PMID: 24340031

Authors:

Maestre-Reyna M, Wu WJ, Wang AH

Title:

Structural Insights into RbmA, a Biofilm Scaffolding Protein of V. Cholerae.

Journal:

PLoS One. 2013 Dec 5;8(12):e82458. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082458.

Abstract:

V. cholerae can form sessile biofilms associated with abiotic surfaces, cyanobacteria, zoo-plankton, mollusks, or crustaceans. Along with the vibrio polysaccharide, secreted proteins of the rbm gene cluster are key to the biofilm ultrastructure. Here we provide a thorough structural characterization of RbmA, a protein involved in mediating cell-cell and cell-biofilm contacts. We correlate our structural findings with initial ligand specificity screening results, NMR protein-ligand interaction analysis, and complement our results with a full biocomputational study.