Disentangling the Roles of Functional Domains in the Aggregation and Adsorption of the Multimodular Sea Star Adhesive Protein Sfp1Show others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Marine Biotechnology, ISSN 1436-2228, E-ISSN 1436-2236, Vol. 23, no 5, p. 724-735Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Sea stars can adhere to various underwater substrata using an adhesive secretion of which Sfp1 is a major component. Sfp1 is a multimodular protein composed of four subunits (Sfp1 Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Gamma) displaying different functional domains. We recombinantly produced two fragments of Sfp1 comprising most of its functional domains: the C-terminal part of the Beta subunit (rSfp1 Beta C-term) and the Delta subunit (rSfp1 Delta). Surface plasmon resonance analyses of protein adsorption onto different model surfaces showed that rSfp1 Beta C-term exhibits a significantly higher adsorption than the fibrinogen control on hydrophobic, hydrophilic protein-resistant, and charged self-assembled monolayers, while rSfp1 Delta adsorbed more on negatively charged and on protein-resistant surfaces compared to fibrinogen. Truncated recombinant rSfp1 Beta C-term proteins were produced in order to investigate the role of the different functional domains in the adsorption of this protein. The analysis of their adsorption capacities on glass showed that two mechanisms are involved in rSfp1 Beta C-term adsorption: (1) one mediated by the EGF-like domain and involving Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions, and (2) one mediated by the sequence of Sfp1 Beta with no homology with known functional domain in databases, in the presence of Na+, Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Springer Nature, 2021. Vol. 23, no 5, p. 724-735
Keywords [en]
Sea stars; Adhesive protein; Sfp1; Functional domain; Adsorption; SPR
National Category
Microbiology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-179641DOI: 10.1007/s10126-021-10059-yISI: 000696152800001PubMedID: 34528162OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-179641DiVA, id: diva2:1599221
Note
Funding Agencies|ARC projectAustralian Research Council [ARC-17/21 UMONS 3]; European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) ActionEuropean Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) [CA15216, 36,087, 41,592, 45,324]; Fund for Scientific Research of Belgium (F.R. S.FNRS) "Projet de Recherche" [T.0088.20]; Fund for Medical Research in Hainaut (F.R.M.H.); European Regional Development FundEuropean Commission; Walloon Region
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