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Daptomycin is a lipopeptide antibiotic that is important in the treatment of infections with Gram-positive bacteria. In the presence of calcium, daptomycin binds to phosphatidylglycerol in the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane and then forms oligomers that mediate its bactericidal effect. The structure of these bactericidal oligomers has not been elucidated. We here explore the feasibility of structural studies on the oligomer by solution-state NMR. To this end, we use nanodiscs that contain DMPC and DMPG, stabilized with a styrene-maleic acid copolymer that has been modified to minimize calcium chelation. We show that these nanodiscs bind daptomycin and induce the formation of stable oligomers under physiologically relevant conditions. The findings suggest that this membrane model is suitable for structural and functional characterization of oligomeric daptomycin, and possibly of other calcium-dependent lipopeptide antibiotics. We show that these nanodiscs bind daptomycin and induce the formation of stable oligomers, under conditions that are suitable for biomolecular NMR. The findings suggest that this membrane model is suitable for structural elucidation of oligomeric daptomycin, and possibly of other calcium-dependent lipopeptide antibiotics.
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