Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Mechanism of antibody-specific deglycosylation and immune evasion by Streptococcal IgG-specific endoglycosidases

  • Beatriz Trastoy,
  • Jonathan J. Du,
  • Javier O. Cifuente,
  • Lorena Rudolph,
  • Mikel García-Alija,
  • Erik H. Klontz,
  • Daniel Deredge,
  • Nazneen Sultana,
  • Chau G. Huynh,
  • Maria W. Flowers,
  • Chao Li,
  • Diego E. Sastre,
  • Lai-Xi Wang,
  • Francisco Corzana,
  • Alvaro Mallagaray,
  • Eric J. Sundberg,
  • Marcelo E. Guerin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37215-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Bacterial pathogens have evolved intricate mechanisms to evade the human immune system, including the production of immunomodulatory enzymes. Here, the authors establish the mechanisms of recognition and specific deglycosylation of IgG antibodies by the multi-modular enzymes EndoS and EndoS2