The complex structure of bile salt hydrolase from Lactobacillus salivarius reveals the structural basis of substrate specificity

Xu, Fuzhou, Hu, Xiao-Jian, Singh, Warispreet, Geng, Wenjing, Tikhonova, Irina G. and Lin, Jun (2019) The complex structure of bile salt hydrolase from Lactobacillus salivarius reveals the structural basis of substrate specificity. Scientific Reports, 9 (1). p. 12438. ISSN 2045-2322

[img]
Preview
Text
s41598-019-48850-6.pdf - Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

Download (2MB) | Preview
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48850-6

Abstract

The gut bacterial bile salt hydrolase (BSH) plays a critical role in host lipid metabolism and energy harvest. Therefore, BSH is a promising microbiome target to develop new therapies to regulate obesity in humans and novel non-antibiotic growth promoters for food animals. We previously reported the 1.90 Å apo crystal structure of BSH from Lactobacillus salivarius (lsBSH). In this study, we soaked the lsBSH crystal with glycocholic acid (GCA), a substrate, and obtained a 2.10 Å structure containing complex of lsBSH bound to GCA and cholic acid (CA), a product. The substrate/product sits in the water-exposed cavity molded by Loops 2 and 3. While the glycine moiety of GCA is exposed into a highly polar pocket, the sterane core of GCA is stabilized by aromatic and hydrophobic interactions. Comparison of product binding with BSH from Clostridium perfringenes reveals a distinct orientation of the sterane core in the binding site. The stability of the substrate-lsBSH complex and the putative catalytic mechanism were explored with molecular dynamics simulations. Site-directed mutagenesis of lsBSH demonstrated that Cys2 and Asn171 are critical for enzymatic activity, while Tyr24, Phe65 and Gln257 contribute to the substrate specificity. Together, this study provides structural insights into BSH-substrate interaction, the mechanism of catalysis and substrate specificity, which facilitate rational design of BSH inhibitors.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: C700 Molecular Biology, Biophysics and Biochemistry
D700 Agricultural Sciences
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Applied Sciences
Depositing User: Elena Carlaw
Date Deposited: 02 Jun 2020 08:17
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2021 17:46
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/43300

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

View more statistics