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Skoczinski P, Volkenborn K, Fulton A, Bhadauriya A, Nutschel C, Gohlke H, Knapp A, Jaeger KE. Contribution of single amino acid and codon substitutions to the production and secretion of a lipase by Bacillus subtilis. Microb Cell Fact 2017; 16:160. [PMID: 28946879 PMCID: PMC5613506 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-017-0772-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Background Bacillus subtilis produces and secretes proteins in amounts of up to 20 g/l under optimal conditions. However, protein production can be challenging if transcription and cotranslational secretion are negatively affected, or the target protein is degraded by extracellular proteases. This study aims at elucidating the influence of a target protein on its own production by a systematic mutational analysis of the homologous B. subtilis model protein lipase A (LipA). We have covered the full natural diversity of single amino acid substitutions at 155 positions of LipA by site saturation mutagenesis excluding only highly conserved residues and qualitatively and quantitatively screened about 30,000 clones for extracellular LipA production. Identified variants with beneficial effects on production were sequenced and analyzed regarding B. subtilis growth behavior, extracellular lipase activity and amount as well as changes in lipase transcript levels. Results In total, 26 LipA variants were identified showing an up to twofold increase in either amount or activity of extracellular lipase. These variants harbor single amino acid or codon substitutions that did not substantially affect B. subtilis growth. Subsequent exemplary combination of beneficial single amino acid substitutions revealed an additive effect solely at the level of extracellular lipase amount; however, lipase amount and activity could not be increased simultaneously. Conclusions Single amino acid and codon substitutions can affect LipA secretion and production by B. subtilis. Several codon-related effects were observed that either enhance lipA transcription or promote a more efficient folding of LipA. Single amino acid substitutions could improve LipA production by increasing its secretion or stability in the culture supernatant. Our findings indicate that optimization of the expression system is not sufficient for efficient protein production in B. subtilis. The sequence of the target protein should also be considered as an optimization target for successful protein production. Our results further suggest that variants with improved properties might be identified much faster and easier if mutagenesis is prioritized towards elements that contribute to enzymatic activity or structural integrity. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12934-017-0772-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Pia Skoczinski
- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.,Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials, Zernike Institute of Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.,Novozymes A/S, Krogshoejvej 36, 2880, Bagsvaerd, Denmark
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- Institute for Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute for Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany.,John von Neumann Institute for Computing (NIC), Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) & Institute for Complex Systems - Structural Biochemistry (ICS6), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Enzyme Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany. .,Institute of Bio- and Geosciences IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany.
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Ahn T, Oh DB, Kim H, Park C. The phase property of membrane phospholipids is affected by the functionality of signal peptides from the Escherichia coli ribose-binding protein. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:26157-62. [PMID: 12004066 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m203445200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We examined the effects of synthetic signal peptides from the wild-type, export-defective mutant and its revertant species of ribose-binding protein on the phase properties of lipid bilayers. The lateral segregation of phosphatidylglycerol (PG) in the lipid bilayer was detected through quenching between NBD-PGs upon the reconstitution of signal peptide into the liposome made with the Escherichia coli inner membrane composition. The tendency of lipid segregation was highly dependent on the export competency of signal peptides in vivo, with a decreasing order of wild-type, revertant, and mutant species. The colocalizations of pyrene-PG with BODIPY-PG were also induced by the signal peptides, confirming the phase separation of the acidic phospholipid. The wild-type and revertant signal peptides predominantly formed alpha-helical conformations with the presence of acidic phospholipid as determined by circular dichroism spectroscopy. In addition, they restricted the motion of lipid acyl chains as monitored by fluorescence anisotropy of DPH, suggesting a deep penetration of signal peptide into the lipid bilayer. However, the alpha-helical content of mutant signal peptide was only about half that of the wild-type or revertant peptide with a significantly smaller degree of penetration into the bilayer. An association of the defective signal peptides into the membrane was affected by salt extraction, whereas the functional ones were not. The aforementioned results indicate that the functionality of signal peptide is accomplished through its topologies in the membrane and also by its ability to induce lateral segregation of acidic phospholipid. We propose that the clustering of acidic phospholipid by the functional signal peptide is responsible for the formation of non-bilayer membrane structure, thereby promoting an efficient translocation of secretory proteins.
