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Structure of mycobacterial CIII2CIV2 respiratory supercomplex bound to the tuberculosis drug candidate telacebec (Q203).

Abstract

The imidazopyridine telacebec, also known as Q203, is one of only a few new classes of compounds in more than 50 years with demonstrated antituberculosis activity in humans. Telacebec inhibits the mycobacterial respiratory supercomplex composed of complexes III and IV (CIII2CIV2). In mycobacterial electron transport chains, CIII2CIV2 replaces canonical CIII and CIV, transferring electrons from the intermediate carrier menaquinol to the final acceptor, molecular oxygen, while simultaneously transferring protons across the inner membrane to power ATP synthesis. We show that telacebec inhibits the menaquinol:oxygen oxidoreductase activity of purified Mycobacterium smegmatis CIII2CIV2 at concentrations similar to those needed to inhibit electron transfer in mycobacterial membranes and Mycobacterium tuberculosis growth in culture. We then used electron cryomicroscopy (cryoEM) to determine structures of CIII2CIV2 both in the presence and absence of telacebec. The structures suggest that telacebec prevents menaquinol oxidation by blocking two different menaquinol binding modes to prevent CIII2CIV2 activity.

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  1. Imidazopyridine Amides: Synthesis, Mycobacterium smegmatis CIII2CIV2 Supercomplex Binding, and In Vitro Antimycobacterial Activity. Abdelaziz R, Di Trani JM, Sahile H, Mann L, Richter A, Liu Z, Bueler SA, Cowen LE, Rubinstein JL, Imming P. ACS Omega 8 19081-19098 (2023)


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  1. Uncovering interactions between mycobacterial respiratory complexes to target drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. McNeil MB, Cheung CY, Waller NJE, Adolph C, Chapman CL, Seeto NEJ, Jowsey W, Li Z, Hameed HMA, Zhang T, Cook GM. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 12 980844 (2022)

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  1. Structure of mycobacterial CIII2CIV2 respiratory supercomplex bound to the tuberculosis drug candidate telacebec (Q203). Yanofsky DJ, Di Trani JM, Król S, Abdelaziz R, Bueler SA, Imming P, Brzezinski P, Rubinstein JL. Elife 10 (2021)
  2. Structure of mycobacterial respiratory complex I. Liang Y, Plourde A, Bueler SA, Liu J, Brzezinski P, Vahidi S, Rubinstein JL. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 120 e2214949120 (2023)
  3. A simple assay for inhibitors of mycobacterial oxidative phosphorylation. Harden SA, Courbon GM, Liang Y, Kim AS, Rubinstein JL. J Biol Chem 300 105483 (2023)
  4. Cryo-Electron Microscopy Structure of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cytochrome bcc:aa3 Supercomplex and a Novel Inhibitor Targeting Subunit Cytochrome cI. Mathiyazakan V, Wong CF, Harikishore A, Pethe K, Grüber G. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 67 e0153122 (2023)
  5. Telacebec Interferes with Virulence Lipid Biosynthesis Protein Expression and Sensitizes to Other Antibiotics. Zhou Z, Wattiez R, Constant P, Marrakchi H, Soetaert K, Mathys V, Fontaine V, Zeng S. Microorganisms 11 2469 (2023)