title: Crystal structure of Drosophila PGRP-SD suggests binding to DAP-type but not lysine-type peptidoglycan.
abstract: In Drosophila the synthesis of antimicrobial peptides in response to microbial infections is under the control of the Toll and immune deficiency (Imd) signaling pathways. The Toll signaling pathway responds mainly to Gram-positive bacterial and fungal infection while the Imd pathway mediates the response to Gram-negative bacteria. Microbial recognition upstream of Toll involves, at least in part, peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs). The sensing of Gram-positive bacteria is mediated by the pattern recognition receptors PGRP-SA and Gram-negative binding protein 1 (GNBP1) that cooperate to detect the presence of lysine-type peptidoglycan in the host. Recently it has been shown that a loss-of-function mutation in peptidoglycan recognition protein SD (PGRP-SD) severely exacerbates the PGRP-SA and GNBP1 mutant phenotypes. Here we have solved the crystal structure of PGRP-SD at 1.5A resolution. Comparison with available structures of PGRPs in complex with their peptidoglycan (PGN) ligand strongly suggests a diaminopimelic acid (DAP) specificity for PGRP-SD. This result is supported by pull-down assays with insoluble PGNs. In addition we show that Toll pathway activation after infection by DAP-type PGN containing bacteria is clearly reduced in PGRP-SD mutant flies. Our hypothesis is that the role of PGRP-SD is the recognition of DAP-type PGNs responsible for the activation of the Toll pathway by Gram-negative bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, UMR 6098 CNRS and Universités Aix-Marseille I & II, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bischoff
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kellenberger
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hetru
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Royet
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roussel
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D020134:Catalytic Domain; D018360:Crystallography, X-Ray; D003960:Diaminopimelic Acid / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000276:immunology; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D010457:Peptidoglycan; C118897:peptidoglycan recognition protein; D003960:Diaminopimelic Acid