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- Taeho Ahn
- Research Institute of Natural Science, Pai-Chai University, Taejon, 302-735 Korea
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Müller M, Koch HG, Beck K, Schäfer U. Protein traffic in bacteria: multiple routes from the ribosome to and across the membrane. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2001; 66:107-57. [PMID: 11051763 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(00)66028-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Bacteria use several routes to target their exported proteins to the plasma membrane. The majority are exported through pores formed by SecY and SecE. Two different molecular machineries are used to target proteins to the SecYE translocon. Translocated proteins, synthesized as precursors with cleavable signal sequences, require cytoplasmic chaperones, such as SecB, to remain competent for posttranslational transport. In concert with SecB, SecA targets the precursors to SecY and energizes their translocation by its ATPase activity. The latter function involves a partial insertion of SecA itself into the SecYE translocon, a process that is strongly assisted by a couple of membrane proteins, SecG, SecD, SecF, YajC, and the proton gradient across the membrane. Integral membrane proteins, however, are specifically recognized by a direct interaction between their noncleaved signal anchor sequences and the bacterial signal recognition particle (SRP) consisting of Ffh and 4.5S RNA. Recognition occurs during synthesis at the ribosome and leads to a cotranslational targeting to SecYE that is mediated by FtsY and the hydrolysis of GTP. No other Sec protein is required for integration unless the membrane protein also contains long translocated domains that engage the SecA machinery. Discrimination between SecA/SecB- and SRP-dependent targeting involves the specificity of SRP for hydrophobic signal anchor sequences and the exclusion of SRP from nascent chains of translocated proteins by trigger factor, a ribosome-associated chaperone. The SecYE pore accepts only unfolded proteins. In contrast, a class of redox factor-containing proteins leaves the cell only as completely folded proteins. They are distinguished by a twin arginine motif of their signal sequences that by an unknown mechanism targets them to specific pores. A few membrane proteins insert spontaneously into the bacterial plasma membrane without the need for targeting factors and SecYE. Insertion depends only on hydrophobic interactions between their transmembrane segments and the lipid bilayer and on the transmembrane potential. Finally, outer membrane proteins of Gram-negative bacteria after having crossed the plasma membrane are released into the periplasm, where they undergo distinct folding events until they insert as trimers into the outer membrane. These folding processes require distinct molecular chaperones of the periplasm, such as Skp, SurA, and PpiD.
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- M Müller
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany
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Bost S, Silva F, Rudaz C, Belin D. Both transmembrane domains of SecG contribute to signal sequence recognition by the Escherichia coli protein export machinery. Mol Microbiol 2000; 38:575-87. [PMID: 11069681 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02153.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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A chimeric protein containing the uncleaved signal sequence of plasminogen activators inhibitor-2 (PAI2) fused to alkaline phosphatase (AP) interferes with Escherichia coli protein export and arrests growth. Suppressors of this toxicity include secG mutations that define the Thr-41-Leu-42-Phe-43 (TLF) domain of SecG. These mutations slow down the export of PAI2-AP. Another construct encoding a truncated PAI2 signal sequence (hB-AP) is also toxic. Most suppressors exert their effect on both chimeric proteins. We describe here five secG suppressors that only suppress the toxicity of hB-AP and selectively slow down its export. These mutations do not alter the TLF domain: three encode truncated SecG, whereas two introduce Arg residues in the transmembrane domains of SecG. The shortest truncated protein only contains 13 residues of SecG, suggesting that the mutation is equivalent to a null allele. Indeed, a secG disruption selectively suppresses the toxicity of hB-AP. However, the missense mutations are not null alleles. They allow SecG binding to SecYE, although with reduced affinity. Furthermore, these mutated SecG are functional, as they facilitate the export of endogenous proteins. Thus, SecG participates in signal sequence recognition, and both transmembrane domains of SecG contribute to ensure normal signal sequence recognition by the translocase.
