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PROTEINS-STRUCTURE FUNCTION AND BIOINFORMATICS
Volume 77, Issue 2, Pages 253-261Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22500
Keywords
Salmonella typhi; pilus; type IVb pilin; cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) peptide; complex X-ray crystal structure
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- Academic Research Fund, National University of Singapore
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The type IVb pilus of the enteropathogenic bacteria Salmonella typhi is a major adhesion factor during the entry of this pathogen into gastrointestinal epithelial cells. Its target of adhesion is a stretch of 10 residues from the first extracellular domain of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR). The crystal structure of the N-terminal 25 amino acid deleted S. typhi native PilS protein (Delta PilS), which makes the pilus, was determined at 1.9 angstrom resolution by the multiwavelength anomalous dispersion method. Also, the structure of the complex of ANIS and a target CFTR peptide, determined at 1.8 angstrom, confirms that residues 113-117 (NKEER) of CFTR are involved in binding with the pilin protein and gives us insight on the amino acids that are essential for binding. Furthermore, we have also explored the role of a conserved disulfide bridge in pilus formation. The subunit structure and assembly architecture are crucial for understanding pilus functions and designing suitable therapeutics against typhoid. Proteins 2009; 77:253-261. (C) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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