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Biophysical Journal 73: 2416-2426 (1997)
© 1997 the Biophysical Society
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.
ABSTRACT
Beta-lactamases are responsible for resistance to penicillins and related beta-lactam compounds. Despite numerous studies, the identity of the general base involved in the acylation step is still unclear. It has been proposed, on the basis of a previous pKa calculation and analysis of structural data, that the unprotonated Lys73 in the active site could act as the general base. Using a continuum electrostatic model with an improved treatment of the multiple titration site problem, we calculated the pKa values of all titratable residues in the substrate-free TEM-1 and Bacillus licheniformis class A beta-lactamases. The pKa of Lys73 in both enzymes was computed to be above 10, in good agreement with recent experimental data on the TEM-1 beta-lactamase, but inconsistent with the proposal that Lys73 acts as the general base. Even when the closest titratable residue, Glu166, is mutated to a neutral residue, the predicted downward shift of the pKa of Lys73 shows that it is unlikely to act as a proton abstractor in either enzyme. These results support a mechanism in which the proton of the active Ser70 is transferred to the carboxylate group of Glu166.
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