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- S Bost
- Department of Pathology, CMU, 1 rue Michel Servet, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Kim J, Kendall DA. Sec-dependent protein export and the involvement of the molecular chaperone SecB. Cell Stress Chaperones 2000; 5:267-75. [PMID: 11048650 PMCID: PMC312857 DOI: 10.1379/1466-1268(2000)005<0267:sdpeat>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2000] [Revised: 06/12/2000] [Accepted: 06/13/2000] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Jinoh Kim
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
- Correspondence to: Debra A. Kendall, Tel: 860 486-1891; Fax: 860 486-1784; .
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Kim J, Luirink J, Kendall DA. SecB dependence of an exported protein is a continuum influenced by the characteristics of the signal peptide or early mature region. J Bacteriol 2000; 182:4108-12. [PMID: 10869093 PMCID: PMC94600 DOI: 10.1128/jb.182.14.4108-4112.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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We have used Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase to show the interplay among the characteristics of two amino-terminal domains in the preprotein (the signal peptide and the early mature region), the efficiency with which this protein is transported, and its requirement for SecB to accomplish the transport process. The results suggest that although alkaline phosphatase does not normally require SecB for transport, it is inherently able to utilize SecB, and it does so when its ability to interface with the transport machinery is compromised.
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- J Kim
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA
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Knoblauch NT, Rüdiger S, Schönfeld HJ, Driessen AJ, Schneider-Mergener J, Bukau B. Substrate specificity of the SecB chaperone. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:34219-25. [PMID: 10567394 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.48.34219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The bacterial chaperone SecB assists translocation of proteins across the inner membrane. The mechanism by which it differentiates between secretory and cytosolic proteins is poorly understood. To identify its binding motif, we screened 2688 peptides covering sequences of 23 proteins for SecB binding. The motif is approximately 9 residues long and is enriched in aromatic and basic residues, whereas acidic residues are disfavored. Its identification allows the prediction of binding regions within protein sequences with up to 87% accuracy. SecB-binding regions occur statistically every 20-30 residues. The occurrence and affinity of binding regions are similar in SecB-dependent and -independent secretory proteins and in cytosolic proteins, and SecB lacks specificity toward signal sequences. SecB cannot thus differentiate between secretory and non-secretory proteins via its binding specificity. This conclusion is supported by the finding that SecB binds denatured luciferase, thereby allowing subsequent refolding by the DnaK system. SecB may rather be a general chaperone whose involvement in translocation is mediated by interactions of SecB and signal sequences of SecB-bound preproteins with the translocation apparatus.
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- N T Knoblauch
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Strasse 7, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Proteins that perform their activity within the cytoplasmic membrane or outside this cell boundary must be targeted to the translocation site prior to their insertion and/or translocation. In bacteria, several targeting routes are known; the SecB- and the signal recognition particle-dependent pathways are the best characterized. Recently, evidence for the existence of a third major route, the twin-Arg pathway, was gathered. Proteins that use either one of these three different pathways possess special features that enable their specific interaction with the components of the targeting routes. Such targeting information is often contained in an N-terminal extension, the signal sequence, but can also be found within the mature domain of the targeted protein. Once the nascent chain starts to emerge from the ribosome, competition for the protein between different targeting factors begins. After recognition and binding, the targeting factor delivers the protein to the translocation sites at the cytoplasmic membrane. Only by means of a specific interaction between the targeting component and its receptor is the cargo released for further processing and translocation. This mechanism ensures the high-fidelity targeting of premembrane and membrane proteins to the translocation site.
