Binding of the kringle-2 domain of human plasminogen to streptococcal PAM-type M-protein causes dissociation of PAM dimers.

The direct binding of human plasminogen (hPg), via its kringle-2 domain (K2hPg ), to streptococcal M-protein (PAM), largely contributes to the pathogenesis of Pattern D Group A Streptococcus pyogenes (GAS). However, the mechanism of complex formation is unknown. In a system consisting of a Class II PAM from Pattern D GAS isolate NS88.2 (PAMNS88.2 ), with one K2hPg binding a-repeat in its A-domain, we employed biophysical techniques to analyze the mechanism of the K2hPg /PAMNS88.2 interaction. We show that apo-PAMNS88.2 is a coiled-coil homodimer (M.Wt. ~80 kDa) at 4°C-25°C, and is monomeric (M.Wt. ~40 kDa) at 37°C, demonstrating a temperature-dependent dissociation of PAMNS88.2 over a narrow temperature range. PAMNS88.2 displayed a single tight binding site for K2hPg at 4°C, which progressively increased at 25°C through 37°C. We isolated the K2hPg /PAMNS88.2 complexes at 4°C, 25°C, and 37°C and found molecular weights of ~50 kDa at each temperature, corresponding to a 1:1 (m:m) K2hPg /PAMNS88.2  monomer complex. hPg activation experiments by streptokinase demonstrated that the hPg/PAMNS88.2  monomer complexes are fully functional. The data show that PAM dimers dissociate into functional monomers at physiological temperatures or when presented with the active hPg module (K2hPg ) showing that PAM is a functional monomer at 37°C. © 2021 The Authors. MicrobiologyOpen published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Olawole Ayinuola, Yetunde A Ayinuola, Cunjia Qiu, Shaun W Lee, Victoria A Ploplis, Francis J Castellino. Binding of the kringle-2 domain of human plasminogen to streptococcal PAM-type M-protein causes dissociation of PAM dimers. MicrobiologyOpen. 2021 Nov;10(6):e1252

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