Semisynthesis of an Evasin from Tick Saliva Reveals a Critical Role of Tyrosine Sulfation for Chemokine Binding and Inhibition
Semisynthesis of an evasin from tick saliva reveals a critical role of tyrosine sulfation for chemokine binding and inhibition Charlotte Francka,b,c, Simon R. Fosterd,e, Jason Johansen-Leetea,b, Sayeeda Chowdhuryd,e, Michelle Cieleshc, Ram Prasad Bhusald,e, Joel P. Mackayc, Mark Larancec,f, Martin J. Stoned,e,1, and Richard J. Paynea,b,1 aSchool of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; bAustralian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Innovations in Peptide and Protein Science, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; cSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; dInfection and Immunity Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia; eCardiovascular Disease Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia; and fCharles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia Edited by Patricia LiWang, University of California, Merced, CA, and accepted by Editorial Board Member Stephen J. Benkovic April 16, 2020 (received for review January 13, 2020) Blood-feeding arthropods produce antiinflammatory salivary pro- therapeutic candidates (16–19). We and others have recently teins called evasins that function through inhibition of chemokine- exploited bioinformatics and yeast display approaches to discover receptor signaling in the host. Herein, we show that the evasin hundreds of putative evasins from tick species spanning the Rhipi- ACA-01 from the Amblyomma cajennense tick can be posttransla- cephalus, Amblyomma,andIxodes genera (20, 21). Among these tionally sulfated at two tyrosine residues, albeit as a mixture of evasin candidates several have been validated to exhibit CKBP sulfated variants.
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