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- P Fekkes
- Department of Microbiology and Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, 9751 NN Haren, The Netherlands
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Fekkes P, de Wit JG, van der Wolk JP, Kimsey HH, Kumamoto CA, Driessen AJ. Preprotein transfer to the Escherichia coli translocase requires the co-operative binding of SecB and the signal sequence to SecA. Mol Microbiol 1998; 29:1179-90. [PMID: 9767586 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00997.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In Escherichia coli, precursor proteins are targeted to the membrane-bound translocase by the cytosolic chaperone SecB. SecB binds to the extreme carboxy-terminus of the SecA ATPase translocase subunit, and this interaction is promoted by preproteins. The mutant SecB proteins, L75Q and E77K, which interfere with preprotein translocation in vivo, are unable to stimulate in vitro translocation. Both mutants bind proOmpA but fail to support the SecA-dependent membrane binding of proOmpA because of a marked reduction in their binding affinities for SecA. The stimulatory effect of preproteins on the interaction between SecB and SecA exclusively involves the signal sequence domain of the preprotein, as it can be mimicked by a synthetic signal peptide and is not observed with a mutant preprotein (delta8proOmpA) bearing a non-functional signal sequence. Delta8proOmpA is not translocated across wild-type membranes, but the translocation defect is suppressed in inner membrane vesicles derived from a prIA4 strain. SecB reduces the translocation of delta8proOmpA into these vesicles and almost completely prevents translocation when, in addition, the SecB binding site on SecA is removed. These data demonstrate that efficient targeting of preproteins by SecB requires both a functional signal sequence and a SecB binding domain on SecA. It is concluded that the SecB-SecA interaction is needed to dissociate the mature preprotein domain from SecB and that binding of the signal sequence domain to SecA is required to ensure efficient transfer of the preprotein to the translocase.
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- P Fekkes
- Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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Behrmann M, Koch HG, Hengelage T, Wieseler B, Hoffschulte HK, Müller M. Requirements for the translocation of elongation-arrested, ribosome-associated OmpA across the plasma membrane of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:13898-904. [PMID: 9593737 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.22.13898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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An oligodeoxynucleotide-dependent method to generate nascent polypeptide chains was adopted for use in a cell-free translation system prepared from Escherichia coli. In this way, NH2-terminal pOmpA fragments of distinct sizes were synthesized. Because most of these pOmpA fragments could be covalently linked to puromycin, precipitated with cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, and were enriched by sedimentation, they represent a population of elongation-arrested, ribosome-associated nascent chains. Translocation of these nascent pOmpA chains into inside-out membrane vesicles of E. coli required SecA and (depending on size) SecB. Whereas their translocation was strictly dependent on the H+-motive force of the vesicles, no indication for the involvement of the bacterial signal recognition particle was obtained. SecA and SecB, although required for translocation, did not mediate binding of the ribosome-associated pOmpA to membrane vesicles. However, SecA and SecB cotranslationally associated with nascent pOmpA, since they could be co-isolated with the ribosome-associated nascent chains and as such catalyzed translocation subsequent to the release of the ribosome. These results indicate that in E. coli, SecA also functionally interacts with preproteins before they are targeted to the translocase of the plasma membrane.
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- M Behrmann
- Adolf Butenandt Institut für Physikalische Biochemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, D-80336 München, Germany
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Kim J, Kendall DA. Identification of a sequence motif that confers SecB dependence on a SecB-independent secretory protein in vivo. J Bacteriol 1998; 180:1396-401. [PMID: 9515905 PMCID: PMC107036 DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.6.1396-1401.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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SecB is a cytosolic chaperone which facilitates the transport of a subset of proteins, including membrane proteins such as PhoE and LamB and some periplasmic proteins such as maltose-binding protein, in Escherichia coli. However, not all proteins require SecB for transport, and proteins such as ribose-binding protein are exported efficiently even in SecB-null strains. The characteristics which confer SecB dependence on some proteins but not others have not been defined. To determine the sequence characteristics that are responsible for the SecB requirement, we have inserted a systematic series of short, polymeric sequences into the SecB-independent protein alkaline phosphatase (PhoA). The extent to which these simple sequences convert alkaline phosphatase into a SecB-requiring protein was evaluated in vivo. Using this approach we have examined the roles of the polarity and charge of the sequence, as well as its location within the mature region, in conferring SecB dependence. We find that an insert with as few as 10 residues, of which 3 are basic, confers SecB dependence and that the mutant protein is efficiently exported in the presence of SecB. Remarkably, the basic motifs caused the protein to be translocated in a strict membrane potential-dependent fashion, indicating that the membrane potential is not a barrier to, but rather a requirement for, translocation of the motif. The alkaline phosphatase mutants most sensitive to the loss of SecB are those most sensitive to inhibition of SecA via azide treatment, consistent with the necessity for formation of a preprotein-SecB-SecA complex. Furthermore, the impact of the basic motif depends on location within the mature protein and parallels the accessibility of the location to the secretion apparatus.
