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JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 136, Issue 4, Pages 427-431Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvh140
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bi-component cytolysin; hetero-heptameric pore; membrane binding; staphylococcal gamma-hemolysin; single-FRET
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LukF and Hlg2 of staphylococcal gamma-hemolysin assemble into hetero-oligomeric pores on human red blood cells (HRBC). Here, we demonstrate, using a single-molecule imaging technique, that a W177T/R198T mutant of LukF, which exhibits no binding activity toward phosphatidylcholine, could form intermediate oligomers with Hlg2, including dimers, tetramers, and hexamer/heptamers, on HRBC. But, the mutant neither caused K+ efflux nor lysed HRBC, indicating that functional pores were not formed. Hence, we conclude that the W177 and R198 residues are essential for proper pore-formation by staphylococcal gamma-hemolysin. We also suggest that the interaction between the W177 and R198 residues, and phosphatidylcholine on membranes is the key to the formation of functional pores.
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