期刊
PROTEIN SCIENCE
卷 11, 期 4, 页码 894-902出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1110/ps.4360102
关键词
beta barrel; leukocidin; membrane protein; pore-forming toxin; protein-protein interaction; staphylococcal alpha-hemolysin; subunit stoichiometry
Staphylococcal leukocidin pores are formed by the obligatory interaction of two distinct polypeptides, one of class F and one of class S. making them unique in the family of beta-barrel pore-forming toxins (beta-PFTs). By contrast, other beta-PFTs form homo-oligomeric pores, for example. the staphylococcal alpha-hemolysin (alphaHL) pore is a homoheptamer. Here, we deduce the subunit composition of a leukocidin pore by two independent methods: gel shift electrophoresis and site-specific chemical modification during single-channel recording. Four LukF and four LukS subunits coassemble to form an octamer. This result in part explains properties of the leukocidin pore, such as its high conductance compared to the alphaHL pore. It is also pertinent to the mechanism of assembly of beta-PFT pores and suggests new possibilities for engineering these proteins.
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