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  • Title: Kinetic and structural consequences of the leaving group in substrates of a class C beta-lactamase.
    Author: Ahn YM, Pratt RF.
    Journal: Bioorg Med Chem; 2004 Mar 15; 12(6):1537-42. PubMed ID: 15018927.
    Abstract:
    The class C beta-lactamase of Enterobacter cloacae P99 is known to catalyze the hydrolysis of certain acyclic (thio)esters. Previous experiments have employed thioglycolate, m-hydroxybenzoate, and phenylphosphate leaving groups. The relative effectiveness of these leaving groups has now been quantitatively assessed by employment of a series of compounds with common acyl groups, and found to rank in the order phenylphosphate >m-hydroxybenzoate >thioglycolate. Structural models suggest that these leaving groups interact during acylation principally with Tyr 150, Lys 315, and Thr 316 of the beta-lactamase active site. The positions of the leaving group carboxylates in these models is compared with those in published crystal structures of complexes of class C beta-lactamases with beta-lactams. The particular effectiveness of the acyl phosphate indicates the positions of two oxyanions that strongly interact with the active site. This information should be useful in the design of inhibitors of class C beta-lactamases.
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