ID HLA_STAAU Reviewed; 319 AA. AC P09616; DT 01-JUL-1989, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. DT 01-DEC-1992, sequence version 2. DT 24-JAN-2024, entry version 150. DE RecName: Full=Alpha-hemolysin; DE Short=Alpha-HL; DE AltName: Full=Alpha-toxin; DE Flags: Precursor; GN Name=hly; Synonyms=hla; OS Staphylococcus aureus. OC Bacteria; Bacillota; Bacilli; Bacillales; Staphylococcaceae; OC Staphylococcus. OX NCBI_TaxID=1280; RN [1] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA], AND PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 27-44. RC STRAIN=ATCC 10832 / Wood 46; RX PubMed=6500704; DOI=10.1128/iai.46.2.615-618.1984; RA Gray G.S., Kehoe M.; RT "Primary sequence of the alpha-toxin gene from Staphylococcus aureus wood RT 46."; RL Infect. Immun. 46:615-618(1984). RN [2] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA], AND SEQUENCE REVISION. RC STRAIN=ATCC 10832 / Wood 46; RA Hedengrahn G.; RL Submitted (OCT-1992) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases. RN [3] RP NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA] OF 27-319, FUNCTION, SUBUNIT, AND RP MUTAGENESIS OF 315-GLU--ASN-319. RC STRAIN=ATCC 10832 / Wood 46; RX PubMed=1587866; DOI=10.1016/s0021-9258(19)50103-x; RA Walker B., Krishnasastry M., Zorn L., Kasianowicz J., Bayley H.; RT "Functional expression of the alpha-hemolysin of Staphylococcus aureus in RT intact Escherichia coli and in cell lysates. Deletion of five C-terminal RT amino acids selectively impairs hemolytic activity."; RL J. Biol. Chem. 267:10902-10909(1992). RN [4] {ECO:0007744|PDB:7AHL} RP X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (1.89 ANGSTROMS) OF 27-319, SUBUNIT, SUBCELLULAR RP LOCATION, AND DOMAIN. RC STRAIN=ATCC 10832 / Wood 46; RX PubMed=8943190; DOI=10.1126/science.274.5294.1859; RA Song L., Hobaugh M.R., Shustak C., Cheley S., Bayley H., Gouaux J.E.; RT "Structure of staphylococcal alpha-hemolysin, a heptameric transmembrane RT pore."; RL Science 274:1859-1866(1996). RN [5] RP SUBUNIT, AND MUTAGENESIS OF 28-ASP-SER-29; 28-ASP--ASP-39; 28-ASP--GLY-49; RP 28-ASP--PHE-65; 312-TRP--ASN-319; 315-GLU--ASN-319 AND 317-MET--ASN-319. RX PubMed=1400487; DOI=10.1016/s0021-9258(19)36680-3; RA Walker B., Krishnasastry M., Zorn L., Bayley H.; RT "Assembly of the oligomeric membrane pore formed by Staphylococcal alpha- RT hemolysin examined by truncation mutagenesis."; RL J. Biol. Chem. 267:21782-21786(1992). RN [6] RP MUTAGENESIS OF HIS-61; HIS-74; HIS-170 AND HIS-285. RC STRAIN=8325-4; RX PubMed=8168947; DOI=10.1128/iai.62.5.1843-1847.1994; RA Menzies B.E., Kernodle D.S.; RT "Site-directed mutagenesis of the alpha-toxin gene of Staphylococcus RT aureus: role of histidines in toxin activity in vitro and in a murine RT model."; RL Infect. Immun. 62:1843-1847(1994). RN [7] RP MUTAGENESIS OF HIS-61; HIS-74; HIS-170 AND HIS-285. RX PubMed=8188346; DOI=10.1128/iai.62.6.2249-2256.1994; RA Jursch R., Hildebrand A., Hobom G., Tranum-Jensen J., Ward R., Kehoe M., RA Bhakdi S.; RT "Histidine residues near the N-terminus of staphylococcal alpha-toxin as RT reporters of regions that are critical for oligomerization and pore RT formation."; RL Infect. Immun. 62:2249-2256(1994). RN [8] RP MUTAGENESIS. RX PubMed=7559447; DOI=10.1074/jbc.270.39.23065; RA Walker B., Bayley H.; RT "Key residues for membrane binding, oligomerization, and pore forming RT activity of staphylococcal alpha-hemolysin identified by cysteine scanning RT mutagenesis and targeted chemical modification."; RL J. Biol. Chem. 270:23065-23071(1995). RN [9] RP FUNCTION, INTERACTION WITH HUMAN ADAM10, AND MUTAGENESIS OF HIS-61. RX PubMed=20624979; DOI=10.1073/pnas.1001815107; RA Wilke G.A., Bubeck Wardenburg J.; RT "Role of a disintegrin and metalloprotease 10 in Staphylococcus aureus RT alpha-hemolysin-mediated cellular injury."; RL Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107:13473-13478(2010). CC -!- FUNCTION: Alpha-toxin binds to the membrane of eukaryotic cells CC (particularly red blood cells, RBC) forming pores, resulting in CC hemolysis, with the release of low-molecular weight molecules leading CC to eventual osmotic RBC lysis (PubMed:1587866, PubMed:20624979). Human CC RBCs bind much less alpha-toxin than do rabbit RBCs (PubMed:1587866, CC PubMed:20624979). Heptamer oligomerization and pore formation is CC required for lytic activity (PubMed:1587866, PubMed:20624979). CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:1587866, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20624979}. CC -!