Identification of an outer membrane protein involved in utilization of hemoglobin-haptoglobin complexes by nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae
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- DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.9.3703-3712.1996
Identification of an outer membrane protein involved in utilization of hemoglobin-haptoglobin complexes by nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae
Abstract
A recombinant plasmid containing a 6.5-kb fragment of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) chromosomal DNA was shown to confer a hemoglobin-haptoglobin-binding phenotype on Escherichia coli. Use of a mini-Tn10kan transposon for random insertion mutagenesis of this recombinant plasmid allowed localization of the NTHI DNA responsible for this hemoglobin-haptoglobin-binding phenotype to a 3.5-kb PstI-XhoI fragment within the 6.5-kb NTHI DNA insert. When this mutagenized NTHI DNA fragment was used to transform the wild-type NTHI strain, the resultant kanamycin-resistant mutant exhibited significantly decreased abilities to bind hemoglobin-haptoglobin and utilize it as a source of heme for aerobic growth in vitro. This mutant also lacked expression of a 115-kDa outer membrane protein that was present in the wild-type parent strain. Transformation of this mutant with wild-type NTHI chromosomal DNA restored the abilities to bind and utilize hemoglobin-haptoglobin and to express the 115-kDa outer membrane protein. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the relevant NTHI DNA revealed the presence of a gene, designated hhuA, that encoded a predicted 117,145-Da protein. The HhuA protein exhibited features typical of a TonB-dependent outer membrane receptor and had significant identity with the hemoglobin receptors of both Haemophilus ducreyi and Neisseria meningitidis.
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