2MTD

Strcucture of Decorin Binding Protein A from strain PBr of Borrelia garinii


Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: SOLUTION NMR
  • Conformers Calculated: 100 
  • Conformers Submitted: 10 
  • Selection Criteria: structures with the least restraint violations 

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Literature

Structural mechanisms underlying sequence-dependent variations in GAG affinities of decorin binding protein A, a Borrelia burgdorferi adhesin.

Morgan, A.M.Wang, X.

(2015) Biochem J 467: 439-451

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1042/BJ20141201
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    2MTC, 2MTD

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    Decorin-binding protein A (DBPA) is an important surface adhesin of the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease. DBPA facilitates the bacteria's colonization of human tissue by adhering to glycosaminoglycan (GAG), a sulfated polysaccharide. Interestingly, DBPA sequence variation among different strains of Borrelia spirochetes is high, resulting in significant differences in their GAG affinities. However, the structural mechanisms contributing to these differences are unknown. We determined the solution structures of DBPAs from strain N40 of B. burgdorferi and strain PBr of Borrelia garinii, two DBPA variants whose GAG affinities deviate significantly from strain B31, the best characterized version of DBPA. Our structures revealed that significant differences exist between PBr DBPA and B31/N40 DBPAs. In particular, the C-terminus of PBr DBPA, unlike C-termini from B31 and N40 DBPAs, is positioned away from the GAG-binding pocket and the linker between helices one and two of PBr DBPA is highly structured and retracted from the GAG-binding pocket. The repositioning of the C-terminus allowed the formation of an extra GAG-binding epitope in PBr DBPA and the retracted linker gave GAG ligands more access to the GAG-binding epitopes than other DBPAs. Characterization of GAG ligands' interactions with wild-type (WT) PBr and mutants confirmed the importance of the second major GAG-binding epitope and established the fact that the two epitopes are independent of one another and the new epitope is as important to GAG binding as the traditional epitope.


  • Organizational Affiliation

    *Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, U.S.A.


Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChains Sequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Decorin binding protein A164Borreliella garinii PBrMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: BGAPBR_A0025dbp
UniProt
Find proteins for B8F1J8 (Borreliella garinii PBr)
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Go to UniProtKB:  B8F1J8
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UniProt GroupB8F1J8
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: SOLUTION NMR
  • Conformers Calculated: 100 
  • Conformers Submitted: 10 
  • Selection Criteria: structures with the least restraint violations 

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Entry History 

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Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2015-03-25
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2015-04-29
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2023-06-14
    Changes: Data collection, Database references, Other