An essential serotype recognition pocket on phage P22 tailspike protein forces Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A O-antigen fragments to bind as nonsolution conformers

Item Type:	Article
Title:	An essential serotype recognition pocket on phage P22 tailspike protein forces Salmonella enterica serovar Paratyphi A O-antigen fragments to bind as nonsolution conformers
Creators Name:	Andres, D. and Gohlke, U. and Broeker, N.K. and Schulze, S. and Rabsch, W. and Heinemann, U. and Barbirz, S. and Seckler, R.
Abstract:	Bacteriophage P22 recognizes O-antigen polysaccharides of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica (S.) with its tailspike protein (TSP). In the serovars S. Typhimurium, S. Enteritidis, and S. Paratyphi A, the tetrasaccharide repeat units of the respective O-antigens consist of an identical main chain trisaccharide but different 3,6-dideoxyhexose substituents. Here, the epimers abequose, tyvelose, and paratose determine the specific serotype. P22TSP recognizes O-antigen octasaccharides in an extended binding site with a single 3,6-dideoxyhexose binding pocket. We have isolated S. Paratyphi A octasaccharides which were not available previously and determined the crystal structure of their complex with P22TSP. We discuss our data together with crystal structures of complexes with S. Typhimurium and S. Enteritidis octasaccharides determined earlier. Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) showed that S. Paratyphi A octasaccharide binds P22TSP less tightly, with a difference in binding free energy of approximately 7 kJ/mol at 20 degrees C compared to S. Typhimurium and S. Enteritidis octasaccharides. Individual protein-carbohydrate contacts were probed by amino acid replacements showing that the dideoxyhexose pocket contributes to binding of all three serotypes. However, S. Paratyphi A octasaccharides bind in a conformation with an energetically unfavorable varphi / psi glycosidic bond angle combination. By contrast, octasaccharides from the other serotypes bind as solution-like conformers. Two water molecules are conserved in all P22TSP complexes with octasaccharides of different serotypes. They line the dideoxyhexose binding pocket and force the S. Paratyphi A octasaccharides to bind as non-solution conformers. This emphasizes the role of solvent as part of carbohydrate binding sites.
Keywords:	Bacterial O-Antigen, Carbohydrate Interaction, Structural Thermodynamics, Tailspike Protein, Paratose
Source:	Glycobiology
ISSN:	0959-6658
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Volume:	23
Number:	4
Page Range:	486-494
Date:	April 2013
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1093/glycob/cws224
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