Binding of peptides in solution by the Escherichia coli chaperone PapD as revealed using an inhibition ELISA and NMR spectroscopy
作者:Katarina Flemmer Karlsson、Björn Walse、Torbjörn Drakenberg、Sarbari Roy、Karl-Erik Bergquist、Jerome S. Pinkner、Scott J. Hultgren、Jan Kihlberg
DOI:10.1016/s0968-0896(98)00162-x
日期:1998.11
PapD is the prototype member of a family of periplasmic chaperones which are required for assembly of virulence associated pili in pathogenic, gram-negative bacteria. In the present investigation, an ELISA has been developed for evaluation of compounds as inhibitors of PapD. Synthetic peptides, including an octamer, derived from the C-terminus of the pilus adhesin PapG were able to inhibit PapD in the ELISA. Evaluation of a panel of octapeptides in the ELISA, in combination with NMR studies, showed that the peptides were bound as extended beta-strands by PapD in aqueous solution. The PapD-peptide complex was stabilized by backbone to backbone hydrogen bonds and interactions involving three hydrophobic peptide side chains. This structural information, together with previous crystal structure data, provides a starting point in efforts to design and synthesize compounds which bind to chaperones and interfere with pilus assembly in pathogenic bacteria.