4GVG

Crystal structure of Salmonella typhimurium family 3 glycoside hydrolase (NagZ)

• PDB DOI: https://doi.org/10.2210/pdb4GVG/pdb

• Classification: HYDROLASE
• Organism(s): Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium str. LT2
• Expression System: Escherichia coli
• Mutation(s): No 


• Deposited: 2012-08-30 Released: 2012-12-19 
• Deposition Author(s): Bacik, J.P., Mark, B.L.

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Experimental Data Snapshot

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.70 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.207 
• R-Value Work: 0.167 
• R-Value Observed: 0.169 

Starting Model: experimental

Literature

Active Site Plasticity within the Glycoside Hydrolase NagZ Underlies a Dynamic Mechanism of Substrate Distortion.

Bacik, J.P., Whitworth, G.E., Stubbs, K.A., Vocadlo, D.J., Mark, B.L.

(2012) Chem Biol 19: 1471-1482

• PubMed: 23177201 
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chembiol.2012.09.016
• Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
  4GVF, 4GVG, 4GVH, 4GVI, 4GYJ, 4GYK


• PubMed Abstract: 
  

  NagZ is a glycoside hydrolase that participates in peptidoglycan (PG) recycling by removing β-N-acetylglucosamine from PG fragments that are excised from the bacterial cell wall during growth. Notably, the products formed by NagZ, 1,6-anhydroMurNAc-peptides, activate β-lactam resistance in many Gram-negative bacteria, making this enzyme of interest as a potential therapeutic target. Crystal structure determinations of NagZ from Salmonella typhimurium and Bacillus subtilis in complex with natural substrate, trapped as a glycosyl-enzyme intermediate, and bound to product, define the reaction coordinate of the NagZ family of enzymes. The structures, combined with kinetic studies, reveal an uncommon degree of structural plasticity within the active site of a glycoside hydrolase, and unveil how NagZ drives substrate distortion using a highly mobile loop that contains a conserved histidine that has been proposed as the general acid/base.

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Organizational Affiliation: 

Department of Microbiology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada.

Biological Assembly 1  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A1 

Biological assembly 1 assigned by authors and generated by PISA (software)

Biological Assembly 2  

Global Symmetry: Asymmetric - C1 
Global Stoichiometry: Monomer - A1 

Biological assembly 2 assigned by authors and generated by PISA (software)

Macromolecule Content

• Total Structure Weight: 77.84 kDa 
• Atom Count: 5,839 
• Modelled Residue Count: 661 
• Deposited Residue Count: 698 
• Unique protein chains: 1

Macromolecules

Entity ID: 1
Molecule	Chains	Sequence Length	Organism	Details	Image
Beta-hexosaminidase	A, B	349	Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium str. LT2	Mutation(s): 0  Gene Names: nagZ, STM1209 EC: 3.2.1.52
UniProt
Find proteins for Q8ZQ06 (Salmonella typhimurium (strain LT2 / SGSC1412 / ATCC 700720)) Explore Q8ZQ06  Go to UniProtKB:  Q8ZQ06

Small Molecules

Ligands 1 Unique
ID	Chains	Name / Formula / InChI Key	2D Diagram
MES	C [auth A], D [auth B]	2-(N-MORPHOLINO)-ETHANESULFONIC ACID C6 H13 N O4 S SXGZJKUKBWWHRA-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

• Method: X-RAY DIFFRACTION
• Resolution: 1.70 Å
• R-Value Free: 0.207 
• R-Value Work: 0.167 
• R-Value Observed: 0.169 
• Space Group: P 1 2₁ 1

Unit Cell:

Length ( Å )	Angle ( ˚ )
a = 49.62	α = 90
b = 66.28	β = 99.46
c = 95.22	γ = 90

Software Package:

Software Name	Purpose
MxDC	data collection
PHASER	phasing
PHENIX	refinement
MOSFLM	data reduction
SCALA	data scaling

Structure Validation

Entry History 

Deposition Data

• Released Date: 2012-12-19 
Deposition Author(s): Bacik, J.P., Mark, B.L.

Revision History  

• Version 1.0: 2012-12-19
  Type: Initial release
  
• Version 1.1: 2023-09-13
  Changes: Data collection, Database references, Derived calculations, Refinement description