The Maintenance of High Affinity Plasminogen Binding by Group A Streptococcal Plasminogen-binding M-like Protein is Mediated by Arginine and Histidine Residues Within the A1 and A2 Repeat Domains.
From: School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, New South Wales 2522, Australia.
The Journal of biological chemistry
- Publish Date: Sep 2006
- ISSN: 0021-9258
- Volume: 281
- Issue: 36
- Pages: 25965-71
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Sanderson-Smith Martina L, Walker Mark J, Ranson Marie, et al. The Maintenance of High Affinity Plasminogen Binding by Group A Streptococcal Plasminogen-binding M-like Protein is Mediated by Arginine and Histidine Residues Within the A1 and A2 Repeat Domains.. J. Biol. Chem. Sep 2006;281:25965-71
Abstract
Subversion of the plasminogen activation system is implicated in the virulence of group A streptococci (GAS). GAS displays receptors for the human zymogen plasminogen on the cell surface, one of which is the plasminogen-binding group A streptococcal M-like protein (PAM). The plasminogen binding domain of PAM is highly variable, and this variation has been linked to host selective immune pressure. Site-directed mutagenesis of full-length PAM protein from an invasive GAS isolate was undertaken to assess the contribution of residues in the a1 and a2 repeat domains to plasminogen binding function. Mutagenesis to alanine of key plasminogen binding lysine residues in the a1 and a2 repeats (Lys98 and Lys111) did not abrogate plasminogen binding by PAM nor did additional mutagenesis of Arg101 and His102 and Glu104, which have previously been implicated in plasminogen binding. Plasminogen binding was only abolished with the additional mutagenesis of Arg114 and His115 to alanine. Furthermore, mutagenesis of both arginine (Arg101 and Arg114) and histidine (His102 and His115) residues abolished interaction with plasminogen despite the presence of Lys98 and Lys111 in the binding repeats. This study shows for the first time that residues Arg101, Arg114, His102, and His115 in both the a1 and a2 repeat domains of PAM can mediate high affinity plasminogen binding. These data suggest that highly conserved arginine and histidine residues may compensate for variation elsewhere in the a1 and a2 plasminogen binding repeats, and may explain the maintenance of high affinity plasminogen binding by naturally occurring variants of PAM.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Amino Acid Sequence, Arginine, Bacterial Proteins, Binding Sites, Carrier Proteins, Fibrinolytic Agents, Histidine, Humans, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Plasminogen, Protein Binding, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Recombinant Proteins, Sequence Alignment, Streptococcus pyogenes
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