Structural basis for hemoglobin capture by Staphylococcus aureus cell-surface protein, IsdH. Kumar, K., Jacques, D., Pishchany, G., Caradoc-Davies, T., Spirig, T., Malmirchegini, G., Langley, D., Dickson, C., Mackay, J., Clubb, R., Guss, J., & Gell, D. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 286(44):38439-38447, 2011.
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Pathogens must steal iron from their hosts to establish infection. In mammals, hemoglobin (Hb) represents the largest reservoir of iron, and pathogens express Hb-binding proteins to access this source. Here, we show how one of the commonest and most significant human pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus, captures Hb as the first step of an iron-scavenging pathway. The x-ray crystal structure of Hb bound to a domain from the Isd (iron-regulated surface determinant) protein, IsdH, is the first structure of a Hb capture complex to be determined. Surface mutations in Hb that reduce binding to the Hb-receptor limit the capacity of S. aureus to utilize Hb as an iron source, suggesting that Hb sequence is a factor in host susceptibility to infection. The demonstration that pathogens make highly specific recognition complexes with Hb raises the possibility of developing inhibitors of Hb binding as antibacterial agents. © 2011 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.
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 abstract = {Pathogens must steal iron from their hosts to establish infection. In mammals, hemoglobin (Hb) represents the largest reservoir of iron, and pathogens express Hb-binding proteins to access this source. Here, we show how one of the commonest and most significant human pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus, captures Hb as the first step of an iron-scavenging pathway. The x-ray crystal structure of Hb bound to a domain from the Isd (iron-regulated surface determinant) protein, IsdH, is the first structure of a Hb capture complex to be determined. Surface mutations in Hb that reduce binding to the Hb-receptor limit the capacity of S. aureus to utilize Hb as an iron source, suggesting that Hb sequence is a factor in host susceptibility to infection. The demonstration that pathogens make highly specific recognition complexes with Hb raises the possibility of developing inhibitors of Hb binding as antibacterial agents. © 2011 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.},
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 author = {Kumar, K.K. and Jacques, D.A. and Pishchany, G. and Caradoc-Davies, T. and Spirig, T. and Malmirchegini, G.R. and Langley, D.B. and Dickson, C.F. and Mackay, J.P. and Clubb, R.T. and Guss, J.M. and Gell, D.A.},
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