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© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Research efforts to discover potential new antibiotics for Gram-negative bacteria suffer from high attrition rates due to the synergistic action of efflux systems and the limited permeability of the outer membrane (OM). One strategy to overcome the OM permeability barrier is to identify small molecules that are natural substrates for abundant OM channels and use such compounds as scaffolds for the design of efficiently permeating antibacterials. Here we present a multidisciplinary approach to identify such potential small-molecule scaffolds. Focusing on the pathogenic bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii, we use OM proteomics to identify DcaP as the most abundant channel during infection in rodents. The X-ray crystal structure of DcaP reveals a trimeric, porin-like structure and suggests that dicarboxylic acids are potential transport substrates. Electrophysiological experiments and all-atom molecular dynamics simulations confirm this notion and provide atomistic information on likely permeation pathways and energy barriers for several small molecules, including a clinically relevant β-lactamase inhibitor. © 2018 Elsevier Ltd Bhamidimarri et al. present a multidisciplinary approach to identify potential antibiotic scaffolds in Acinetobacter baumannii. OM proteomics identify DcaP as the most abundant channel. X-ray crystallography reveals a trimeric porin-like structure and suggests dicarboxylic acids as potential substrates. Electrophysiology and MD simulations provide detailed information on small-molecule permeation pathways.
Author(s): Bhamidimarri SP, Zahn M, Prajapati JD, Schleberger C, Soderholm S, Hoover J, West J, Kleinekathofer U, Bumann D, Winterhalter M, van den Berg B
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Structure
Year: 2019
Volume: 27
Issue: 2
Pages: 268-280.e6
Print publication date: 05/02/2019
Online publication date: 13/12/2018
Acceptance date: 23/10/2018
ISSN (print): 0969-2126
ISSN (electronic): 1878-4186
Publisher: Cell Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.str.2018.10.021
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2018.10.021
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