Protein target profile

VK055_1865

penicillin-binding protein 2

Genome: KpATCC43816 Gene: mrdA2 AIK80471.1 3D evidence: AlphaFold DB model + ColabFold model Metabolism 2 reactions UniProt A0A0H3GTX1
Length 633
Pocket druggability 0.315
Metabolic reactions 2
Chokepoint No
Direct ligand evidence 0 79 total records
Functional annotation 1 EC 9 GO
Target summary

Promising target candidate with multiple supporting evidence streams.

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Terms and data sources used on this page

PDB: experimentally determined structures from the Protein Data Bank. These are the strongest structural evidence, but may cover only part of the protein.

AlphaFold DB model: a precomputed predicted structure downloaded from AlphaFold Database/UniProt, not an experiment performed here.

ColabFold model: a predicted structure generated for this workspace; interpret it with coverage and confidence.

pLDDT: confidence score for predicted structures. High values support local geometry; low values mean the region should not drive pocket interpretation.

FPocket / P2Rank: software tools that predict possible ligand-binding pockets on a 3D structure. They are useful screening signals, not experimental validation.

Druggability: a pocket-based estimate of whether a small molecule could bind productively. It does not mean a drug already exists.

PDB ligand: a compound observed in an experimental structure. Direct same-protein records are stronger than homolog-transferred records.

ChEMBL: a public database of measured compound bioactivity. Direct entries are stronger than entries transferred from similar proteins.

ZINC: a purchasable-compound database. Here it marks proposed candidates from chemical similarity, not measured binders.

LigQ / LigQ_2: an internal Target pipeline step that gathers PDB, ChEMBL, and ZINC ligand evidence for each protein.

Off-target: sequence similarity to proteins we prefer not to hit, such as human proteins or beneficial gut microbiome proteins.

DEG: Database of Essential Genes. A match suggests the protein resembles genes known to be essential in other organisms.

Roary / CoreCruncher: pan-genome tools used to decide whether a gene is core across analyzed strains or accessory/strain-specific.

EC / GO: functional annotations: EC describes enzyme reactions; GO describes biological process, molecular function, or cellular component.

KEGG pathway: a curated metabolic route label used here to group reactions imported from the metabolic model.

Chokepoint: a metabolic reaction that is the only producer or consumer of a metabolite in the imported model.

Prioritization evidence

Selectivity, essentiality, structural confidence, conservation, and predicted binding-site evidence.

Off-target risk

Human off-target
No hit
Gut microbiome similarity
3.1% of screened genomes Lower prevalence suggests narrower overlap with the screened gut microbiome.

Essentiality

Essential (DEG)
Y
DEG identity (%)
93.207 Higher values support similarity to known essential genes.
DEG E-value
0.0 Smaller values mean stronger essential-gene similarity.

Localization

Localization
CytoplasmicMembrane

Structure confidence

ColabFold pLDDT
90.4 0-100 confidence; >70 supports local structural interpretation.

Binding-site evidence

AlphaFold DB / UniProt model

The selected pocket score is the FPocket value used for ranking after applying the curated structure priority. It estimates small-molecule pocket quality; it is not experimental binding evidence. The 3D viewer may show a different loaded structure, so visible pockets can differ.

FPocket 0.315
Structure A0A0H3GTX1
Pocket Pocket 7
P2Rank 0.724
Structure A0A0H3GTX1
Pocket Pocket 1
ColabFold model
FPocket 0.11 · Pocket 14
P2Rank 0.932 · Pocket 1
Core conservation Conserved core gene
Roary core
CoreCruncher core
Gut microbiome 146 / 4744 genomes with a hit
Prevalence 3.1%

Cross-references

External database identifiers for this protein, its structures, ligands, and metabolic reactions.

Metabolic context

Reactions catalyzed, pathway membership, and centrality in the genome-scale metabolic network.

Explore metabolic network

Metabolic context: no human homolog detected.

Relative network centrality 0.0% more central than 0.0% of genes in this genome
Chokepoint Not a chokepoint
Pathways

No specific KEGG pathway assigned - this reaction either has no KEGG mapping, or only matches a generic overview map with no route-level information.

Catalyzed reactions

2 reactions mapped to this gene in the metabolic model. Open the full network to see each one, with substrates/products and the reaction-reaction map.

Imported from KpATCC43816.sbml · 2026-07-09

Sequence

Primary amino-acid sequence viewer.

