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Minamino T, Kinoshita M. Structure, Assembly, and Function of Flagella Responsible for Bacterial Locomotion. EcoSal Plus 2023; 11:eesp00112023. [PMID: 37260402 DOI: 10.1128/ecosalplus.esp-0011-2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 04/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
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Many motile bacteria use flagella for locomotion under a variety of environmental conditions. Because bacterial flagella are under the control of sensory signal transduction pathways, each cell is able to autonomously control its flagellum-driven locomotion and move to an environment favorable for survival. The flagellum of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a supramolecular assembly consisting of at least three distinct functional parts: a basal body that acts as a bidirectional rotary motor together with multiple force generators, each of which serves as a transmembrane proton channel to couple the proton flow through the channel with torque generation; a filament that functions as a helical propeller that produces propulsion; and a hook that works as a universal joint that transmits the torque produced by the rotary motor to the helical propeller. At the base of the flagellum is a type III secretion system that transports flagellar structural subunits from the cytoplasm to the distal end of the growing flagellar structure, where assembly takes place. In recent years, high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM) image analysis has revealed the overall structure of the flagellum, and this structural information has made it possible to discuss flagellar assembly and function at the atomic level. In this article, we describe what is known about the structure, assembly, and function of Salmonella flagella.
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- Tohru Minamino
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Worrall LJ, Majewski DD, Strynadka NCJ. Structural Insights into Type III Secretion Systems of the Bacterial Flagellum and Injectisome. Annu Rev Microbiol 2023; 77:669-698. [PMID: 37713458 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-032521-025503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/17/2023]
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Two of the most fascinating bacterial nanomachines-the broadly disseminated rotary flagellum at the heart of cellular motility and the eukaryotic cell-puncturing injectisome essential to specific pathogenic species-utilize at their core a conserved export machinery called the type III secretion system (T3SS). The T3SS not only secretes the components that self-assemble into their extracellular appendages but also, in the case of the injectisome, subsequently directly translocates modulating effector proteins from the bacterial cell into the infected host. The injectisome is thought to have evolved from the flagellum as a minimal secretory system lacking motility, with the subsequent acquisition of additional components tailored to its specialized role in manipulating eukaryotic hosts for pathogenic advantage. Both nanomachines have long been the focus of intense interest, but advances in structural and functional understanding have taken a significant step forward since 2015, facilitated by the revolutionary advances in cryo-electron microscopy technologies. With several seminal structures of each nanomachine now captured, we review here the molecular similarities and differences that underlie their diverse functions.
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- Liam J Worrall
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Centre for Blood Research, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; , ,
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Centre for Blood Research, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; , ,
- Current affiliation: Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Centre for Blood Research, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; , ,
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Minamino T, Kinoshita M, Morimoto YV, Namba K. Activation mechanism of the bacterial flagellar dual-fuel protein export engine. Biophys Physicobiol 2022; 19:e190046. [PMID: 36567733 PMCID: PMC9751260 DOI: 10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v19.0046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Bacteria employ the flagellar type III secretion system (fT3SS) to construct flagellum, which acts as a supramolecular motility machine. The fT3SS of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is composed of a transmembrane export gate complex and a cytoplasmic ATPase ring complex. The transmembrane export gate complex is fueled by proton motive force across the cytoplasmic membrane and is divided into four distinct functional parts: a dual-fuel export engine; a polypeptide channel; a membrane voltage sensor; and a docking platform. ATP hydrolysis by the cytoplasmic ATPase complex converts the export gate complex into a highly efficient proton (H+)/protein antiporter that couples inward-directed H+ flow with outward-directed protein export. When the ATPase ring complex does not work well in a given environment, the export gate complex will remain inactive. However, when the electric potential difference, which is defined as membrane voltage, rises above a certain threshold value, the export gate complex becomes an active H+/protein antiporter to a considerable degree, suggesting that the export gate complex has a voltage-gated activation mechanism. Furthermore, the export gate complex also has a sodium ion (Na+) channel to couple Na+ influx with flagellar protein export. In this article, we review our current understanding of the activation mechanism of the dual-fuel protein export engine of the fT3SS. This review article is an extended version of a Japanese article, Membrane voltage-dependent activation of the transmembrane export gate complex in the bacterial flagellar type III secretion system, published in SEIBUTSU BUTSURI Vol. 62, p165-169 (2022).
