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Publication Abstract from PubMed

Streptococcus sanguinis is a leading cause of infective endocarditis, a life-threatening infection of the cardiovascular system. An important interaction in the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis is attachment of the organisms to host platelets. S. sanguinis expresses a serine-rich repeat adhesin, SrpA, similar in sequence to platelet-binding adhesins associated with increased virulence in this disease. In this study, we determined the first crystal structure of the putative binding region of SrpA (SrpABR) both unliganded and in complex with a synthetic disaccharide ligand at 1.8 A and 2.0 A resolution, respectively. We identified a conserved sequence Thr-Arg motif that orients the sialic acid moiety and is required for binding to platelet monolayers. Further, we propose that sequence insertions in closely related family members contribute to the modulation of structural and functional properties, including the quaternary structure, the tertiary structure, and the ligand binding site.

Structural Basis for Sialoglycan Binding by the Streptococcus sanguinis SrpA Adhesin.,Bensing BA, Loukachevitch LV, McCulloch KM, Yu H, Vann KR, Wawrzak Z, Anderson S, Chen X, Sullam PM, Iverson TM J Biol Chem. 2016 Feb 1. pii: jbc.M115.701425. PMID:26833566^[1]

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