Crystal structures of pertussis toxin with NAD+ and analogs provide structural insights into the mechanism of its cytosolic ADP-ribosylation activity

Sakari, Moona, Tran, Mai T., Rossjohn, Jamie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2020-7522, Pulliainen, Arto T., Beddoe, Travis and Littler, Dene R. 2022. Crystal structures of pertussis toxin with NAD+ and analogs provide structural insights into the mechanism of its cytosolic ADP-ribosylation activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry 298 (5) , 101892. 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101892

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Abstract

Bordetella pertussis is the causative agent of whooping cough, a highly contagious respiratory disease. Pertussis toxin (PT), a major virulence factor secreted by B. pertussis, is an AB5-type protein complex topologically related to cholera toxin. The PT protein complex is internalized by host cells and follows a retrograde trafficking route to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), where it subsequently dissociates. The released enzymatic S1 subunit is then translocated from the ER into the cytosol and subsequently ADP-ribosylates the inhibitory alpha-subunits (Gαi) of heterotrimeric G proteins, thus promoting dysregulation of G-protein coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling. However, the mechanistic details of the ADP-ribosylation activity of PT are not well understood. Here, we describe crystal structures of the S1 subunit in complex with nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+), with NAD+ hydrolysis products ADP-ribose and nicotinamide, with NAD+ analog PJ34, and with a novel NAD+ analog formed upon S1 subunit crystallization with 3-amino benzamide (3AB) and NAD+, which we name benzamide amino adenine dinucleotide (BaAD). These crystal structures provide unprecedented insights into pre- and post-NAD+ hydrolysis steps of the ADP-ribosyltransferase activity of PT. We propose that these data may aid in rational drug design approaches and further development of PT-specific small molecule inhibitors.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Additional Information:	This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
Publisher:	American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
ISSN:	0021-9258
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	14 April 2022
Date of Acceptance:	18 March 2022
Last Modified:	23 May 2023 14:38
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/149213

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