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Staphylococcus aureus Lipase 3 (SAL3) is a surface-associated lipase that hydrolyzes short chain fatty acids

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PLOS ONE
卷 16, 期 10, 页码 -

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PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258106

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  1. National Institutes of Health [HD087198]

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Bacterial lipases, including the newly discovered SAL3 from Staphylococcus aureus, play crucial roles during infection by specifically targeting short chain fatty acids and binding negatively charged lipids. A catalytic triad mutation can abolish the lipase activity of SAL3 while maintaining its binding ability to host lipid substrates.
Bacterial lipases play important roles during infection. The Staphylococcus aureus genome contains several genes that encode well-characterized lipases and several genes predicted to encode lipases or esterases for which the function has not yet been established. In this study, we sought to define the function of an uncharacterized S. aureus protein, and we propose the annotation S. aureus lipase 3 (SAL3) (SAUSA300_0641). We confirmed that SAL3 is a lipase and that it is surface associated and secreted through an unknown mechanism. We determined that SAL3 specifically hydrolyzes short chain (4-carbon and fewer) fatty acids and specifically binds negatively charged lipids including phosphatidic acid, phosphatidylinositol phosphate, and phosphatidylglycerol, which is the most abundant lipid in the staphylococcal cell membrane. Mutating the catalytic triad S-66-A, D-167-A, S-168-A, and H-301-A in the recombinant protein abolished lipase activity without altering binding to host lipid substrates. Taken together we report the discovery of a novel lipase from S. aureus specific to short chain fatty acids with yet to be determined roles in host pathogen interactions.

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