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- J Kim
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA
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Helde R, Wiesler B, Wachter E, Neubüser A, Hoffschulte HK, Hengelage T, Schimz KL, Stuart RA, Müller M. Comparative characterization of SecA from the alpha-subclass purple bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus and Escherichia coli reveals differences in membrane and precursor specificity. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:4003-12. [PMID: 9190818 PMCID: PMC179211 DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.12.4003-4012.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We have cloned the secA gene of the alpha-subclass purple bacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus, a close relative to the mitochondrial ancestor, and purified the protein after expression in Escherichia coli. R. capsulatus SecA contains 904 amino acids with 53% identity to E. coli and 54% identity to Caulobacter crescentus SecA. In contrast to the nearly equal partitioning of E. coli SecA between the cytosol and plasma membrane, R. capsulatus SecA is recovered predominantly from the membrane fraction. A SecA-deficient, cell-free synthesis-translocation system prepared from R. capsulatus is used to demonstrate translocation activity of the purified R. capsulatus SecA. This translocation activity is then compared to that of the E. coli counterpart by using various precursor proteins and inside-out membrane vesicles prepared from both bacteria. We find a preference of the R. capsulatus SecA for the homologous membrane vesicles whereas E. coli SecA is active with either type of membrane. Furthermore, the two SecA proteins clearly select between distinct precursor proteins. In addition, we show here for the first time that a bacterial c-type cytochrome utilizes the canonical, Sec-dependent export pathway.
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- R Helde
- Adolf Butenandt Institut für Physikalische Biochemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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SecG, an integral membrane component of the Escherichia coli preprotein translocase, contributes to the efficiency of the export process by undergoing cycles of topology inversion in the membrane, coupled with the insertion-deinsertion cycles of SecA. We have previously identified sec alleles of secG that cause a generalized secretion defect. In this study, by screening mutagenized secG libraries for suppressors of a malE signal sequence mutation, we isolated prl alleles of secG. By analogy with secY/prlA, secA/prlD, and secE/prlG, secG could therefore be called secG/prlH. The prlH mutations affect 13 codons distributed along the secG sequence, and none map to the codons affected by sec mutations. prlH suppressors suppress a variety of signal sequence mutations and they allow export of alkaline phosphatase lacking its entire signal sequence. Although secG was not identified in previous selections for prl mutants, several prlH alleles are as strong as the strongest known prlG alleles of secE. Some prlH alleles can also promote the export of alkaline phosphatase fused to predicted cytoplasmic domains of UhpT, an integral membrane protein. These results support the notion that SecG contributes to signal sequence recognition, and suggest that it may also contribute to the topology of integral membrane proteins.
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- S Bost
- Département de Pathologie, Université de Genève, CH 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Majdalani N, Ippen-Ihler K. Membrane insertion of the F-pilin subunit is Sec independent but requires leader peptidase B and the proton motive force. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:3742-7. [PMID: 8682775 PMCID: PMC232631 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.13.3742-3747.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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F pilin is the subunit required for the assembly of conjugative pili on the cell surface of Escherichia coli carrying the F plasmid. Maturation of the F-pilin precursor, propilin, involves three F plasmid transfer products: TraA, the propilin precursor; TraQ, which promotes efficient propilin processing; and TraX, which is required for acetylation of the amino terminus of the 7-kDa pilin polypeptide. The mature pilin begins at amino acid 52 of the TraA propilin sequence. We performed experiments to determine the involvement of host cell factors in propilin maturation. At the nonpermissive temperature in a LepBts (leader peptidase B) host, propilin processing was inhibited. Furthermore, under these conditions, only full-length precursor was observed, suggesting that LepB is responsible for the removal of the entire propilin leader peptide. Using propilin processing as a measure of propilin insertion into the plasma membrane, we found that inhibition or depletion of SecA and SecY does not affect propilin maturation. Addition of a general membrane perturbant such as ethanol also had no effect. However, dissipation of the proton motive force did cause a marked inhibition of propilin processing, indicating that membrane insertion requires this energy source. We propose that propilin insertion in the plasma membrane proceeds independently of the SecA-SecY secretion machinery but requires the proton motive force. These results present a model whereby propilin insertion leads to processing by leader peptidase B to generate the 7-kDa peptide, which is then acetylated in the presence of TraX.
