TitleUnique structural features in DNA polymerase IV enable efficient bypass of the N2 adduct induced by the nitrofurazone antibiotic.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsKottur J, Sharma A, Gore KR, Narayanan N, Samanta B, Pradeepkumar PI, Nair DT
JournalStructure
Volume23
Issue1
Pagination56-67
Date Published2015 Jan 6
ISSN1878-4186
KeywordsAnti-Bacterial Agents, Crystallography, X-Ray, DNA Adducts, DNA Polymerase beta, Drug Resistance, Bacterial, Escherichia coli, Escherichia coli Proteins, Models, Molecular, Nitrofurazone, Nitrogen Compounds, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Reactive Nitrogen Species
Abstract

The reduction in the efficacy of therapeutic antibiotics represents a global problem of increasing intensity and concern. Nitrofuran antibiotics act primarily through the formation of covalent adducts at the N(2) atom of the deoxyguanosine nucleotide in genomic DNA. These adducts inhibit replicative DNA polymerases (dPols), leading to the death of the prokaryote. N(2)-furfuryl-deoxyguanosine (fdG) represents a stable structural analog of the nitrofuran-induced adducts. Unlike other known dPols, DNA polymerase IV (PolIV) from E. coli can bypass the fdG adduct accurately with high catalytic efficiency. This property of PolIV is central to its role in reducing the sensitivity of E. coli toward nitrofuran antibiotics such as nitrofurazone (NFZ). We present the mechanism used by PolIV to bypass NFZ-induced adducts and thus improve viability of E. coli in the presence of NFZ. Our results can be used to develop specific inhibitors of PolIV that may potentiate the activity of nitrofuran antibiotics.

DOI10.1016/j.str.2014.10.019
Alternate JournalStructure
PubMed ID25497730