1 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Concordia University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
2 Department of Physics, Concordia University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
3 Department of Biology and the Centre for Structural and Functional Genomics, Concordia University, Montréal, Quebec, Canada.

The interaction of streptococcal enolase with canine plasminogen: the role of surfaces in complex formation.

PLoS One. 2014;9(2):e88395

Authors: Balhara V, Deshmukh SS, Kálmán L, Kornblatt JA

Abstract

The enolase from Streptococcus pyogenes (Str enolase F137L/E363G) is a homo-octamer shaped like a donut. Plasminogen (Pgn) is a monomeric protein composed of seven discrete separated domains organized into a lock washer. The enolase is known to bind Pgn. In past work we searched for conditions in which the two proteins would bind to one another. The two native proteins in solution would not bind under any of the tried conditions. We found that if the structures were perturbed binding would occur. We stated that only the non-native Str enolase or Pgn would interact such that we could detect binding. We report here the results of a series of dual polarization interferometry (DPI) experiments coupled with atomic force microscopy (AFM), isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and fluorescence. We show that the critical condition for forming stable complexes of the two native proteins involves Str enolase binding to a surface. Surfaces that attract Str enolase are a sufficient condition for binding Pgn. Under certain conditions, Pgn adsorbed to a surface will bind Str enolase.

PMID: 24520380 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]