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- N Majdalani
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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Fekkes P, den Blaauwen T, Driessen AJ. Diffusion-limited interaction between unfolded polypeptides and the Escherichia coli chaperone SecB. Biochemistry 1995; 34:10078-85. [PMID: 7543278 DOI: 10.1021/bi00031a032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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SecB is a chaperone dedicated to protein translocation in Escherichia coli. SecB binds to a subset of precursor proteins, and targets them in a translocation-competent state to the SecA subunit of the translocase. The nature and kinetics of the interaction of SecB with polypeptides were studied by spectroscopic techniques using the reduced form of bovine pancreatic trypsin inhibitor (BPTI) as a model substrate. Binding of SecB to BPTI resulted in an increase in the fluorescence of the surface-exposed tryptophan residue 36 of SecB. SecB reversibly binds BPTI in stoichiometric amounts. Labeling of BPTI with the fluorophore acrylodan allowed the analysis of the binding reaction at nanomolar concentrations. High-affinity binding (KD of 5.4 nM) of labeled BPTI to SecB resulted in a blue shift of the acrylodan emission maximum and an increase in the fluorescence quantum yield, suggesting that BPTI binds in an apolar environment. Stopped-flow acquisition of rate constants of complex formation between SecB and BPTI yielded a second-order binding rate constant of 5 x 10(9) M-1 s-1, and a dissociation rate constant of 48 s-1. These data demonstrate that in vitro, the association of SecB with polypeptide substrates is limited by the rate of collision. In vivo, SecB binding is selective, and predominantly occurs with nascent polypeptides. Since these chains are not expected to fold into stable structures, SecB association may be governed by "more or less" specific interactions and be limited by the rate of chain elongation rather than the rate of folding.
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- P Fekkes
- Department of Microbiology, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands
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Biochemical analyses of components comprising the protein translocation machinery of Escherichia coli. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s1874-5172(06)80007-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Arkowitz RA, Bassilana M. Protein translocation in Escherichia coli. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1994; 1197:311-43. [PMID: 7819269 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4157(94)90012-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- R A Arkowitz
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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Flower AM, Doebele RC, Silhavy TJ. PrlA and PrlG suppressors reduce the requirement for signal sequence recognition. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:5607-14. [PMID: 8083155 PMCID: PMC196762 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.18.5607-5614.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Selection for suppressors of defects in the signal sequence of secretory proteins has led most commonly to identification of prlA alleles and less often to identification of prlG alleles. These genes, secY/prlA and secE/prlG, encode integral membrane components of the protein translocation system of Escherichia coli. We demonstrate that an outer membrane protein, LamB, that lacks a signal sequence can be exported with reasonable efficiency in both prlA and prlG suppressor strains. Although the signal sequence is not absolutely required for export of LamB, the level of export in the absence of prl suppressor alleles is exceedingly low. Such strains are phenotypically LamB-, and functional LamB can be detected only by using sensitive infectious-center assays. Suppression of the LamB signal sequence deletion is dependent on normal components of the export pathway, indicating that suppression is not occurring through a bypass mechanism. Our results indicate that the majority of the known prlA suppressors function by an identical mechanism and, further, that the prlG suppressors work in a similar fashion. We propose that both PrlA and PrlG suppressors lack a proofreading activity that normally rejects defective precursors from the export pathway.