MKLQNSFRDYTAESSLFVRRALVAFLGILLLTGVLIANLYNVQIVRFDDYQTRSNENRIKLVPIPPSRGIIYDRNGTPLALNRTIYQLEMMPEKVDNVQQTLDALRDVVDLTDDDIAGFKKERARSHRFTSIPVKVNLSEVQVARFAVNQYRFPGVEVKGYKRRYYPYNSALTHVIGYVSKINDKDVDRLDKEGKLANYASTHDIGKLGIERYYEDVLHGQTGYEEVEVNNRGRVIRQLKEVPPQAGRDIYLTLDLKLQQYIETLLAGSRAAVVVTDPRTGAILALVSTPSYDPNLFVDGISSKDYSALLNDPNTPLVNRATQGVYPPASTVKPYVAVSALSAGVITRNTSLFDPGWWQLPGSEKRYRDWKKWGHGHLNVTKALEESADTYFYQVAYDMGIDRLSEWMSKFGYGHYTGIDLSEERSGNMPTREWKLKRFKKPWYQGDTIPVGIGQGYWTATPIQMNKALMILINDGVVKVPHLLQSTVEDGKPVPWVQPHEPPVGDIHSGYWEIAKDGMYGVANRGNGTAHKYFASAPYKIAAKSGTAQVFGLKANETYNAHRISERLRDHKLMTAFAPYNNPQVAVAMILENGGAGPAVGTIMRQILDHIMLGDNNTTLPSENPAVTAGEDQ

Functional annotations

Enzyme classification and Gene Ontology terms linked to this protein.

1 EC 9 GO

Enzyme Commission (EC)

1

Gene Ontology (GO)

9
  • GO:0008658 Binding to penicillin, an antibiotic that contains the condensed beta-lactamthiazolidine ring system.
  • GO:0016020 A lipid bilayer along with all the proteins and protein complexes embedded in it and attached to it.
  • GO:0009002 Catalysis of the reaction: (Ac)2-L-Lys-D-alanyl-D-alanine + H2O = (Ac)2-L-Lys-D-alanine + D-alanine.
  • GO:0009252 The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of peptidoglycans, any of a class of glycoconjugates found in bacterial cell walls and consisting of long glycan strands of alternating residues of beta-(1,4) linked N-acetylglucosamine and N-acetylmuramic acid, cross-linked by short peptides.
  • GO:0005886 The membrane surrounding a cell that separates the cell from its external environment. It consists of a phospholipid bilayer and associated proteins.
  • GO:0071972 Catalysis of the reaction: 2 a peptidoglycan dimer (tetrapeptide) + 3 H2O = a peptidoglycan tetramer with L,D cross-links (L-Lys-D-Asn-L-Lys) + di-trans,poly-cis-undecaprenyl diphosphate + 4 D-alanine.
  • GO:0071555 A process that results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of the cell wall, the rigid or semi-rigid envelope lying outside the cell membrane of plant, fungal and most prokaryotic cells, maintaining their shape and protecting them from osmotic lysis.
  • GO:0006508 The hydrolysis of proteins into smaller polypeptides and/or amino acids by cleavage of their peptide bonds.
  • GO:0008360 Any process that modulates the surface configuration of a cell.

Sequence domains and features

Domain and signature matches imported from InterPro and related databases.

24 records
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Start End DB Term Name
85 160 Gene3D G3DSA:3.30.1390.30 -
19 612 NCBIfam TIGR03423 penicillin-binding protein 2
19 612 InterPro IPR017790 Penicillin-binding protein 2
248 620 FunFam G3DSA:3.40.710.10:FF:000004 Peptidoglycan D,D-transpeptidase MrdA
64 239 Pfam PF03717 Penicillin-binding Protein dimerisation domain
64 239 InterPro IPR005311 Penicillin-binding protein, dimerisation domain
21 40 Phobius TRANSMEMBRANE Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be embedded in the membrane.
254 611 SUPERFAMILY SSF56601 beta-lactamase/transpeptidase-like
254 611 InterPro IPR012338 Beta-lactamase/transpeptidase-like
21 43 TMHMM TMhelix Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be embedded in the membrane.
85 160 FunFam G3DSA:3.30.1390.30:FF:000001 Peptidoglycan D,D-transpeptidase MrdA
64 248 Gene3D G3DSA:3.90.1310.10 -
1 20 Phobius CYTOPLASMIC_DOMAIN Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be outside the membrane, in the cytoplasm.
15 619 PANTHER PTHR30627 PEPTIDOGLYCAN D,D-TRANSPEPTIDASE
56 253 SUPERFAMILY SSF56519 Penicillin binding protein dimerisation domain
56 253 InterPro IPR036138 Penicillin-binding protein, dimerisation domain superfamily
3 616 Hamap MF_02081 Peptidoglycan D,D-transpeptidase MrdA [mrdA].
3 616 InterPro IPR017790 Penicillin-binding protein 2
272 609 Pfam PF00905 Penicillin binding protein transpeptidase domain
272 609 InterPro IPR001460 Penicillin-binding protein, transpeptidase
41 633 Phobius NON_CYTOPLASMIC_DOMAIN Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be outside the membrane, in the extracellular region.
152 248 FunFam G3DSA:3.90.1310.10:FF:000001 Peptidoglycan D,D-transpeptidase MrdA
249 619 Gene3D G3DSA:3.40.710.10 -
249 619 InterPro IPR012338 Beta-lactamase/transpeptidase-like

