title: Structural basis for recognition of the translocated intimin receptor (Tir) by intimin from enteropathogenic Escherichia coli.
abstract: Intimin is a bacterial adhesion molecule involved in intimate attachment of enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli to mammalian host cells. Intimin targets the translocated intimin receptor (Tir), which is exported by the bacteria and integrated into the host cell plasma membrane. In this study we localized the Tir-binding region of intimin to the C-terminal 190 amino acids (Int190). We have also determined the region's high-resolution solution structure, which comprises an immunoglobulin domain that is intimately coupled to a novel C-type lectin domain. This fragment, which is necessary and sufficient for Tir interaction, defines a new super domain in intimin that exhibits striking structural similarity to the integrin-binding domain of the Yersinia invasin and C-type lectin families. The extracellular portion of intimin comprises an articulated rod of immunoglobulin domains extending from the bacterium surface, conveying a highly accessible 'adhesive tip' to the target cell. The interpretation of NMR-titration and mutagenesis data has enabled us to identify, for the first time, the binding site for Tir, which is located at the extremity of the Int190 moiety.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Centre for Structural Biology, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Batchelor
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prasannan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Daniell
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reece
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Connerton
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bloomberg
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dougan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Frankel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matthews
mesh_terms: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion / Q000502:physiology; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D001665:Binding Sites; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008958:Models, Molecular; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D014774:Virulence; D015011:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C109287:Tir protein, E coli; C053476:invasin, Yersinia; C073819:eaeA protein, E coli