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- Tohru Minamino
- Graduate school of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate school of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Information Technology, Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820-8502, Japan,Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Graduate school of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan,RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan,JEOL YOKOGUSHI Research Alliance Laboratories, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Minamino T, Kinoshita M, Namba K. Insight Into Distinct Functional Roles of the Flagellar ATPase Complex for Flagellar Assembly in Salmonella. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:864178. [PMID: 35602071 PMCID: PMC9114704 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.864178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Most motile bacteria utilize the flagellar type III secretion system (fT3SS) to construct the flagellum, which is a supramolecular motility machine consisting of basal body rings and an axial structure. Each axial protein is translocated via the fT3SS across the cytoplasmic membrane, diffuses down the central channel of the growing flagellar structure and assembles at the distal end. The fT3SS consists of a transmembrane export complex and a cytoplasmic ATPase ring complex with a stoichiometry of 12 FliH, 6 FliI and 1 FliJ. This complex is structurally similar to the cytoplasmic part of the FOF1 ATP synthase. The export complex requires the FliH12-FliI6-FliJ1 ring complex to serve as an active protein transporter. The FliI6 ring has six catalytic sites and hydrolyzes ATP at an interface between FliI subunits. FliJ binds to the center of the FliI6 ring and acts as the central stalk to activate the export complex. The FliH dimer binds to the N-terminal domain of each of the six FliI subunits and anchors the FliI6-FliJ1 ring to the base of the flagellum. In addition, FliI exists as a hetero-trimer with the FliH dimer in the cytoplasm. The rapid association-dissociation cycle of this hetero-trimer with the docking platform of the export complex promotes sequential transfer of export substrates from the cytoplasm to the export gate for high-speed protein transport. In this article, we review our current understanding of multiple roles played by the flagellar cytoplasmic ATPase complex during efficient flagellar assembly.
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- Tohru Minamino
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.,RIKEN SPring-8 Center and Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Osaka, Japan.,JEOL YOKOGUSHI Research Alliance Laboratories, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Bryant OJ, Chung BYW, Fraser GM. Chaperone-mediated coupling of subunit availability to activation of flagellar Type III secretion. Mol Microbiol 2021; 116:538-549. [PMID: 33893668 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2020] [Revised: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Bacterial flagellar subunits are exported across the cell membrane by the flagellar Type III Secretion System (fT3SS), powered by the proton motive force (pmf) and a specialized ATPase that enables the flagellar export gate to utilize the pmf electric potential (ΔΨ). Export gate activation is mediated by the ATPase stalk, FliJ, but how this process is regulated to prevent wasteful dissipation of pmf in the absence of subunit cargo is not known. Here, we show that FliJ activation of the export gate is regulated by flagellar export chaperones. FliJ binds unladen chaperones and, by using novel chaperone variants specifically defective for FliJ binding, we show that disruption of this interaction attenuates motility and cognate subunit export. We demonstrate in vitro that chaperones and the FlhA export gate component compete for binding to FliJ, and show in vivo that unladen chaperones, which would be present in the cell when subunit levels are low, sequester FliJ to prevent activation of the export gate and attenuate subunit export. Our data indicate a mechanism whereby chaperones couple availability of subunit cargo to pmf-driven export by the fT3SS.
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- Owain J Bryant
- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Matzke NJ, Lin A, Stone M, Baker MAB. Flagellar export apparatus and ATP synthetase: Homology evidenced by synteny predating the Last Universal Common Ancestor. Bioessays 2021; 43:e2100004. [PMID: 33998015 DOI: 10.1002/bies.202100004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2021] [Revised: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We report evidence further supporting homology between proteins in the F1 FO -ATP synthetase and the bacterial flagellar motor (BFM). BFM proteins FliH, FliI, and FliJ have been hypothesized to be homologous to FO -b + F1 -δ, F1 -α/β, and F1 -γ, with similar structure and interactions. We conduct a further test by constructing a gene order dataset, examining the order of fliH, fliI, and fliJ genes across the phylogenetic breadth of flagellar and nonflagellar type 3 secretion systems, and comparing this to published surveys of gene order in the F1 FO -ATP synthetase, its N-ATPase relatives, and the bacterial/archaeal V- and A-type ATPases. Strikingly, the fliHIJ gene order was deeply conserved, with the few exceptions appearing derived, and exactly matching the widely conserved F-ATPase gene order atpFHAG, coding for subunits b-δ-α-γ. The V/A-type ATPases have a similar conserved gene order. Our results confirm homology between these systems, and suggest a rare case of synteny conserved over billions of years, predating the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA).