3D structure

Selected loaded structure. Experimental PDB entries may cover only a portion of the sequence; AlphaFold DB and ColabFold models typically cover the full protein but remain computational predictions.

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'Pocket atoms'/'Predicted site atoms' show the pocket's residue atoms instead: P2Rank reports residues rather than alpha spheres, and FPocket falls back to this when alpha-sphere geometry is unavailable or doesn't align.
'No pocket geometry' means neither alpha spheres nor residue-position data could be found for that pocket; the layer just highlights the same residues as 'Nearby residues'.
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Binding pockets · FPocket

Druggability: high ≥ 0.7 · medium 0.4–0.69 · low < 0.4

Site 1 FPocket #7
0.315
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Binding pockets · P2Rank

Probability: high ≥ 0.5 · medium 0.2–0.49 · low < 0.2

Site 1 P2Rank #1
0.724
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Site 2 P2Rank #2
0.094
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Site 3 P2Rank #3
0.091
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Site 4 P2Rank #4
0.022
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Site 5 P2Rank #5
0.018
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Residue sets
UniProt: Active site:330-330 Acyl-ester intermediate
All structural evidence 0 experimental · 2 predicted

Structural evidence

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Experimental PDB entries plus predicted AlphaFold DB or ColabFold models. Click Switch to display a different loaded structure in the viewer.

Entry Method Resolution Chain Coverage Links Status
AlphaFold DB AF_A0A0H3GTX1
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ColabFold VK055_1865
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Ligand evidence

Ligands grouped by evidence source. PDB ligands keep the source crystal visible, and loaded crystals can be opened directly in the structure viewer.

79 records
Chemistry signal

Structural and bioactivity evidence are both available for this target.

Direct evidence 0 same-protein records
Transferred evidence 29 records from similar proteins
Structural ligands 25 0 loaded crystals
Measured bioactivity 4 direct and transferred ChEMBL records
Proposed compounds 50 similarity-based ZINC candidates
Best available ligand signal
0W0 PDB via homolog 672.6 Da · LogP -2.06 · TPSA 328.0 Open detail RCSB PDB
59F PDB via homolog Detail RCSB PDB
59H PDB via homolog Detail RCSB PDB
59J PDB via homolog Detail RCSB PDB
AI8 PDB via homolog Detail RCSB PDB

Structural evidence inferred from similar proteins. The source crystal indicates where the ligand was observed; the UniProt column identifies the homologous protein carrying that ligand.

