α-hemolysin
Alpha hemolysin | ||
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according to PDB 7AHL | ||
other names |
Alpha toxin ( S. aureus ), Hla |
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Mass / length primary structure | 319 amino acids , 35,904 Da | |
Secondary to quaternary structure | heptamer | |
Identifier | ||
External IDs | ||
Orthologue ( Staphylococcus aureus ) | ||
Entrez | SAOUHSC_01121 | |
UniProt |
P09616
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PubMed search |
SAOUHSC_01121
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α-Hemolysin (synonym α-toxin from S. aureus ) is a microbial exotoxin from Staphylococcus aureus .
properties
α-Hemolysin is a heptameric pore-forming toxin from the group of β-pore-forming toxins. It acts as a hemolysin . It is a virulence factor in infection with S. aureus . The virulence is proportional to the formation of α-hemolysin. In addition to the Panton Valentine leukocidine , it is a main virulence factor in pneumonia caused by infection with S. aureus . It is also involved in necrosis of the skin and in fatal courses in infections with S. aureus .
Structurally, α-hemolysin consists of 68% β-sheets and 10% α-helices . Each of the seven subunits is involved with two β-sheets in the formation of the pore in the form of a β-barrel , with hydrophilic amino acids on the inside of the pore. The diameter of the pore varies from 14 angstroms at the narrowest point to 46 Å at its widest point. The pore prefers anions .
The toxin effect arises through activation of the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis . In addition, α-hemolysin binds to ADAM10 .
application
Alpha-hemolysin was an early subject of investigation in the development of nanopore sequencing .
literature
- PA Gurnev, EM Nestorovich: Channel-forming bacterial toxins in biosensing and macromolecule delivery. In: Toxins. Volume 6, number 8, August 2014, pp. 2483-2540, doi : 10.3390 / toxins6082483 , PMID 25153255 , PMC 4147595 (free full text).
Individual evidence
- ^ S. Bhakdi, J. Tranum-Jensen: Alpha-toxin of Staphylococcus aureus. In: Microbiological reviews. Volume 55, Number 4, December 1991, pp. 733-751, PMID 1779933 , PMC 372845 (free full text).
- ^ A b J. Bubeck Wardenburg, O. Schneewind: Vaccine protection against Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia. In: The Journal of experimental medicine. Volume 205, number 2, February 2008, pp. 287-294, doi : 10.1084 / jem.20072208 , PMID 18268041 , PMC 2271014 (free full text).
- ↑ J. Bubeck Wardenburg, T. Bae, M. Otto, FR Deleo, O. Schneewind: Poring over pores: alpha-hemolysin and Panton-Valentine leukocidin in Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia. In: Nature medicine. Volume 13, Number 12, December 2007, pp. 1405-1406, doi : 10.1038 / nm1207-1405 , PMID 18064027 .
- ↑ a b B. J. Berube, J. Bubeck Wardenburg: Staphylococcus aureus α-toxin: nearly a century of intrigue. In: Toxins. Volume 5, Number 6, June 2013, pp. 1140-1166, PMID 23888516 , PMC 3717774 (free full text).
- ^ A b L. Song, MR Hobaugh, C. Shustak, S. Cheley, H. Bayley, JE Gouaux: Structure of staphylococcal alpha-hemolysin, a heptameric transmembrane pore. In: Science. Volume 274, Number 5294, December 1996, pp. 1859-1866, PMID 8943190 .
- ↑ G. Menestrina, M. Dalla Serra, M. Comai, M. Coraiola, G. Viero, S. Werner, DA Colin, H. Monteil, G. Prévost: Ion channels and bacterial infection: the case of beta-barrel pore -forming protein toxins of Staphylococcus aureus. In: FEBS letters. Volume 552, Number 1, September 2003, pp. 54-60, PMID 12972152 .
- ↑ H. Bantel, B. Sinha, W. Domschke, G. Peters, K. Schulze-Osthoff, RU Jänicke: alpha-Toxin is a mediator of Staphylococcus aureus-induced cell death and activates caspases via the intrinsic death pathway independently of death receptor signaling. In: Journal of Cell Biology . Volume 155, number 4, November 2001, pp. 637-648, doi : 10.1083 / jcb.200105081 , PMID 11696559 , PMC 2198876 (free full text).
- ↑ JJ Kasianowicz, E. Brandin, D. Branton, DW Deamer: Characterization of individual polynucleotide molecules using a membrane channel. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . Volume 93, Number 24, November 1996, pp. 13770-13773, PMID 8943010 , PMC 19421 (free full text).
- ↑ J. Nivala, DB Marks, M. Akeson: Unfoldase-mediated protein translocation through an α-hemolysin nanopore. In: Nature Biotechnology . Volume 31, number 3, March 2013, pp. 247-250, doi : 10.1038 / nbt.2503 , PMID 23376966 , PMC 3772521 (free full text).