Download MendeleyStructural basis for multimeric heme complexation through a specific protein-heme interaction: the case of the third neat domain of IsdH from Staphylococcus aureus
Watanabe, M., Tanaka, Y., Suenaga, A., Kuroda, M., Yao, M., Watanabe, N., Arisaka, F., Ohta, T., Tanaka, I., Tsumoto, K.(2008) J Biol Chem 283: 28649-28659
- PubMed: 18667422
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M803383200
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
2E7D, 2Z6F - PubMed Abstract:
To elucidate the heme acquisition system in pathogenic bacteria, we investigated the heme-binding properties of the third NEAT domain of IsdH (IsdH-NEAT3), a receptor for heme located on the surfaces of pathogenic bacterial cells, by using x-ray crystallography, isothermal titration calorimetry, examination of absorbance spectra, mutation analysis, size-exclusion chromatography, and analytical ultracentrifugation. We found the following: 1) IsdH-NEAT3 can bind with multiple heme molecules by two modes; 2) heme was bound at the surface of IsdH-NEAT3; 3) candidate residues proposed from the crystal structure were not essential for binding with heme; and 4) IsdH-NEAT3 was associated into a multimeric heme complex by the addition of excess heme. From these observations, we propose a heme-binding mechanism for IsdH-NEAT3 that involves multimerization and discuss the biological importance of this mechanism.
Organizational Affiliation:
Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo 277-8562, Japan.
