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Crystal structure of CEACAM3
Structural highlights
FunctionCEAM3_HUMAN Major granulocyte receptor mediating recognition and efficient opsonin-independent phagocytosis of CEACAM-binding microorganisms, including Neissiria, Moxarella and Haemophilus species, thus playing an important role in the clearance of pathogens by the innate immune system. Responsible for RAC1 stimulation in the course of pathogen phagocytosis.[1] [2] Publication Abstract from PubMedHelicobacter pylori infects half of the world's population, and strains that encode the cag type IV secretion system for injection of the oncoprotein CagA into host gastric epithelial cells are associated with elevated levels of cancer. CagA translocation into host cells is dependent on interactions between the H. pylori adhesin protein HopQ and human CEACAMs. Here, we present high-resolution structures of several HopQ-CEACAM complexes and CEACAMs in their monomeric and dimeric forms establishing that HopQ uses a coupled folding and binding mechanism to engage the canonical CEACAM dimerization interface for CEACAM recognition. By combining mutagenesis with biophysical and functional analyses, we show that the modes of CEACAM recognition by HopQ and CEACAMs themselves are starkly different. Our data describe precise molecular mechanisms by which microbes exploit host CEACAMs for infection and enable future development of novel oncoprotein translocation inhibitors and H. pylori-specific antimicrobial agents. The Helicobacter pylori adhesin protein HopQ exploits the dimer interface of human CEACAMs to facilitate translocation of the oncoprotein CagA.,Bonsor DA, Zhao Q, Schmidinger B, Weiss E, Wang J, Deredge D, Beadenkopf R, Dow B, Fischer W, Beckett D, Wintrode PL, Haas R, Sundberg EJ EMBO J. 2018 May 3. pii: embj.201798664. doi: 10.15252/embj.201798664. PMID:29724755[3] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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