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In solutions of high ionic strength, native titin-2, a large extractable fragment of the sarcomere matrix protein titin, appears as extremely long, flexible, and slender beaded strings. We report here that in solutions of lower ionic strength near neutral pH, titin-2 assembles into higher-order aggregates with surface projections. Solid phase binding assays show that two myosin-binding proteins, C-protein and AMP-deaminase, are also titin-binding proteins. Both proteins decorate titin aggregates, producing filaments of more uniform appearance. Numerical Fourier transforms of these decorated aggregates show approximately 12-nm periodicities. The interaction of titin with myosin-associated proteins such as C-protein may take part in the anchoring mechanism that prevents the stretching and extension of titin filaments in the A band.
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PMID:Filamentous aggregates of native titin and binding of C-protein and AMP-deaminase. 834 8

Human thrombospondin 1 (hTSP-1) is a matricellular glycoprotein facilitating bacterial adherence to and invasion into eukaryotic cells. However, the bacterial adhesin(s) remain elusive. In this study, we show a dose-dependent binding of soluble hTSP-1 to Gram-positive but not Gram-negative bacteria. Diminished binding of soluble hTSP-1 to proteolytically pretreated staphylococci suggested a proteinaceous nature of potential bacterial adhesin(s) for hTSP-1. A combination of separation of staphylococcal surface proteins by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis with a ligand overlay assay with hTSP-1 and identification of the target protein by mass spectrometry revealed the major staphylococcal autolysin Atl as a bacterial binding protein for hTSP-1. Binding experiments with heterologously expressed repeats of the AtlE amidase from Staphylococcus epidermidis suggest that the repeating sequences (R1ab-R2ab) of the N-acetyl-muramoyl-L-alanine amidase of Atl are essential for binding of hTSP-1. Atl has also been identified previously as a staphylococcal vitronectin (Vn)-binding protein. Similar to the interaction with hTSP-1, the R1ab-R2ab repeats of Atl are shown here to be crucial for the interaction of Atl with the complement inhibition and matrix protein Vn. Competition assays with hTSP-1 and Vn revealed the R1ab-R2ab repeats of AtlE as the common binding domain for both host proteins. Furthermore, Vn competes with hTSP-1 for binding to Atl repeats and vice versa. In conclusion, this study identifies the Atl repeats as bacterial adhesive structures interacting with the human glycoproteins hTSP-1 and Vn. Finally, this study provides insight into the molecular interplay between hTSP-1 and Vn, respectively, and a bacterial autolysin.
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PMID:Repeating structures of the major staphylococcal autolysin are essential for the interaction with human thrombospondin 1 and vitronectin. 2437 Nov 40