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- Title
Structural and functional characterization of NanU, a novel high-affinity sialic acid-inducible binding protein of oral and gut-dwelling Bacteroidetes species.
- Authors
PHANSOPA, Chatchawal; ROY, Sumita; RAFFERTY, John B.; DOUGLAS, C. W. Ian; PANDHAL, Jagroop; WRIGHT, Phillip C.; KELLY, David J.; STAFFORD, Graham P.
- Abstract
Many human-dwelling bacteria acquire sialic acid for growth or surface display. We identified previously a sialic acid utilization operon in Tannerella forsythia that includes a novel outer membrane sialic acid-transport system (NanOU), where NanO (neuraminate outer membrane permease) is a putative TonBdependent receptor and NanU (extracellular neuraminate uptake protein) is a predicted SusD family protein. Using heterologous complementation of nanOU genes into an Escherichia coli strain devoid of outer membrane sialic acid permeases, we show that the nanOU system from the gut bacterium Bacteroides fragilis is functional and demonstrate its dependence on TonB for function. We also show that nanU is required for maximal function of the transport system and that it is expressed in a sialic acid-responsive manner. We also show its cellular localization to the outer membrane using fractionation and immunofluorescence experiments. Ligand-binding studies revealed high-affinity binding of sialic acid to NanU (Kd ~400 nM) from two Bacteroidetes species as well as binding of a range of sialic acid analogues. Determination of the crystal structure of NanU revealed a monomeric SusD-like structure containing a novel motif characterized by an extended kinked helix that might determine sugar-binding specificity. The results of the present study characterize the first bacterial extracellular sialic acid-binding protein and define a sialic acidspecific PUL (polysaccharide utilization locus).
- Subjects
BIOLOGICAL transport; PROTEIN binding; ESCHERICHIA coli; BACTEROIDES; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; SIALIC acids
- Publication
Biochemical Journal, 2014, Vol 458, Issue 3, p499
- ISSN
0264-6021
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1042/BJ20131415