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ArticleFEBS letters2018

Chlamydial virulence factor TarP mimics talin to disrupt the talin-vinculin complex.

Austin J Whitewood, Abhimanyu K Singh, David G Brown, Benjamin T Goult

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Article in FEBS letters, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Austin J WhitewoodSchool of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
Abhimanyu K SinghSchool of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
David G BrownSchool of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.
Benjamin T GoultSchool of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3438-2807
University of Kent · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/N007336/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vinculin is a central component of mechanosensitive adhesive complexes that form between cells and the extracellular matrix. A myriad of infectious agents mimic vinculin binding sites (VBS), enabling them to hijack the adhesion machinery and facilitate cellular entry. Here, we report the structural and biochemical characterisation of VBS from the chlamydial virulence factor TarP. Whilst the affinities of isolated VBS peptides from TarP and talin for vinculin are similar, their behaviour in larger fragments is markedly different. In talin, VBS are cryptic and require mechanical activation to bind vinculin, whereas the TarP VBS are located in disordered regions, and so are constitutively active. We demonstrate that the TarP VBS can uncouple talin:vinculin complexes, which may lead to adhesion destabilisation.

Indexed as

Molecular MimicryAmino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsChlamydiaCrystallography, X-RayModels, MolecularNuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularProtein BindingProtein ConformationSequence Homology, Amino AcidTalinVinculinVirulence FactorsBacterial ProteinsTalinVinculinVirulence Factorsadhesionchlamydiacrystallographymolecular mimicrytalinvinculin

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PMID29710402
PMCPMC6001692
OpenAlexW2800873137

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