Identification and biochemical characterization of the ligand binding domain of the collagen adhesin from Staphylococcus aureus.
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We have recently shown that the expression of a collagen adhesin is both necessary and sufficient to mediate the attachment of Staphylococcus aureus to cartilage, a complex collagen-containing substrate [Switalski, L. M., Patti, J. M., Butcher, W., Gristina, A. G., Speziale, P., & Hk, M. (1993) Mol. Microbiol. 7, 99-107]. We now report on the localization of the ligand binding site within the 135-kDa S. aureus collagen adhesin. Using deletion mutagenesis in combination with Western ligand blot and direct binding assays, the collagen binding domain (CBD) was localized to a 168 amino acid long segment [CBD(151-318)] within the N-terminal portion of the adhesin. Using biospecific interaction analysis, pepsin-digested bovine type II collagen was found to contain eight binding sites for CBD(151-318); two binding sites were of "high" affinity (Kd = 3 microM) and six sites were of low affinity (Kd = 30 microM). Short truncations in the terminal flanking regions of CBD(151-318) resulted in two CBDs (180-318 and 151-297) that lacked collagen binding activity. Analysis by circular dichroism of the recombinant CBDs in the far UV revealed similar secondary structures, predominantly beta-sheet, whereas the near-UV spectra indicated dramatic changes in the degree of intermolecular packing (tertiary structure). The deduced amino acid sequence of the ligand binding domain of the collagen adhesin is presented.