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- Nicholas J Matzke
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.,CSIRO Synthetic Biology Future Science Platform, Brisbane, Australia
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The Shigella Type III Secretion System: An Overview from Top to Bottom. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9020451. [PMID: 33671545 PMCID: PMC7926512 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9020451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2021] [Revised: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Shigella comprises four species of human-restricted pathogens causing bacillary dysentery. While Shigella possesses multiple genetic loci contributing to virulence, a type III secretion system (T3SS) is its primary virulence factor. The Shigella T3SS nanomachine consists of four major assemblies: the cytoplasmic sorting platform; the envelope-spanning core/basal body; an exposed needle; and a needle-associated tip complex with associated translocon that is inserted into host cell membranes. The initial subversion of host cell activities is carried out by the effector functions of the invasion plasmid antigen (Ipa) translocator proteins, with the cell ultimately being controlled by dedicated effector proteins that are injected into the host cytoplasm though the translocon. Much of the information now available on the T3SS injectisome has been accumulated through collective studies on the T3SS from three systems, those of Shigella flexneri, Salmonella typhimurium and Yersinia enterocolitica/Yersinia pestis. In this review, we will touch upon the important features of the T3SS injectisome that have come to light because of research in the Shigella and closely related systems. We will also briefly highlight some of the strategies being considered to target the Shigella T3SS for disease prevention.
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Milne-Davies B, Wimmi S, Diepold A. Adaptivity and dynamics in type III secretion systems. Mol Microbiol 2020; 115:395-411. [PMID: 33251695 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 11/17/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The type III secretion system is the common core of two bacterial molecular machines: the flagellum and the injectisome. The flagellum is the most widely distributed prokaryotic locomotion device, whereas the injectisome is a syringe-like apparatus for inter-kingdom protein translocation, which is essential for virulence in important human pathogens. The successful concept of the type III secretion system has been modified for different bacterial needs. It can be adapted to changing conditions, and was found to be a dynamic complex constantly exchanging components. In this review, we highlight the flexibility, adaptivity, and dynamic nature of the type III secretion system.
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- Bailey Milne-Davies
- Department of Ecophysiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Ecophysiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Ecophysiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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Beeby M, Ferreira JL, Tripp P, Albers SV, Mitchell DR. Propulsive nanomachines: the convergent evolution of archaella, flagella and cilia. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2020; 44:253-304. [DOI: 10.1093/femsre/fuaa006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 03/06/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Echoing the repeated convergent evolution of flight and vision in large eukaryotes, propulsive swimming motility has evolved independently in microbes in each of the three domains of life. Filamentous appendages – archaella in Archaea, flagella in Bacteria and cilia in Eukaryotes – wave, whip or rotate to propel microbes, overcoming diffusion and enabling colonization of new environments. The implementations of the three propulsive nanomachines are distinct, however: archaella and flagella rotate, while cilia beat or wave; flagella and cilia assemble at their tips, while archaella assemble at their base; archaella and cilia use ATP for motility, while flagella use ion-motive force. These underlying differences reflect the tinkering required to evolve a molecular machine, in which pre-existing machines in the appropriate contexts were iteratively co-opted for new functions and whose origins are reflected in their resultant mechanisms. Contemporary homologies suggest that archaella evolved from a non-rotary pilus, flagella from a non-rotary appendage or secretion system, and cilia from a passive sensory structure. Here, we review the structure, assembly, mechanism and homologies of the three distinct solutions as a foundation to better understand how propulsive nanomachines evolved three times independently and to highlight principles of molecular evolution.
