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Title | TdfH selectively binds metal-loaded tetrameric calprotectin for zinc import. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Commun Biol, Vol. 5, Issue 1, Page 103, Year 2022 |
Publish date | Jan 31, 2022 |
![]() | Aloke K Bera / Runrun Wu / Simone Harrison / Cynthia Nau Cornelissen / Walter J Chazin / Nicholas Noinaj / ![]() |
PubMed Abstract | To combat nutritional immunity, N. gonorrhoeae has evolved systems to hijack zinc and other metals directly from host metal-binding proteins such as calprotectin (CP). Here, we report the 6.1 Å ...To combat nutritional immunity, N. gonorrhoeae has evolved systems to hijack zinc and other metals directly from host metal-binding proteins such as calprotectin (CP). Here, we report the 6.1 Å cryoEM structure of the gonococcal surface receptor TdfH in complex with a zinc-bound CP tetramer. We further show that TdfH can also interact with CP in the presence of copper and manganese, but not with cobalt. |
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Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 6.05 Å |
Structure data | ![]() EMDB-25692: |
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