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The crystal structure of Pneumolysin at 2.0 Å resolution reveals the molecular packing of the pre-pore complex
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posted on 2023-06-08, 22:34 authored by Jamie E Marshall, Bayan H A Faraj, Alexandre R Gingras, Rana Lonnen, Md. Arif Sheikh, Mohammed El-Mezgueldi, Peter C E Moody, Peter W Andrew, Russell WallisPneumolysin is a cholesterol-dependent cytolysin (CDC) and virulence factor of Streptococcus pneumoniae. It kills cells by forming pores assembled from oligomeric rings in cholesterol-containing membranes. Cryo-EM has revealed the structures of the membrane-surface bound pre-pore and inserted-pore oligomers, however the molecular contacts that mediate these oligomers are unknown because high-resolution information is not available. Here we have determined the crystal structure of full-length pneumolysin at 1.98?Å resolution. In the structure, crystal contacts demonstrate the likely interactions that enable polymerisation on the cell membrane and the molecular packing of the pre-pore complex. The hemolytic activity is abrogated in mutants that disrupt these intermolecular contacts, highlighting their importance during pore formation. An additional crystal structure of the membrane-binding domain alone suggests that changes in the conformation of a tryptophan rich-loop at the base of the toxin promote monomer-monomer interactions upon membrane binding by creating new contacts. Notably, residues at the interface are conserved in other members of the CDC family, suggesting a common mechanism for pore and pre-pore assembly.
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Scientific ReportsISSN
2045-2322Publisher
Nature PublishingExternal DOI
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