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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2021

Identification of a Thiol-Disulfide Oxidoreductase (SdbA) Catalyzing Disulfide Bond Formation in the Superantigen SpeA in Streptococcus pyogenes.

Song F Lee, Lydia Li, Naif Jalal, Scott A Halperin

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Two cysteines control Tse1 secretion by H1-T6SS in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Song F LeeDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie Universitygrid.55602.34, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Lydia LiDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie Universitygrid.55602.34, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Naif JalalDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie Universitygrid.55602.34, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Scott A HalperinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Dalhousie Universitygrid.55602.34, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Nova Scotia Health Authority · CAIzaak Walton Killam Health Centre · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mechanisms of disulfide bond formation in the human pathogen Streptococcus pyogenes are currently unknown. To date, no disulfide bond-forming thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase (TDOR) has been described and at least one disulfide bonded protein is known in S. pyogenes. This protein is the superantigen SpeA, which contains 3 cysteine residues (Cys 87, Cys90, and Cys98) and has a disulfide bond formed between Cys87 and Cys98. In this study, candidate TDORs were identified from the genome sequence of S. pyogenes MGAS8232. Using mutational and biochemical approaches, one of the candidate proteins, SpyM18_2037 (named here SdbA), was shown to be the catalyst that introduces the disulfide bond in SpeA. SpeA in the culture supernatant remained reduced when

Indexed as

Amino Acid MotifsBacterial ProteinsBiocatalysisCatalytic DomainDisulfidesExotoxinsMembrane ProteinsMutagenesis, Site-DirectedProtein Disulfide Reductase (Glutathione)Streptococcus pyogenesBacterial ProteinsDisulfidesExotoxinsMembrane ProteinsProtein Disulfide Reductase (Glutathione)SpeA protein, Streptococcus pyogenesdisulfide bondSpeAStreptococcus pyogenessuperantigenthiol-disulfide oxidoreductase

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PMID34152832
PMCPMC8351626
OpenAlexW3173608434

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