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ArticleScientific reports2021

Biophysical characterization of the homodimers of HomA and HomB, outer membrane proteins of Helicobacter pylori.

Anubhav Tamrakar, Rahul Singh, Amit Kumar, Ravindra D Makde, Ashish, Prashant Kodgire

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Anubhav TamrakarDiscipline of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, 453 552, India.
Rahul SinghHigh Pressure and Synchrotron Radiation Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay, Mumbai, India.
Amit KumarDiscipline of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, 453 552, India.
Ravindra D MakdeHigh Pressure and Synchrotron Radiation Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay, Mumbai, India.
AshishProtein Science and Engineering Division, CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, India.
Prashant KodgireDiscipline of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, 453 552, India. pkodgire@iiti.ac.in.
Indian Institute of Technology Indore · INBhabha Atomic Research Centre · INInstitute of Microbial Technology · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative bacterium that causes chronic inflammations in the stomach area and is involved in ulcers, which can develop into gastric malignancies. H. pylori attaches and colonizes to the human epithelium using some of their outer membrane proteins (OMPs). HomB and HomA are the most studied OMPs from H. pylori as they play a crucial role in adherence, hyper biofilm formation, antibiotic resistance and are also associated with severe gastric malignancies. The role of HomA and HomB in pathogenesis concerning their structure and function has not been evaluated yet. In the present study, we explored the structural aspect of HomA and HomB proteins using various computational, biophysical and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) techniques. Interestingly, the in-silico analysis revealed that HomA/B consists of 8 discontinuous N and C terminal β-strands forming a small β-barrel, along with a large surface-exposed globular domain. Further, biophysical experiments suggested that HomA and HomB are dimeric and most likely the cysteine residues present on surface-exposed loops participate in protein-protein interactions. Our study provides essential structural information of unexplored proteins of the Hom family that can help in a better understanding of H. pylori pathogenesis.

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Amino Acid SequenceBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHumansModels, MolecularProtein ConformationScattering, Small AngleX-Ray DiffractionBacterial Outer Membrane Proteins

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PMCPMC8714817
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