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- Title
Signal peptide of FadA adhesin from Fusobacterium nucleatum plays a novel structural role by modulating the filament’s length and width
- Authors
Témoin, Stéphanie; Wu, Karen L.; Wu, Vivian; Shoham, Menachem; Han, Yiping W.
- Abstract
Abstract: FadA, a novel adhesin of periodontal pathogen Fusobacterium nucleatum is composed of two forms, pre-FadA and mature FadA (mFadA), constituting the functional FadA complex (FadAc). By electron microscopy, we observed that mFadA formed uniformly long and thin filaments, while FadAc formed heterogeneous filaments of varying lengths and widths, as well as “knots”. Mutants in signal peptide or in the non-alpha-helical loop retaining heterogeneous structures had binding activity while those forming aggregates or long filaments lost activity. These observations suggest short filaments and knots may be the active forms of FadA. This is the first demonstration that a signal peptide is required for the assembly of a bacterial adhesin. Structured summary of protein interactions: mFadA and pre-FadA interaction by transmission electron microscopy (View interaction)
- Subjects
SIGNAL peptides; FUSOBACTERIUM; PATHOGENIC bacteria; PROTEIN binding; TRANSMISSION electron microscopy; PROTEIN-protein interactions
- Publication
FEBS Letters, 2012, Vol 586, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0014-5793
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.febslet.2011.10.047