Structural Insights into SraP-Mediated Staphylococcus aureus Adhesion to Host Cells

Structural Insights into SraP-Mediated Staphylococcus aureus Adhesion to Host Cells

Staphylococcus aureus, a Gram-positive bacterium causes a number of devastating human diseases, such as infective endocarditis, osteomyelitis, septic arthritis and sepsis. S. aureus SraP, a surface-exposed serine-rich repeat glycoprotein (SRRP), is required for the pathogenesis of human infective endocarditis via its ligand-binding region (BR) adhering to human platelets. It remains unclear how...

The interaction between Staphylococcus aureus SdrD and desmoglein 1 is important for adhesion to host cells.

Staphylococcus aureus is known as a frequent colonizer of the skin and mucosa. Among bacterial factors involved in colonization are adhesins such as the microbial surface components recognizing adhesive matrix molecules (MSCRAMMs). Serine aspartate repeat containing protein D (SdrD) is involved in adhesion to human squamous cells isolated from the nose. Here, we identify Desmoglein 1 (Dsg1) as ...

Adhesion to Resting Endothelial Cells Staphylococcus aureus Protein-Mediated Shear Stress Prevents Fibronectin Binding

Structural insights of lincosamides targeting the ribosome of Staphylococcus aureus

Antimicrobial resistance within a wide range of pathogenic bacteria is an increasingly serious threat to global public health. Among these pathogenic bacteria are the highly resistant, versatile and possibly aggressive bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus. Lincosamide antibiotics were proved to be effective against this pathogen. This small, albeit important group of antibiotics is mostly active aga...

Structural insights into species-specific features of the ribosome from the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus.

The emergence of bacterial multidrug resistance to antibiotics threatens to cause regression to the preantibiotic era. Here we present the crystal structure of the large ribosomal subunit from Staphylococcus aureus, a versatile Gram-positive aggressive pathogen, and its complexes with the known antibiotics linezolid and telithromycin, as well as with a new, highly potent pleuromutilin derivativ...