5F7W

Blood group antigen binding adhesin BabA of Helicobacter pylori strain 17875 in complex with blood group B Lewis b heptasaccharide

Summary for 5F7W

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb5f7w/pdb
• Descriptor: Adhesin binding fucosylated histo-blood group antigen, Nanobody Nb-ER19, alpha-L-fucopyranose-(1-2)-[alpha-D-galactopyranose-(1-3)]beta-D-galactopyranose-(1-3)-[alpha-L-fucopyranose-(1-4)]2-acetamido-2-deoxy-beta-D-glucopyranose-(1-3)-beta-D-galactopyranose-(1-4)-beta-D-glucopyranose, ... (4 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: adhesin, lectin, nanobody, complex, cell adhesion
• Biological source: Helicobacter pylori; More
• Total number of polymer chains: 4
• Total formula weight: 127584.21

Authors

Moonens, K.,Gideonsson, P.,Subedi, S.,Romao, E.,Oscarson, S.,Muyldermans, S.,Boren, T.,Remaut, H. (deposition date: 2015-12-08, release date: 2016-01-20, Last modification date: 2024-01-10)

Primary citation

Moonens, K.,Gideonsson, P.,Subedi, S.,Bugaytsova, J.,Romao, E.,Mendez, M.,Norden, J.,Fallah, M.,Rakhimova, L.,Shevtsova, A.,Lahmann, M.,Castaldo, G.,Brannstrom, K.,Coppens, F.,Lo, A.W.,Ny, T.,Solnick, J.V.,Vandenbussche, G.,Oscarson, S.,Hammarstrom, L.,Arnqvist, A.,Berg, D.E.,Muyldermans, S.,Boren, T.,Remaut, H.
Structural Insights into Polymorphic ABO Glycan Binding by Helicobacter pylori.
Cell Host Microbe, 19:55-66, 2016

PubMed Abstract: The Helicobacter pylori adhesin BabA binds mucosal ABO/Le(b) blood group (bg) carbohydrates. BabA facilitates bacterial attachment to gastric surfaces, increasing strain virulence and forming a recognized risk factor for peptic ulcers and gastric cancer. High sequence variation causes BabA functional diversity, but the underlying structural-molecular determinants are unknown. We generated X-ray structures of representative BabA isoforms that reveal a polymorphic, three-pronged Le(b) binding site. Two diversity loops, DL1 and DL2, provide adaptive control to binding affinity, notably ABO versus O bg preference. H. pylori strains can switch bg preference with single DL1 amino acid substitutions, and can coexpress functionally divergent BabA isoforms. The anchor point for receptor binding is the embrace of an ABO fucose residue by a disulfide-clasped loop, which is inactivated by reduction. Treatment with the redox-active pharmaceutic N-acetylcysteine lowers gastric mucosal neutrophil infiltration in H. pylori-infected Le(b)-expressing mice, providing perspectives on possible H. pylori eradication therapies.

PubMed: 26764597
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2015.12.004

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (2.81 Å)