2024 Spring International Convention of
The Pharmaceutical Society of Korea

2024 Spring
International Convention of PSK

04.17(WED) - 04.19(FRI)
D+28

Abstracts

P9-3

The structural and functional investigation of the VapBC43 complex from Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  • JooYeon Lee1, Hyun-Jong Eun1, Su-Jin Kang2, Bong-Jin Lee*1
  • 1Researtch Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, South Korea
  • 2College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women's University, Seoul, 02748, South Korea

Toxin - Antitoxin systems are crucial for bacterial survival against harsh circumstances such as antibiotic treatment. The VapBC systems are the most abundant Toxin-Antitoxin systems among the Toxin - Antitoxin systems in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The VapBC43 system is one of them, which is related to the response to the vancomycin treatment. However, the structure of the VapBC43 complex remained unknown. Here, we present the crystal structure of the VapBC43 complex in which a single VapB43 molecule binds to the VapC43 dimer. The electrophoretic mobility shift assay shows that the VapB43 can bind to its promoter DNA. In addition, this structure reveals that the VapC43 contains a PIN (PilT N-terminus) domain motif which is essential for ribonuclease activity but has less conserved acidic residues than other homologs. The results of ribonuclease assays show that the VapC43 exhibits ribonuclease activity despite the lack of acidic residues which are well conserved in a PIN domain superfamily. Based on the previous finding that the VapBC43 contributes to the survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis under vancomycin treatment, the structural information of the VapBC43 complex may enable the development of the inhibitor of VapC43 that can be used as an adjuvant for vancomycin therapy against M. tuberculosis.


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2024 Spring Convention

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Conference Schedule
Apr. 17(Wed) ~ 19(Fri), 2024
Conference Venue
BPEX (Busan Port International Exhibition & Convention Center) Busan Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea
Location
Early Registration Period
Feb. 20(Tue) ~ Apr. 3(Wed), 2024
Abstract Submission Period
Feb. 20(Tue) ~ Apr. 3(Wed), 2024
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