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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2011

Structural and functional analysis of the tandem β-zipper interaction of a Streptococcal protein with human fibronectin.

Nicole C Norris, Richard J Bingham, Gemma Harris, Adrian Speakman, Richard P O Jones, Andrew Leech, Johan P Turkenburg, Jennifer R Potts

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nicole C NorrisDepartment of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.
Richard J BinghamDepartment of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.
Gemma HarrisDepartment of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.
Adrian SpeakmanDepartment of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.
Richard P O JonesDepartment of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.
Andrew LeechTechnology Facility, Department of Biology (Area 15), University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.
Johan P TurkenburgDepartment of Chemistry, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom.
Jennifer R PottsDepartment of Biology, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom; Department of Chemistry, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, United Kingdom. Electronic address: jennifer.potts@york.ac.uk.
University of York · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/D010608/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council D010608/1British Heart Foundation FS/07/034/22969British Heart Foundation PG/09/079/28008Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial fibronectin-binding proteins (FnBPs) contain a large intrinsically disordered region (IDR) that mediates adhesion of bacteria to host tissues, and invasion of host cells, through binding to fibronectin (Fn). These FnBP IDRs consist of Fn-binding repeats (FnBRs) that form a highly extended tandem β-zipper interaction on binding to the N-terminal domain of Fn. Several FnBR residues are highly conserved across bacterial species, and here we investigate their contribution to the interaction. Mutation of these residues to alanine in SfbI-5 (a disordered FnBR from the human pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes) reduced binding, but for each residue the change in free energy of binding was <2 kcal/mol. The structure of an SfbI-5 peptide in complex with the second and third F1 modules from Fn confirms that the conserved FnBR residues play equivalent functional roles across bacterial species. Thus, in SfbI-5, the binding energy for the tandem β-zipper interaction with Fn is distributed across the interface rather than concentrated in a small number of "hot spot" residues that are frequently observed in the interactions of folded proteins. We propose that this might be a common feature of the interactions of IDRs and is likely to pose a challenge for the development of small molecule inhibitors of FnBP-mediated adhesion to and invasion of host cells.

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Adhesins, BacterialCalorimetryCrystallography, X-RayFibronectinsHumansKineticsMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyMarkov ChainsMolecular ConformationMutagenesis, Site-DirectedMutationProtein BindingProtein ConformationStreptococcus pyogenesSurface Plasmon ResonanceThermodynamicsAdhesins, Bacterialfibronectin-binding proteins, bacterialFibronectins

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PMID21840989
PMCPMC3207447
OpenAlexW2001829106

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