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Domain shuffling of a highly mutable ligand-binding fold drives adhesin generation across the bacterial kingdom.
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Proteins [Proteins] 2023 Aug; Vol. 91 (8), pp. 1007-1020. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Mar 20. - Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Bacterial fibrillar adhesins are specialized extracellular polypeptides that promote the attachment of bacteria to the surfaces of other cells or materials. Adhesin-mediated interactions are critical for the establishment and persistence of stable bacterial populations within diverse environmental niches and are important determinants of virulence. The fibronectin (Fn)-binding fibrillar adhesin CshA, and its paralogue CshB, play important roles in host colonization by the oral commensal and opportunistic pathogen Streptococcus gordonii. As paralogues are often catalysts for functional diversification, we have probed the early stages of structural and functional divergence in Csh proteins by determining the X-ray crystal structure of the CshB adhesive domain NR2 and characterizing its Fn-binding properties in vitro. Despite sharing a common fold, CshB&#95;NR2 displays an ~1.7-fold reduction in Fn-binding affinity relative to CshA&#95;NR2. This correlates with reduced electrostatic charge in the Fn-binding cleft. Complementary bioinformatic studies reveal that homologues of CshA/B&#95;NR2 domains are widely distributed in both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, where they are found housed within functionally cryptic multi-domain polypeptides. Our findings are consistent with the classification of Csh adhesins and their relatives as members of the recently defined polymer adhesin domain (PAD) family of bacterial proteins.<br /> (© 2023 The Authors. Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1097-0134
- Volume :
- 91
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Proteins
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 36912614
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/prot.26487