title: Human CD59 is a receptor for the cholesterol-dependent cytolysin intermedilysin.
abstract: Cholesterol is believed to serve as the common receptor for the cholesterol-dependent cytolysins (CDCs). One member of this toxin family, Streptococcus intermedius intermedilysin (ILY), exhibits a narrow spectrum of cellular specificity that is seemingly inconsistent with this premise. We show here that ILY, via its domain 4 structure, binds to the glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol-linked membrane protein human CD59 (huCD59). CD59 is an inhibitor of the membrane attack complex of human complement. ILY specifically binds to huCD59 via residues that are the binding site for the C8alpha and C9 complement proteins. These studies provide a new model for the mechanism of cellular recognition by a CDC.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104, USA.
authors.forename: Kara S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Giddings
authors.forename: Ji
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Sims
authors.forename: Rodney K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Tweten
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000633:toxicity*; D001430:Bacteriocins; D001665:Binding Sites; D018957:CD59 Antigens / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008958:Models, Molecular; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011817:Rabbits; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014357:Trypsin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001430:Bacteriocins; D018957:CD59 Antigens; C403910:intermedilysin protein, Streptococcus intermedius; D002784:Cholesterol; D014357:Trypsin