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Comparative study of protein-protein interaction observed in PolyGalacturonase-Inhibiting Proteins from Phaseolus vulgaris and Glycine max and PolyGalacturonase from Fusarium moniliforme

A. Maulik,Hiren Ghosh,Soumalee Basu

Published 2009 in BMC Genomics

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BackgroundThe PolyGalacturonase-Inhibiting Proteins (PGIP) of plant cell wall limit the invasion of phytopathogenic organisms by interacting with the enzyme PolyGalacturonase (PG) they secrete to degrade pectin present in the cell walls. PGIPs from different or same plant differ in their inhibitory activity towards the same PG. PGIP2 from Phaseolus vulgaris (Pv) inhibits the PG from Fusarium moniliforme (Fm) although PGIP1, another member of the multigene family from the same plant sharing 99% sequence similarity, cannot. Interestingly, PGIP3 from Glycine max (Gm) which is a homologue of PGIP2 is capable of inhibiting the same PG although the extent of similarity is lower and is 88%. It therefore appears that subtle changes in the sequence of plant PGIPs give rise to different specificity for inhibiting pathogenic PGs and there exists no direct dependence of function on the extent of sequence similarity.ResultsStructural information for any PGIP-PG complex being absent, we resorted to molecular modelling to gain insight into the mechanism of recognition and discrimination of PGs by PGIPs. We have built homology models of Pv PGIP1 and Gm PGIP3 using the crystal structure of Pv PGIP2 (1OGQ) as template. These PGIPs were then docked individually to Fm PG to elucidate the characteristics of their interactions. The mode of binding for Pv PGIP1 to Fm PG considerably differs from the mode observed for Pv PGIP2-Fm PG complex, regardless of the high sequence similarity the two PGIPs share. Both Pv PGIP2 and Gm PGIP3 despite being relatively less similar, interact with residues of Fm PG that are known from mutational studies to constitute the active site of the enzyme. Pv PGIP1 tends to interact with residues not located at the active site of Fm PG. Looking into the electrostatic potential surface for individual PGIPs, it was evident that a portion of the interacting surface for Pv PGIP1 differs from the corresponding region of Pv PGIP2 or Gm PGIP3.Conclusionvan der Waals and eletrostatic interactions play an active role in PGIPs for proper recognition and discrimination of PGs. Docking studies reveal that Pv PGIP2 and Gm PGIP3 interact with the residues constituting the active site of Fm PG with implications that the proteins bind/block Fm PG at its active site and thereby inhibit the enzyme.

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