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Heterogeneity in the M. tuberculosis β-lactamase inhibition by Sulbactam

Malla, T. N.; Zielinkski, K. A.; Aldama, L.; Bajt, S.; Feliz, D.; Hayes, B.; Hunter, M.; Kupitz, C.; Lisova, S.; Knoska, J.; Mariani, V.; Martin-Garcia, J.; Pandey, S.; Poudyal, I.; Sierra, R. G.; Tolstikova, A.; Yefanov, O.; Yoon, C. H.; Ourmazd, A.; Fromme, P.; Schwander, P.; Barty, A.; Chapman, H. N.; Stojkovic, E. A.; Batjuk, A.; Boutet, S.; Phillips, G. N.; Pollack, L.; Schmidt, M.

2022-12-06 molecular biology
10.1101/2022.12.06.519319 bioRxiv
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For decades, researchers have been determined to elucidate essential enzymatic functions on the atomic lengths scale by tracing atomic positions in real time. Our work builds on new possibilities unleashed by mix-and-inject serial crystallography (MISC)1-5 at X-ray free electron laser facilities. In this approach, enzymatic reactions are triggered by mixing substrate or ligand solutions with enzyme microcrystals6. Here, we report in atomic detail and with millisecond time-resolution how the Mycobacterium tuberculosis enzyme BlaC is inhibited by sulbactam (SUB). Our results reveal ligand binding heterogeneity, ligand gating7-9, cooperativity, induced fit10,11 and conformational selection11-13 all from the same set of MISC data, detailing how SUB approaches the catalytic clefts and binds to the enzyme non-covalently before reacting to a trans-enamine. This was made possible in part by the application of the singular value decomposition14 to the MISC data using a newly developed program that remains functional even if unit cell parameters change during the reaction.

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