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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5137
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-12-21
pubmed:abstractText
The assembly of different types of virulence-associated surface fibers called pili in Gram-negative bacteria requires periplasmic chaperones. PapD is the prototype member of the periplasmic chaperone family, and the structural basis of its interactions with pilus subunits was investigated. Peptides corresponding to the carboxyl terminus of pilus subunits bound PapD and blocked the ability of PapD to bind to the pilus adhesin PapG in vitro. The crystal structure of PapD complexed to the PapG carboxyl-terminal peptide was determined to 3.0 A resolution. The peptide bound in an extended conformation with its carboxyl terminus anchored in the interdomain cleft of the chaperone via hydrogen bonds to invariant chaperone residues Arg8 and Lys112. Main chain hydrogen bonds and contacts between hydrophobic residues in the peptide and the chaperone stabilized the complex and may play a role in determining binding specificity. Site-directed mutations in Arg8 and Lys112 abolished the ability of PapD to bind pilus subunits and mediate pilus assembly in vivo, an indication that the PapD-peptide crystal structure is a reflection of at least part of the PapD-subunit interaction.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0036-8075
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
262
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1234-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7901913-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7901913-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7901913-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7901913-Chaperonins, pubmed-meshheading:7901913-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:7901913-Escherichia coli Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7901913-Fimbriae, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:7901913-Hydrogen Bonding, pubmed-meshheading:7901913-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:7901913-Molecular Chaperones, pubmed-meshheading:7901913-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7901913-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:7901913-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:7901913-Periplasmic Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7901913-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:7901913-Protein Structure, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:7901913-Proteins
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Structural basis of pilus subunit recognition by the PapD chaperone.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't