The MCR-3 inside linker appears as a facilitator of colistin resistance

The MCR-3 inside linker appears as a facilitator of colistin resistance

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Summary: An evolving family of mobile colistin resistance (MCR) enzymes is threatening public health.However, the molecular mechanism by which the MCR enzyme as a rare member Accessories of lipid A-phosphoethanolamine (PEA) transferases gains the ability to confer phenotypic colistin resistance remains enigmatic.Here, we report an unusual example that genetic duplication and amplification produce a functional variant (Ah762) of MCR-3 in certain Aeromonas species.The lipid A-binding cavity of Ah762 is functionally defined.Intriguingly, we locate a hinge linker of Ah762 (termed Linker 59) that determines the MCR.

Genetic and biochemical characterization reveals that Linker 59 behaves as a facilitator to render inactive MCR variants to regain the ability of colistin resistance.Along with molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, isothermal titration calorimetry SMARTBOND STEP 1 (ITC) suggests that this facilitator guarantees the formation of substrate phosphatidylethanolamine (PE)-accessible pocket within MCR-3-like enzymes.Therefore, our finding defines an MCR-3 inside facilitator for colistin resistance.