Oligomeric behavior of Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase toxin in solution |
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Authors: | Lee Sang-Jin Gray M C Zu Kai Hewlett E L |
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Affiliation: | University of Virginia, Department of Pharmacology, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA. |
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Abstract: | Adenylate cyclase (AC) toxin from Bordetella pertussis inserts into eukaryotic cells, producing intracellular cAMP, as well as hemolysis and cytotoxicity. Concentration dependence of hemolysis suggests oligomers as the functional unit and inactive deletion mutants permit partial restoration of intoxication and/or hemolysis, when added in pairs [M. Iwaki, A. Ullmann, P. Sebo, Mol. Microbiol. 17 (1995) 1015-1024], suggesting dimerization/oligomerization. Using affinity co-precipitation and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), we demonstrate specific self-association of AC toxin molecules in solution. Flag-tagged AC toxin mixed with biotinylated-AC toxin, followed by streptavidin beads, yields both forms of the toxin. FRET measurements of toxin, labeled with different fluorophores, demonstrate association in solution, requiring post-translational acylation, but not calcium. AC toxin mixed with DeltaR, an inactive mutant, results in enhancement of hemolysis over that with wild type alone, suggesting that oligomers are functional. Dimers and perhaps higher molecular mass forms of AC toxin occur in solution in a manner that is relevant to toxin action. |
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Keywords: | Bordetella pertussis Adenylate cyclase cAMP Dimer/oligomer Toxin Hemolysis FRET |
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