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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 318, Issue 2, Pages 557-569Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00089-X
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iron transporter; bacteriophage; membrane proteins; analytical ultracentrifugation; differential scanning calorimetry
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Binding of bacteriophage T5 to Escherichia coli cells is mediated by specific interactions between the receptor-binding protein pb5 (67.8 kDa) and the outer membrane iron-transporter FhuA. A histidine-tagged form of pb5 was overproduced and purified. Isolated pb5 is monomeric and organized mostly as P-sheets (51%). pb5 functionality was attested in vivo by its ability to impair infection of E. coli cells by phage T5 and (1)80, and to prevent growth of bacteria on iron-ferrichrome as unique iron source. pb5 was functional in vitro, since addition of an equimolar concentration of pb5 to purified FhuA prevented DNA release from phage T5. However, pb5 alone was not sufficient for the conversion of FhuA into an open channel. Direct interaction of pb5 with FhuA was demonstrated by isolating a pb5/FhuA complex using size-exclusion chromatography. The stoichiometry, I mol of pb5/1 mol of FhuA, was deduced from its molecular mass, established by analytical ultracentrifugation after determination of the amount of bound detergent. SDS-PAGE and differential scanning calorimetry experiments highlighted the great stability of the complex: (i) it was not dissociated by 2% SDS even when the temperature was raised to 70degreesC; (ii) thermal denaturation of the complex occurred at 85degreesC, while pb5 and FhuA were denatured at 45degreesC and 74degreesC, respectively. The stability of the complex renders it suitable for high-resolution structural studies, allowing future analysis of conformational changes into both FhuA and pb5 upon adsorption of the virus to its host. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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