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- Morgan Beeby
- Department of Life Sciences, Frankland Road, Imperial College of London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Life Sciences, Frankland Road, Imperial College of London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Molecular Biology of Archaea, Institute of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schaenzlestrasse 1, 79211 Freiburg, Germany
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- Molecular Biology of Archaea, Institute of Biology, University of Freiburg, Schaenzlestrasse 1, 79211 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 750 E. Adams St., Syracuse, NY 13210, USA
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Cryo-EM structure of the homohexameric T3SS ATPase-central stalk complex reveals rotary ATPase-like asymmetry. Nat Commun 2019; 10:626. [PMID: 30733444 PMCID: PMC6367419 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-08477-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Many Gram-negative bacteria, including causative agents of dysentery, plague, and typhoid fever, rely on a type III secretion system - a multi-membrane spanning syringe-like apparatus - for their pathogenicity. The cytosolic ATPase complex of this injectisome is proposed to play an important role in energizing secretion events and substrate recognition. We present the 3.3 Å resolution cryo-EM structure of the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli ATPase EscN in complex with its central stalk EscO. The structure shows an asymmetric pore with different functional states captured in its six catalytic sites, details directly supporting a rotary catalytic mechanism analogous to that of the heterohexameric F1/V1-ATPases despite its homohexameric nature. Situated at the C-terminal opening of the EscN pore is one molecule of EscO, with primary interaction mediated through an electrostatic interface. The EscN-EscO structure provides significant atomic insights into how the ATPase contributes to type III secretion, including torque generation and binding of chaperone/substrate complexes.
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Diepold A. Assembly and Post-assembly Turnover and Dynamics in the Type III Secretion System. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2019; 427:35-66. [PMID: 31218503 DOI: 10.1007/82_2019_164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The type III secretion system (T3SS) is one of the largest transmembrane complexes in bacteria, comprising several intricately linked and embedded substructures. The assembly of this nanomachine is a hierarchical process which is regulated and controlled by internal and external cues at several critical points. Recently, it has become obvious that the assembly of the T3SS is not a unidirectional and deterministic process, but that parts of the T3SS constantly exchange or rearrange. This article aims to give an overview on the assembly and post-assembly dynamics of the T3SS, with a focus on emerging general concepts and adaptations of the general assembly pathway.
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- Andreas Diepold
- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 10, 35043, Marburg, Germany.
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Halder PK, Roy C, Datta S. Structural and functional characterization of type three secretion system ATPase PscN and its regulator PscL from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proteins 2018; 87:276-288. [PMID: 30561072 DOI: 10.1002/prot.25648] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2018] [Revised: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Pranab Kumar Halder
- Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Division; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology; Kolkata West Bengal India
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- Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Division; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology; Kolkata West Bengal India
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- Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Division; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology; Kolkata West Bengal India
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Padian K. Narrative and "Anti-narrative" in Science: How Scientists Tell Stories, and Don't. Integr Comp Biol 2018; 58:1224-1234. [PMID: 29873718 DOI: 10.1093/icb/icy038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Narratives are common to all branches of science, not only to the humanities. Scientists tell stories about how the things we study work, develop, and evolve, and about how we come to be interested in them. Here I add a third domain (Secularity) to Gould's two "non-overlapping magisteria" of Science and Religion, and I review previous work on the parallels in elements between story-telling in literature and science. The stories of each domain have different criteria for judging them valid or useful. In science, especially historical sciences such as biology and geology, particular scientific methods and approaches both structure and test our narratives. Relying on the narrative assumptions of how certain processes, such as natural selection, are supposed to work is treacherous unless they are tested by appropriate historical patterns, such as phylogeny, and rooted in the process of natural mechanisms. The structure of scientific explanation seen in peer-reviewed papers and grant proposals obscures true narrative within a formulaic sequence of "question, methods, materials" and so on that is quite different from the classic narrative of folk-tales and novels, producing an "anti-narrative" that must be "un-learned" before it can be communicated to non-scientists. By adopting some of the techniques of classic story-telling, scientists can become more effective in making our ideas clear, educating the public, and even attracting funding.
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- Kevin Padian
- Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Hemalatha CR, Abhinand PA, Iyer M, Paul BC, Jyoti Kindo A, Ravinder T, P D. Phytochemical derivatives targeting fliJ flagellar protein from Escherichia coli. Bioinformation 2018; 14:465-470. [PMID: 31223204 PMCID: PMC6563656 DOI: 10.6026/97320630014465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Revised: 10/03/2018] [Accepted: 10/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Approximately 50 per cent of nosocomial infections are caused by the use of indwelling medical devices. The surfaces of devices are ideal sites of attachment for bacterial cells and an increase in biofilm formation. Biofilms have been a constant concern due to their complex extracellular matrix (ECM) resulting in multiple drug resistance. E. coli is known to associate with biofilms. Therefore it is of interest to identify the proteins associated to biofilm formation in Escherichia coli through literature survey, investigate their protein-protein interactions and identify indispensible proteins of biofilm formation. These proteins were further analyzed and fliJ was identified as the target, based on betweenness, centrality and radiality. 87 phytochemicals were found to be associated with the microbe in question and were docked with the target using Molegro Virtual Docker (MVD) 5.0. The results showed that geranyl pyrophosphate, ferulic acid 4-o-b-d-glucuronide, 5-8'-dehydrodiferulic acid and geranyl diphosphate showed maximum activity. A combinatorial library of 96 models was generated using the four phytochemicals binding with fliJ.