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Ligand Source crystal UniProt (homolog) MW · LogP · TPSA Lipinski PAINS SMILES
0W0 RCSB PDB Q51504 672.6 Da LogP -2.06 TPSA 328.0 3 viol. ✓ Clean CC(C)(C(=O)O)O/N=C(/c1csc(n1)N)\C(=O)N[C@H](C=O…
59F RCSB PDB Q51504 535.6 Da LogP -0.73 TPSA 185.4 1 viol. ✓ Clean CCN1CCN(C(=O)C1=O)C(=O)N[C@H](c2ccc(cc2)O)C(=O)…
59H RCSB PDB Q51504 463.5 Da LogP 0.04 TPSA 156.9 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean CC1([C@@H](N[C@H](S1)[C@@H](C=O)NC(=O)[C@@H](c2…
59J RCSB PDB Q51504 549.6 Da LogP -0.36 TPSA 206.0 1 viol. ✓ Clean CCN1CCN(C(=O)C1=O)C(=O)N[C@H](c2ccc(cc2)O)C(=O)…
AI8 RCSB PDB Q9K3C9 607.7 Da LogP 1.24 TPSA 185.7 2 viol. ✓ Clean CCON=C(c1nc(sn1)N)C(=O)N[C@H](C=O)[C@@H]2NC(=C(…
AXL RCSB PDB G3XD46 367.4 Da LogP -0.03 TPSA 141.8 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean CC1([C@@H](N[C@H](S1)[C@@H](C=O)NC(=O)[C@@H](c2…
AZR RCSB PDB Q51504 437.5 Da LogP -1.23 TPSA 210.4 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean C[C@@H]([C@@H](C=O)NC(=O)/C(=N\OC(C)(C)C(=O)O)/…
CAZ RCSB PDB G3XD46 469.5 Da LogP 0.15 TPSA 193.6 1 viol. ✓ Clean CC(C)(C(=O)O)O/N=C(/c1csc(n1)N)\C(=O)N[C@H](C=O…
CB9 RCSB PDB Q51504 380.4 Da LogP 0.43 TPSA 132.8 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean CC1([C@@H](N[C@H](S1)[C@@H](C=O)NC(=O)[C@H](c2c…
CTJ RCSB PDB Q51504 549.6 Da LogP -0.02 TPSA 197.2 2 viol. ✓ Clean CC(C)(C(=O)O)O/N=C(/c1csc(n1)N)\C(=O)N[C@H](C=O…
ET5 RCSB PDB P0AD65 334.3 Da LogP -0.93 TPSA 168.2 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean c1c(ocn1)C2=C[C@H](N(C[C@@H]2NOS(=O)(=O)O)C(=O)…
IM2 RCSB PDB A0A075Q0W3 301.4 Da LogP -0.23 TPSA 122.5 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean [H]/N=C/NCCSC1=C(N[C@H](C1)[C@H](C=O)[C@@H](C)O…
JPP RCSB PDB G3XD46 519.6 Da LogP -0.29 TPSA 165.2 1 viol. ✓ Clean CCN1CCN(C(=O)C1=O)C(=O)N[C@H](c2ccccc2)C(=O)N[C…
MER RCSB PDB G3XD46 385.5 Da LogP -0.36 TPSA 119.0 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean C[C@@H]1[C@@H](NC(=C1S[C@H]2C[C@H](NC2)C(=O)N(C…
NXL RCSB PDB P0AD65 267.3 Da LogP -2.21 TPSA 139.0 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean C1C[C@H](N(C[C@@H]1NOS(=O)(=O)O)C=O)C(=O)N
ODZ RCSB PDB G3XD46 263.3 Da LogP 1.47 TPSA 86.6 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean C[C@](CC(=C)O)(C=O)NC(=O)Cc1ccc(cc1)O
OEE RCSB PDB G3XD46 229.3 Da LogP 1.93 TPSA 75.6 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean C[C@](CC(=C)O)(C=O)NC(=O)OC(C)(C)C
PFV RCSB PDB Q51504 634.6 Da LogP -2.64 TPSA 314.0 3 viol. ✓ Clean CC(C)(C(=O)O)O/N=C(/c1csc(n1)N)\C(=O)N[C@H](C=O…
PNM RCSB PDB A0A075Q0W3 336.4 Da LogP 0.81 TPSA 95.5 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean CC1([C@@H](N[C@H](S1)[C@@H](C=O)NC(=O)Cc2ccccc2…
R7G RCSB PDB G3XD46 688.6 Da LogP -2.02 TPSA 303.5 3 viol. Alert CC(C)(C(=O)O)O/N=C(/c1csc(n1)N)\C(=O)N[C@@H](CN…
RB6 RCSB PDB Q47759 536.6 Da LogP -1.50 TPSA 212.2 3 viol. ✓ Clean C1CNC[C@@H]1N2CC=C(C2=O)CC3=C(N[C@H](SC3)[C@@H]…
TJ7 RCSB PDB G3XD46 416.5 Da LogP 0.47 TPSA 142.0 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean CC1([C@@H](N[C@H](S1)[C@@](C=O)(NC(=O)[C@@H](c2…
UE1 RCSB PDB G3XD46 715.7 Da LogP -5.06 TPSA 355.7 3 viol. ✓ Clean CC(C)(C(=O)[O-])O/N=C(/c1csc(n1)N)\C(=O)N[C@@H]…
VPP RCSB PDB G3XD46 535.6 Da LogP -0.41 TPSA 185.4 1 viol. ✓ Clean CCN1CCN(C(=O)C1=O)C(=O)N[C@H](c2ccccc2)C(=O)N[C…
XT8 RCSB PDB G3XD46 386.5 Da LogP 0.49 TPSA 132.8 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean CC1([C@@H](N[C@H](S1)[C@@H](C=O)NC(=O)[C@@H](c2…

PDB and ChEMBL records on this protein are shown in full. ChEMBL records from similar proteins are capped at the top 100 per protein (by pchembl) and ZINC at the top 50 (Tanimoto ≥ 0.5). ADME columns are descriptor-based screening flags, not experimental toxicity results.