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- A M Flower
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544
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Rosemond MJ, Strobel SM, Ray PH, Bassford PJ. Ability of MBP or RBP signal peptides to influence folding and in vitro translocation of wild-type and hybrid precursors. FEBS Lett 1994; 349:281-5. [PMID: 8050582 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)00684-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Maltose-binding protein (MBP), whose export in E. coli is dependent upon the chaperone SecB, and ribose-binding protein (RBP), whose export is SecB-independent, have been used to generate hybrid secretory proteins. Here, in vitro techniques were used to analyze MBP, RBP, RBP-MBP (RBP signal and MBP mature), and MBP-RBP (MBP signal and RBP mature). In protease-protection experiments, RBP folded considerably faster than MBP, RBP-MBP, or MBP-RBP. Only the folding properties of proteins containing the MBP mature moiety were influenced by SecB. In post-translational translocation assays, MBP exhibited the highest translocation efficiency. The hybrids RBP-MBP and MBP-RBP showed intermediate levels, and RBP translocation was not detected in these assays. These experiments demonstrate the influence of the signal peptide in determining folding properties and translocation efficiency of precursor secretory proteins.
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- M J Rosemond
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Wellcome Research Laboratories, Burroughs Wellcome Co., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
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Identification of a soluble SecA/SecB complex by means of a subfractionated cell-free export system. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)99951-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- M Müller
- Institut für Physikalische Biochemie, Universität München, Germany
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Strobel SM, Cannon JG, Bassford PJ. Regions of maltose-binding protein that influence SecB-dependent and SecA-dependent export in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:6988-95. [PMID: 8226642 PMCID: PMC206826 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.21.6988-6995.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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In Escherichia coli, the efficient export of maltose-binding protein (MBP) is dependent on the chaperone SecB, whereas export of ribose-binding protein (RBP) is SecB independent. To localize the regions of MBP involved in interaction with SecB, hybrids between MBP and RBP in SecB mutant cells were constructed and analyzed. One hybrid consisted of the signal peptide and first third of the mature moiety of MBP, followed by the C-terminal two-thirds of RBP (MBP-RBP112). This hybrid was dependent upon SecB for its efficient export and exhibited a strong export defect in secA mutant cells. A hybrid between RBP and MBP with the same fusion point was also constructed (RBP-MBP116). The RBP-MBP116 hybrid remained SecB independent and only exhibited a partial export defect in secA mutant cells. In addition, MBP species with specific alterations in the early mature region were less dependent on SecB for their efficient export. The export of these altered MBP species was also less affected in secA mutant cells and in cells treated with sodium azide. These results present additional evidence for the targeting role of SecB.
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- S M Strobel
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7290
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Wild J, Walter WA, Gross CA, Altman E. Accumulation of secretory protein precursors in Escherichia coli induces the heat shock response. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:3992-7. [PMID: 8320215 PMCID: PMC204827 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.13.3992-3997.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The accumulation of secretory protein precursors, caused either by mutations in secB or secA or by the overproduction of export-defective proteins, results in a two- to fivefold increase in the synthesis of heat shock proteins. In such strains, sigma 32, the alternative sigma factor responsible for transcription of the heat shock genes, is stabilized. The resultant increase in the level of sigma 32 leads to increased transcription of heat shock genes and increased synthesis of heat shock proteins. We have also found that although a secB null mutant does not grow on rich medium at a temperature range of 30 to 42 degrees C, it does grow at 44 degrees C. In addition, we found that a secB null mutant exhibits greater thermotolerance than the wild-type parental strain. Elevated levels of heat shock proteins, as well as some other non-heat shock proteins, may account for the partial heat resistance of a SecB-lacking strain.
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- J Wild
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
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Kumamoto CA, Francetić O. Highly selective binding of nascent polypeptides by an Escherichia coli chaperone protein in vivo. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:2184-8. [PMID: 8468278 PMCID: PMC204502 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.8.2184-2188.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Chaperone proteins bind to newly synthesized polypeptides and assist in various assembly reactions. The Escherichia coli chaperone protein SecB binds precursors of exported proteins and assists in export. In vitro, SecB can bind to many unfolded proteins. In this report, we demonstrate that SecB binding in vivo is highly selective; the major polypeptides that are bound by SecB are nascent precursors of the exported proteins maltose-binding protein (MBP), LamB, OmpF, and OmpA. These results support the hypothesis that the primary physiological function of SecB is to stimulate protein export. By interacting with nascent polypeptides, SecB probably stimulates their cotranslational association with the membrane-bound protein translocation apparatus.