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- CR Hemalatha
- Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai – 600116
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- Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai – 600116
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- Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai – 600116
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- Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai – 600116
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- Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Porur, Chennai – 600116
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Xing Q, Shi K, Portaliou A, Rossi P, Economou A, Kalodimos CG. Structures of chaperone-substrate complexes docked onto the export gate in a type III secretion system. Nat Commun 2018; 9:1773. [PMID: 29720631 PMCID: PMC5932034 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04137-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2018] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The flagellum and the injectisome enable bacterial locomotion and pathogenesis, respectively. These nanomachines assemble and function using a type III secretion system (T3SS). Exported proteins are delivered to the export apparatus by dedicated cytoplasmic chaperones for their transport through the membrane. The structural and mechanistic basis of this process is poorly understood. Here we report the structures of two ternary complexes among flagellar chaperones (FliT and FliS), protein substrates (the filament-capping FliD and flagellin FliC), and the export gate platform protein FlhA. The substrates do not interact directly with FlhA; however, they are required to induce a binding-competent conformation to the chaperone that exposes the recognition motif featuring a highly conserved sequence recognized by FlhA. The structural data reveal the recognition signal in a class of T3SS proteins and provide new insight into the assembly of key protein complexes at the export gate. Bacterial flagella are composed of proteins secreted by a type III secretion system (T3SS), which requires the action of dedicated chaperones. Here, Xing et al. report the structures of two ternary complexes among flagellar chaperones, flagellar protein substrates, and the export gate platform protein.
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- Qiong Xing
- Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 263 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholicke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 263 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholicke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 263 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN, 38105, USA.
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Erhardt M, Wheatley P, Kim EA, Hirano T, Zhang Y, Sarkar MK, Hughes KT, Blair DF. Mechanism of type-III protein secretion: Regulation of FlhA conformation by a functionally critical charged-residue cluster. Mol Microbiol 2017; 104:234-249. [PMID: 28106310 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The bacterial flagellum contains a specialized secretion apparatus in its base that pumps certain protein subunits through the growing structure to their sites of installation beyond the membrane. A related apparatus functions in the injectisomes of gram-negative pathogens to export virulence factors into host cells. This mode of protein export is termed type-III secretion (T3S). Details of the T3S mechanism are unclear. It is energized by the proton gradient; here, a mutational approach was used to identify proton-binding groups that might function in transport. Conserved proton-binding residues in all the membrane components were tested. The results identify residues R147, R154 and D158 of FlhA as most critical. These lie in a small, well-conserved cytoplasmic domain of FlhA, located between transmembrane segments 4 and 5. Two-hybrid experiments demonstrate self-interaction of the domain, and targeted cross-linking indicates that it forms a multimeric array. A mutation that mimics protonation of the key acidic residue (D158N) was shown to trigger a global conformational change that affects the other, larger cytoplasmic domain that interacts with the export cargo. The results are discussed in the framework of a transport model based on proton-actuated movements in the cytoplasmic domains of FlhA.