- SUBUNIT: Self-assembles to first form a non-lytic oligomeric CC intermediate, and then, a mushroom-shaped homoheptamer structure of 100 CC Angstroms in length and up to 100 Angstroms in diameter CC (PubMed:8943190) (Probable). Interacts with human ADAM10; this CC interaction is required for toxin pore formation, disruption of focal CC adhesions, and hly-mediated cytotoxicity (PubMed:20624979). CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:20624979, ECO:0000269|PubMed:8943190, CC ECO:0000305|PubMed:1400487, ECO:0000305|PubMed:1587866}. CC -!- INTERACTION: CC P09616; P09616: hly; NbExp=6; IntAct=EBI-15848589, EBI-15848589; CC -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Secreted {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8943190}. CC Note=Secreted as a monomer (PubMed:8943190). After oligomerization and CC pore formation, the complex is translocated across the bilayer, CC probably via the Gly-rich domain of each strand. CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8943190}. CC -!- DOMAIN: The mushroom-shaped heptamer is composed of a cap domain CC (comprising 7 beta sandwiches and the amino latches of each protomer), CC 7 rim regions whose protruding strands may interact with the membrane CC bilayer, and the stem domain (52 Angstroms in length, 26 Angstroms in CC diameter) which forms the transmembrane pore. CC {ECO:0000269|PubMed:8943190}. CC -!- SIMILARITY: Belongs to the aerolysin family. {ECO:0000305}. CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC Copyrighted by the UniProt Consortium, see https://www.uniprot.org/terms CC Distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DR EMBL; X01645; CAA25801.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR EMBL; M90536; AAA26598.1; -; Genomic_DNA. DR PIR; S69209; S69209. DR PDB; 3M2L; X-ray; 2.10 A; A/B/C/D/E/F/G=27-319. DR PDB; 3M3R; X-ray; 2.20 A; A/B/C/D/E/F/G=27-319. DR PDB; 3M4D; X-ray; 1.90 A; A/B/C/D/E/F/G=27-319. DR PDB; 3M4E; X-ray; 2.30 A; A/B/C/D/E/F/G=27-319. DR PDB; 4IDJ; X-ray; 3.36 A; A=27-319. DR PDB; 4YHD; X-ray; 2.80 A; A/B/C/D/E/G=27-319. DR PDB; 6U3T; X-ray; 2.79 A; A/B=27-319. DR PDB; 6U49; X-ray; 2.35 A; A/B/C/D/E/F/G=27-319. DR PDB; 6U4P; X-ray; 2.49 A; A/B/C/D/E/F/G=27-319. DR PDB; 7AHL; X-ray; 1.89 A; A/B/C/D/E/F/G=27-319. DR PDB; 7O1Q; EM; 3.40 A; A/B/C/D/E/F/G=27-131, A/B/C/D/E/F/G=174-319. DR PDBsum; 3M2L; -. DR PDBsum; 3M3R; -. DR PDBsum; 3M4D; -. DR PDBsum; 3M4E; -. DR PDBsum; 4IDJ; -. DR PDBsum; 4YHD; -. DR PDBsum; 6U3T; -. DR PDBsum; 6U49; -. DR PDBsum; 6U4P; -. DR PDBsum; 7AHL; -. DR PDBsum; 7O1Q; -. DR AlphaFoldDB; P09616; -. DR EMDB; EMD-12696; -. DR SMR; P09616; -. DR DIP; DIP-59322N; -. DR IntAct; P09616; 1. DR ChEMBL; CHEMBL1075259; -. DR TCDB; 1.C.3.1.1; the Alpha-hemolysin channel-forming toxin (Alphahl) family. DR ABCD; P09616; 22 sequenced antibodies. DR Reactome; R-HSA-844456; The NLRP3 inflammasome. DR Reactome; R-HSA-9660826; Purinergic signaling in leishmaniasis infection. DR EvolutionaryTrace; P09616; -. DR PHI-base; PHI:10241; -. DR PHI-base; PHI:11285; -. DR PRO; PR:P09616; -. DR GO; GO:0005576; C:extracellular region; IEA:UniProtKB-SubCell. DR GO; GO:0042802; F:identical protein binding; IPI:IntAct. DR GO; GO:0090729; F:toxin activity; IMP:UniProtKB. DR GO; GO:0051715; P:cytolysis in another organism; IEA:InterPro. DR Gene3D; 2.70.240.10; Leukocidin/porin MspA; 1. DR InterPro; IPR005831; Aerolysin/haemolysin_CS. DR InterPro; IPR003963; Bi-component_toxin_staph. DR InterPro; IPR016183; Leukocidin/Hemolysin_toxin. DR InterPro; IPR036435; Leukocidin/porin_MspA_sf. DR NCBIfam; TIGR01002; hlyII; 1. DR Pfam; PF07968; Leukocidin; 1. DR PRINTS; PR01468; BICOMPNTOXIN. DR SUPFAM; SSF56959; Leukocidin-like; 1. DR PROSITE; PS00274; AEROLYSIN; 1. PE 1: Evidence at protein level; KW 3D-structure; Cytolysis; Direct protein sequencing; Hemolysis; Secreted; KW Signal; Toxin; Virulence. FT SIGNAL 1..26 FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:6500704" FT CHAIN 27..319 FT /note="Alpha-hemolysin" FT /id="PRO_0000035636" FT MUTAGEN 28..65 FT /note="Missing: Binds host red blood cells, complete loss FT of hemolytic activity, no longer oligomerizes." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:1400487" FT MUTAGEN 28..49 FT /note="Missing: Binds host red blood cells, complete loss FT of hemolytic activity, forms hexamers." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:1400487" FT MUTAGEN 28..39 FT /note="Missing: Binds host red blood cells, complete loss FT of hemolytic activity, mainly forms pentamers." