Development of a high-performance liquid chromatography assay and revision of kinetic parameters for the Staphylococcus aureus sortase transpeptidase SrtA

The SrtA isoform of the Staphylococcus aureus sortase transpeptidase is responsible for the covalent attachment of virulence- and colonization-associated proteins to the bacterial peptidoglycan. Sortase utilizes two substrates, undecaprenol-pyrophosphoryl-MurNAc(GlcNAc)-Ala- d- isoGlu-Lys(ε-Gly 5)-...

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Published in:Analytical biochemistry 2004-03, Vol.326 (1), p.42-48
Main Authors: Kruger, Ryan G, Dostal, Patrick, McCafferty, Dewey G
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aminoacyltransferases - analysis
Aminoacyltransferases - metabolism
Bacterial Proteins
Cell Membrane - metabolism
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid - methods
Cysteine Endopeptidases
Kinetics
Molecular Structure
Peptides - chemical synthesis
Peptides - chemistry
Peptides - metabolism
Spectrometry, Fluorescence
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus - enzymology
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Summary:The SrtA isoform of the Staphylococcus aureus sortase transpeptidase is responsible for the covalent attachment of virulence- and colonization-associated proteins to the bacterial peptidoglycan. Sortase utilizes two substrates, undecaprenol-pyrophosphoryl-MurNAc(GlcNAc)-Ala- d- isoGlu-Lys(ε-Gly 5)- d-Ala- d-Ala (branched Lipid II) and secreted proteins containing a highly conserved LPXTG sequence near their C termini. SrtA simultaneously cleaves the Thr-Gly bond of the LPXTG-containing protein and forms a new amide bond with the nucleophilic amino group of the Gly 5 portion of branched Lipid II, anchoring the protein to this key intermediate that is subsequently polymerized into peptidoglycan. Here we show that reported fluorescence quenching activity assays for SrtA are subject to marked fluorescence inner filter effect quenching, resulting in prematurely hyperbolic velocity versus substrate profiles and underestimates of the true kinetic parameters k cat and K m . We therefore devised a discontinuous high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)-based assay to monitor the SrtA reaction employing the same substrates used in the fluorescence quenching assay: Gly 5 and Abz-LPETG-Dap(Dnp)-NH 2. Fluorescence or UV detection using these substrates facilitates separate analysis of both the acylation and the transpeptidation steps of the reaction. Because HPLC was performed using fast-flow analytical columns (
ISSN:0003-2697
1096-0309
DOI:10.1016/j.ab.2003.10.023