Biochemical and Spectroscopic Observation of Mn(II) Sequestration from Bacterial Mn(II) Transport Machinery by Calprotectin

Autor: Elizabeth M. Nolan, Derek M. Gagnon, Yu Gu, R. David Britt, Toshiki G. Nakashige, Megan Brunjes Brophy, Rose C. Hadley
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol 140, iss 1
ISSN: 1520-5126
0002-7863
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b11207
Popis: Human calprotectin (CP, S100A8/S100A9 oligomer) is a metal-sequestering host-defense protein that prevents bacterial acquisition of Mn(II). In this work, we investigate Mn(II) competition between CP and two solute-binding proteins that Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pneumoniae, Gram-positive bacterial pathogens of significant clinical concern, use to obtain Mn(II) when infecting a host. Biochemical and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopic analyses demonstrate that CP outcompetes staphylococcal MntC and streptococcal PsaA for Mn(II). This behavior requires the presence of excess Ca(II) ions, which enhance the Mn(II) affinity of CP. This report presents new spectroscopic evaluation of two Mn(II) proteins important for bacterial pathogenesis, direct observation of Mn(II) transfer from the bacterial Mn(II) acquisition proteins to CP, and molecular-level insight into the extracellular battle for metal nutrients that occurs during infection.
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