Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Lactam hydrolysis catalyzed by mononuclear metallo-beta-lactamases: A density functional study

Olsen, L ; Antony, J ; Ryde, Ulf LU orcid ; Adolph, H-W and Hemmingsen, L (2003) In The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B 107(10). p.2366-2375
Abstract
Two central steps in the hydrolysis of lactam antibiotics catalyzed by mononuclear metallo--lactamases, formation of the tetrahedral intermediate and its breakdown by proton transfer, are studied for model systems using the density functional B3LYP method. Metallo--lactamases have two metal ion binding sites, one of which is occupied in the mononuclear species. In this work it is assumed that catalysis takes place at zinc site 1, which is modeled by the metal ion, three imidazole rings, and a hydroxide ion. The lactam ring, a minimal model of -lactam antibiotics, is initially coordinating to the zinc ion. Potential proton shuttles from the second (unoccupied) metal-binding site (water, Asp, or Cys) are included in some calculations. The... (More)
Two central steps in the hydrolysis of lactam antibiotics catalyzed by mononuclear metallo--lactamases, formation of the tetrahedral intermediate and its breakdown by proton transfer, are studied for model systems using the density functional B3LYP method. Metallo--lactamases have two metal ion binding sites, one of which is occupied in the mononuclear species. In this work it is assumed that catalysis takes place at zinc site 1, which is modeled by the metal ion, three imidazole rings, and a hydroxide ion. The lactam ring, a minimal model of -lactam antibiotics, is initially coordinating to the zinc ion. Potential proton shuttles from the second (unoccupied) metal-binding site (water, Asp, or Cys) are included in some calculations. The calculated reaction barrier for formation of the tetrahedral intermediate is 13 kcal/mol, close to what is observed experimentally for the rate-limiting step. The barrier for the breakdown of the intermediate is low, 0-10 kcal/mol, if it is assisted by a water molecule or by a Cys or Asp model. Thus, the results indicate that proton transfer is not rate-limiting, and that any of the residues from the second metal site may function as proton shuttle. For most studied systems, the tetrahedral structure is a stable intermediate. Moreover, the C-N bond in the lactam ring is intact in this intermediate, as well as in the following transition state-its cleavage is induced by proton transfer to the nitrogen atom in the lactam ring. However, for the model with Asp as a proton shuttle, attack of the zinc-bond hydroxide ion seems to be concerted with the proton transfer. We have also studied the effect of replacing one of the histidine ligands by an asparagine or glutamine residue, giving a zinc site representative of other subclasses of metallo--lactamases. This has only a small effect on the calculated reaction barriers. Likewise, if the zinc ion is replaced by cadmium, only small changes in the reaction barrier for proton transfer are seen, whereas the barrier for the formation of the tetrahedral intermediate increases by 3 kcal/mol and the intermediate is destabilized by 5 kcal/mol. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
; ; ; and
organization
publishing date
type
Contribution to journal
publication status
published
subject
in
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B
volume
107
issue
10
pages
2366 - 2375
publisher
The American Chemical Society (ACS)
external identifiers
  • wos:000181398900025
  • scopus:0037435168
ISSN
1520-5207
DOI
10.1021/jp0275950
language
English
LU publication?
yes
additional info
The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Theoretical Chemistry (S) (011001039)
id
6bd9888d-0b7c-4a03-8672-ce24ab85ea0e (old id 128798)
date added to LUP
2016-04-01 15:49:38
date last changed
2023-01-04 19:24:13
@article{6bd9888d-0b7c-4a03-8672-ce24ab85ea0e,
  abstract     = {{Two central steps in the hydrolysis of lactam antibiotics catalyzed by mononuclear metallo--lactamases, formation of the tetrahedral intermediate and its breakdown by proton transfer, are studied for model systems using the density functional B3LYP method. Metallo--lactamases have two metal ion binding sites, one of which is occupied in the mononuclear species. In this work it is assumed that catalysis takes place at zinc site 1, which is modeled by the metal ion, three imidazole rings, and a hydroxide ion. The lactam ring, a minimal model of -lactam antibiotics, is initially coordinating to the zinc ion. Potential proton shuttles from the second (unoccupied) metal-binding site (water, Asp, or Cys) are included in some calculations. The calculated reaction barrier for formation of the tetrahedral intermediate is 13 kcal/mol, close to what is observed experimentally for the rate-limiting step. The barrier for the breakdown of the intermediate is low, 0-10 kcal/mol, if it is assisted by a water molecule or by a Cys or Asp model. Thus, the results indicate that proton transfer is not rate-limiting, and that any of the residues from the second metal site may function as proton shuttle. For most studied systems, the tetrahedral structure is a stable intermediate. Moreover, the C-N bond in the lactam ring is intact in this intermediate, as well as in the following transition state-its cleavage is induced by proton transfer to the nitrogen atom in the lactam ring. However, for the model with Asp as a proton shuttle, attack of the zinc-bond hydroxide ion seems to be concerted with the proton transfer. We have also studied the effect of replacing one of the histidine ligands by an asparagine or glutamine residue, giving a zinc site representative of other subclasses of metallo--lactamases. This has only a small effect on the calculated reaction barriers. Likewise, if the zinc ion is replaced by cadmium, only small changes in the reaction barrier for proton transfer are seen, whereas the barrier for the formation of the tetrahedral intermediate increases by 3 kcal/mol and the intermediate is destabilized by 5 kcal/mol.}},
  author       = {{Olsen, L and Antony, J and Ryde, Ulf and Adolph, H-W and Hemmingsen, L}},
  issn         = {{1520-5207}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{10}},
  pages        = {{2366--2375}},
  publisher    = {{The American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  series       = {{The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part B}},
  title        = {{Lactam hydrolysis catalyzed by mononuclear metallo-beta-lactamases: A density functional study}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp0275950}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/jp0275950}},
  volume       = {{107}},
  year         = {{2003}},
}