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:1400487" FT MUTAGEN 28..29 FT /note="Missing: Binds host red blood cells, complete loss FT of hemolytic activity, mainly forms pentamers." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:1400487" FT MUTAGEN 61 FT /note="H->I,L,P,R,S,T: No oligomerization nor hemolytic FT activity, wild-type target cell-binding." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:8188346" FT MUTAGEN 61 FT /note="H->L: No hemolytic activity, reduced FT oligomerization, not toxic in mice, no effect on ADAM10 FT binding." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:20624979, FT ECO:0000269|PubMed:8168947" FT MUTAGEN 74 FT /note="H->I,R,T: No oligomerization, altered hemolysis, FT near wild-type target cell binding." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:8188346" FT MUTAGEN 74 FT /note="H->L: 7% of normal hemolytic activity, reduced FT toxicity in mice." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:8168947" FT MUTAGEN 170 FT /note="H->L,P,R: Decreased hemolysis, wild-type FT oligomerization and target cell binding." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:8188346" FT MUTAGEN 170 FT /note="H->L: 16% of normal hemolytic activity." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:8168947" FT MUTAGEN 285 FT /note="H->I,P,R,S: Nearly wild-type oligomerization, FT hemolysis and target cell binding." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:8188346" FT MUTAGEN 285 FT /note="H->L: 46% of normal hemolytic activity, slowly toxic FT in mice." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:8168947" FT MUTAGEN 312..319 FT /note="Missing: Binds host red blood cells, complete loss FT of hemolytic activity, no longer oligomerizes." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:1400487" FT MUTAGEN 315..319 FT /note="Missing: Binds host red blood cells, almost complete FT loss of hemolytic activity, greatly reduced FT oligomerization." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:1400487, FT ECO:0000269|PubMed:1587866" FT MUTAGEN 317..319 FT /note="Missing: Binds host red blood cells, almost complete FT loss of hemolytic activity, greatly reduced FT oligomerization." FT /evidence="ECO:0000269|PubMed:1400487" FT HELIX 28..31 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT TURN 35..38 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT STRAND 40..43 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:4IDJ" FT STRAND 47..55 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT TURN 56..59 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT STRAND 60..69 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT STRAND 74..87 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT STRAND 92..95 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:3M4D" FT TURN 98..100 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:6U3T" FT STRAND 101..115 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT STRAND 123..129 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT STRAND 135..153 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT STRAND 158..184 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT STRAND 188..197 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT STRAND 200..202 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT STRAND 205..208 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT TURN 215..217 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT HELIX 232..234 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT HELIX 239..241 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT HELIX 244..247 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT STRAND 254..260 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT STRAND 268..286 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT STRAND 288..311 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT TURN 312..315 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" FT STRAND 316..318 FT /evidence="ECO:0007829|PDB:7AHL" SQ SEQUENCE 319 AA; 35904 MW; 6711C415DF7EBF30 CRC64; MKTRIVSSVT TTLLLGSILM NPVAGAADSD INIKTGTTDI GSNTTVKTGD LVTYDKENGM HKKVFYSFID DKNHNKKLLV IRTKGTIAGQ YRVYSEEGAN KSGLAWPSAF KVQLQLPDNE VAQISDYYPR NSIDTKEYMS TLTYGFNGNV TGDDTGKIGG LIGANVSIGH TLKYVQPDFK TILESPTDKK VGWKVIFNNM VNQNWGPYDR DSWNPVYGNQ LFMKTRNGSM KAADNFLDPN KASSLLSSGF SPDFATVITM DRKASKQQTN IDVIYERVRD DYQLHWTSTN WKGTNTKDKW TDRSSERYKI DWEKEEMTN //