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- C A Kumamoto
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111
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Collier DN. SecB: a molecular chaperone of Escherichia coli protein secretion pathway. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 1993; 44:151-93. [PMID: 8100379 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3233(08)60567-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- D N Collier
- CR&D, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Delaware 19880
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Kim J, Lee Y, Kim C, Park C. Involvement of SecB, a chaperone, in the export of ribose-binding protein. J Bacteriol 1992; 174:5219-27. [PMID: 1644748 PMCID: PMC206355 DOI: 10.1128/jb.174.16.5219-5227.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Ribose-binding protein (RBP) is an exported protein of Escherichia coli that functions in the periplasm. The export of RBP involves the secretion machinery of the cell, consisting of a cytoplasmic protein, SecA, and the integral membrane translocation complex, including SecE and SecY. SecB protein, a chaperone known to mediate the export of some periplasmic and outer membrane proteins, was previously reported not to be involved in RBP translocation even though small amounts of in vitro complexes between SecB and RBP have been detected. In our investigation, it was shown that a dependence on SecB could be demonstrated under conditions in which export was compromised. Species of RBP which carry two mutations, one in the leader that blocks export and a second in the mature protein which partially suppresses the export defect, were shown to be affected by SecB for efficient translocation. Five different changes which suppress the effect of the signal sequence mutation -17LP are all located in the N domain of the tertiary structure of RBP. All species of RBP show similar interaction with SecB. Furthermore, a leaky mutation, -14AE, generated by site-specific mutagenesis causes reduced export in the absence of SecB. These results indicate that SecB can interact with RBP during secretion, although it is not absolutely required under normal circumstances.
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- J Kim
- Department of Life Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yuseong-Ku, Daejun
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de Cock H, Overeem W, Tommassen J. Biogenesis of outer membrane protein PhoE of Escherichia coli. Evidence for multiple SecB-binding sites in the mature portion of the PhoE protein. J Mol Biol 1992; 224:369-79. [PMID: 1313884 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(92)91001-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Efficient in vivo translocation of the precursor of Escherichia coli outer membrane protein PhoE across the inner membrane is shown to depend on SecB protein. A set of mutants, carrying internal deletions in the phoE gene, was used to locate a possible SecB-binding site and/or a site that makes the protein dependent on SecB for export. Except for two small mutant PhoE proteins, the in vivo and in vitro translocation of all mutant proteins was more efficient in the presence of SecB. The interaction of SecB protein with wild-type and mutant PhoE proteins, synthesized in vitro, was further studied in co-immunoprecipitation experiments with anti-SecB protein serum. The efficiencies of co-immunoprecipitation of precursor and mature PhoE were very similar, indicating the absence of a SecB-binding site in the signal sequence. Moreover, all mutant proteins with deletions in the mature moiety of the PhoE protein were co-immunoprecipitated in these assays, albeit mostly with reduced efficiency. Taken together, these results indicate the existence of multiple SecB-binding sites in the mature portion of the PhoE protein.
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- H de Cock
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Medical Biotechnology, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Tai PC, Lian J, Yu NJ, Fandl J, Xu H, Vidugiriene J. On protein translocation across bacterial cytoplasmic membranes. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1992; 61:105-9. [PMID: 1580611 DOI: 10.1007/bf00580615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- P C Tai
- Boston Biomedical Research Institute, MA 02114
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Most secretory proteins are synthesized as precursors with an amino-terminal signal peptide. Genetic identification of proteins essential for signal peptide dependent translocation to the Escherichia coli periplasm has led to the biochemical dissection of the secretion pathway. Additional mechanisms exist in Gram-negative bacteria for protein secretion to the extracellular environment.
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- J M Gennity
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway
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Altman E, Bankaitis VA, Emr SD. Characterization of a region in mature LamB protein that interacts with a component of the export machinery of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)44730-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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