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. 2021 Nov 1;12:6270. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26545-9

Fig. 5. HphA can pirate heme from hemoglobin and support A. baumannii growth.

Fig. 5

ac To study the heme stealing properties of HphA, 2.5 µM purified WT and H43A/H106A HphA was added to RPMI media in combination with 50 nM hemoglobin (Hb). Growth of hsmA150::Tn26 (a), hphA112::Tn26 (b), and hphR109::Tn26 (c) was measured at 37 °C. df OD600 at the 12 h timepoint for hsmA150::Tn26 (d), hphA112::Tn26 (e), and hphR109::Tn26 (f). Note: the same WT data was used in all panels for ease of comparison between WT and each individual mutant. All values plotted represent the mean ± standard error of the mean from three separate experiments, and results analyzed by one-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test. ns P ≥ 0.05; *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; ****P < 0.0001. Adjusted P values are as follows: mutant + Hb vs. WT + Hb P = 0.0043 (d), P = 0.0029 (e), P = 0.0002 (f); mutant + Hb + apo vs. WT + Hb P = 0.2717 (d), P = 0.2331 (e), P = 0.0003; mutant + Hb + H43A/H106A vs. WT + Hb P = 0.0076 (d), P = 0.0022 (e), P < 0.0001 (f); mutant + Hb + apo vs. mutant + Hb P = 0.0005 (d), P = 0.0434 (e), P = 0.9954 (f); mutant + Hb + H43A/H106A vs. mutant + Hb P = 0.9654 (d), P = 0.9962 (e), P = 0.3137 (f); mutant + Hb + H43A/H106A vs. mutant + Hb + apo P = 0.0008 (d), P = 0.0322 (e), P = 0.2337 (f).