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    Structural basis of the interaction of the pyelonephritic e. coli adhesin to its human kidney receptor

    Dodson, K.W. and Pinkner, J.S. and Rose, T. and Magnusson, G. and Hultgren, S.J. and Waksman, Gabriel (2001) Structural basis of the interaction of the pyelonephritic e. coli adhesin to its human kidney receptor. Cell 105 (6), pp. 733-743. ISSN 0092-8674.

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    Abstract

    PapG is the adhesin at the tip of the P pilus that mediates attachment of uropathogenic Escherichia coli to the uroepithelium of the human kidney. The human specific allele of PapG binds to globoside (GbO4), which consists of the tetrasaccharide GalNAcβ1-3Galα1-4Galβ1-4Glc linked to ceramide. Here, we present the crystal structures of a binary complex of the PapG receptor binding domain bound to GbO4 as well as the unbound form of the adhesin. The biological importance of each of the residues involved in binding was investigated by site-directed mutagenesis. These studies provide a molecular snapshot of a host-pathogen interaction that determines the tropism of uropathogenic E. coli for the human kidney and is critical to the pathogenesis of pyelonephritis.

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    Item Type: Article
    School: Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Science > School of Natural Sciences
    Depositing User: Sarah Hall
    Date Deposited: 29 Apr 2019 14:38
    Last Modified: 02 Aug 2023 17:51
    URI: https://eprints.bbk.ac.uk/id/eprint/27348

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