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ArticleProtein science : a publication of the Protein Society2019

NMR experiments redefine the hemoglobin binding properties of bacterial NEAr-iron Transporter domains.

Ramsay Macdonald, Brendan J Mahoney, Ken Ellis-Guardiola, Anthony Maresso, Robert T Clubb

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Article in Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society, 2019. 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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7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Molecular basis of hemoglobin binding and heme removal inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  4. The Shr receptor fromProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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  5. Pirates of the haemoglobin.Microbial cell (Graz, Austria) · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ramsay MacdonaldDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90095.ORCID 0000-0002-0264-7647
Brendan J MahoneyDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90095.
Ken Ellis-GuardiolaDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90095.
Anthony MaressoDepartment of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 77030.
Robert T ClubbDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90095.
University of California, Los Angeles · USBaylor College of Medicine · US

Funding

UCLA NIGMS T32 Program AssessmentT32GM007185 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI TORRES, JORGE · 1985 to 2020
$21.7M
Cell Surface Protein Anchoring in Gram-Positive BacteriaR01AI052217 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Robert Thompson Clubb · 2002 to 2026
$8.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI052217NIGMS NIH HHS GM007185NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007185NIH HHS AI052217
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Iron is a versatile metal cofactor that is used in a wide range of essential cellular processes. During infections, many bacterial pathogens acquire iron from human hemoglobin (Hb), which contains the majority of the body's total iron content in the form of heme (iron protoporphyrin IX). Clinically important Gram-positive bacterial pathogens scavenge heme using an array of secreted and cell-wall-associated receptors that contain NEAr-iron Transporter (NEAT) domains. Experimentally defining the Hb binding properties of NEAT domains has been challenging, limiting our understanding of their function in heme uptake. Here we show that solution-state NMR spectroscopy is a powerful tool to define the Hb binding properties of NEAT domains. The utility of this method is demonstrated using the NEAT domains from Bacillus anthracis and Listeria monocytogenes. Our results are compatible with the existence of at least two types of NEAT domains that are capable of interacting with either Hb or heme. These binding properties can be predicted from their primary sequences, with Hb- and heme-binding NEAT domains being distinguished by the presence of (F/Y)YH(Y/F) and S/YXXXY motifs, respectively. The results of this work should enable the functions of a wide range of NEAT domain containing proteins in pathogenic bacteria to be reliably predicted.

Indexed as

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, BiomolecularAmino Acid SequenceBacillus anthracisBacterial ProteinsHemeHemoglobinsListeria monocytogenesProtein BindingProtein Structure, TertiarySequence AlignmentBacterial ProteinsHemeHemoglobinsbacteriahemehemoglobinNEAT domainNMR spectroscopypathogen

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PMID31120610
PMCPMC6635774
OpenAlexW2946123968

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