamases中观察到明显的动态特征,尽管保持了催化机制,但归因于低序列相同性.
- 酶动态的差异与不同的基质配置和催化转换率有关.
- BindSiteS-CNN模型阐明了当地的活跃站点动态,提供了对进化适应的见解.
结论:
- 该研究确定了关键突变和功能热点,影响Pen β-乳酸酶的灵活性和活性.
- 这些发现为开发抑制剂提供了潜在的策略,以克服Burkholderia感染中新兴的耐药性.
- 了解酶动力学对于应对抗菌素耐药性的挑战至关重要.
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