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Molecular Recognition and Interfacial Catalysis by the Essential Phosphatidylinositol Mannosyltransferase PimA from Mycobacteria

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Mycobacterial phosphatidylinositol mannosides (PIMs) and metabolically derived cell wall lipoglycans play important roles in host-pathogen interactions, but their biosynthetic pathways are poorly understood. Here we focus on Mycobacterium smeg-matis PimA, an essential enzyme responsible for the initial man-nosylation of phosphatidylinositol. The structure of PimA in complex with GDP-mannose shows the two-domain organization and the catalytic machinery typical of GT-B glycosyltrans-ferases. PimA is an amphitrophic enzyme that binds mono-disperse phosphatidylinositol, but its transferase activity is stimulated by high concentrations of non-substrate anionic sur-factants, indicating that the early stages of PIM biosynthesis involve lipid-water interfacial catalysis. Based on structural, cal-orimetric, and mutagenesis studies, we propose a model wherein PimA attaches to the membrane through its N-terminal domain, and this association leads to enzyme activation. Our results reveal a novel mode of phosphatidylinositol recognition and provide a template for the development of potential anti-mycobacterial compounds.

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pasteur-02554110 , version 1 (25-04-2020)

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Marcelo E Guerin, Jana Korduláková, Francis Schaeffer, Zuzana Svetlikova, Alejandro Buschiazzo, et al.. Molecular Recognition and Interfacial Catalysis by the Essential Phosphatidylinositol Mannosyltransferase PimA from Mycobacteria. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2007, 282 (28), pp.20705-20714. ⟨10.1074/jbc.M702087200⟩. ⟨pasteur-02554110⟩

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