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- Marc Erhardt
- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.,Junior Research Group Infection Biology of Salmonella, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstraβe 7, Braunschweig, 38124, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.,Toshiba Medical Service Corporation, 1385 Shimoichigami, Otawara-shi, Tochigi, 324-8550, Japan
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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Gaytán MO, Martínez-Santos VI, Soto E, González-Pedrajo B. Type Three Secretion System in Attaching and Effacing Pathogens. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2016; 6:129. [PMID: 27818950 PMCID: PMC5073101 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2016.00129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli and enterohemorrhagic E. coli are diarrheagenic bacterial human pathogens that cause severe gastroenteritis. These enteric pathotypes, together with the mouse pathogen Citrobacter rodentium, belong to the family of attaching and effacing pathogens that form a distinctive histological lesion in the intestinal epithelium. The virulence of these bacteria depends on a type III secretion system (T3SS), which mediates the translocation of effector proteins from the bacterial cytosol into the infected cells. The core architecture of the T3SS consists of a multi-ring basal body embedded in the bacterial membranes, a periplasmic inner rod, a transmembrane export apparatus in the inner membrane, and cytosolic components including an ATPase complex and the C-ring. In addition, two distinct hollow appendages are assembled on the extracellular face of the basal body creating a channel for protein secretion: an approximately 23 nm needle, and a filament that extends up to 600 nm. This filamentous structure allows these pathogens to get through the host cells mucus barrier. Upon contact with the target cell, a translocation pore is assembled in the host membrane through which the effector proteins are injected. Assembly of the T3SS is strictly regulated to ensure proper timing of substrate secretion. The different type III substrates coexist in the bacterial cytoplasm, and their hierarchical secretion is determined by specialized chaperones in coordination with two molecular switches and the so-called sorting platform. In this review, we present recent advances in the understanding of the T3SS in attaching and effacing pathogens.
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- Meztlli O Gaytán
- Departamento de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética Molecular, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México, Mexico
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Wang S, Liu X, Xu X, Yang D, Wang D, Han X, Shi Y, Tian M, Ding C, Peng D, Yu S. Escherichia coli Type III Secretion System 2 ATPase EivC Is Involved in the Motility and Virulence of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:1387. [PMID: 27630634 PMCID: PMC5005338 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Type III secretion systems (T3SSs) are crucial for bacterial infections because they deliver effector proteins into host cells. The Escherichia coli type III secretion system 2 (ETT2) is present in the majority of E. coli strains, and although it is degenerate, ETT2 regulates bacterial virulence. An ATPase is essential for T3SS secretion, but the function of the ETT2 ATPase has not been demonstrated. Here, we show that EivC is homologous to the β subunit of F0F1 ATPases and it possesses ATPase activity. To investigate the effects of ETT2 ATPase EivC on the phenotype and virulence of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC), eivC mutant and complemented strains were constructed and characterized. Inactivation of eivC led to impaired flagella production and augmented fimbriae on the bacterial surface, and, consequently, reduced bacterial motility. In addition, the eivC mutant strain exhibited attenuated virulence in ducks, diminished serum resistance, reduced survival in macrophage cells and in ducks, upregulated fimbrial gene expression, and downregulated flagellar and virulence gene expression. The expression of the inflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-8 were increased in HD-11 macrophages infected with the eivC mutant strain, compared with the wild-type strain. These virulence-related phenotypes were restored by genetic complementation. These findings demonstrate that ETT2 ATPase EivC is involved in the motility and pathogenicity of APEC.
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- Shaohui Wang
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute - Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute - Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesShanghai, China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou UniversityYangzhou, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute - Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute - Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute - Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute - Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute - Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute - Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute - Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Shanghai, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University Yangzhou, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute - Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Shanghai, China
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Recognition and targeting mechanisms by chaperones in flagellum assembly and operation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:9798-803. [PMID: 27528687 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1607845113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The flagellum is a complex bacterial nanomachine that requires the proper assembly of several different proteins for its function. Dedicated chaperones are central in preventing aggregation or undesired interactions of flagellar proteins, including their targeting to the export gate. FliT is a key flagellar chaperone that binds to several flagellar proteins in the cytoplasm, including its cognate filament-capping protein FliD. We have determined the solution structure of the FliT chaperone in the free state and in complex with FliD and the flagellar ATPase FliI. FliT adopts a four-helix bundle and uses a hydrophobic surface formed by the first three helices to recognize its substrate proteins. We show that the fourth helix constitutes the binding site for FlhA, a membrane protein at the export gate. In the absence of a substrate protein FliT adopts an autoinhibited structure wherein both the binding sites for substrates and FlhA are occluded. Substrate binding to FliT activates the complex for FlhA binding and thus targeting of the chaperone-substrate complex to the export gate. The activation and targeting mechanisms reported for FliT appear to be shared among the other flagellar chaperones.
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Diepold A, Armitage JP. Type III secretion systems: the bacterial flagellum and the injectisome. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2016; 370:rstb.2015.0020. [PMID: 26370933 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The flagellum and the injectisome are two of the most complex and fascinating bacterial nanomachines. At their core, they share a type III secretion system (T3SS), a transmembrane export complex that forms the extracellular appendages, the flagellar filament and the injectisome needle. Recent advances, combining structural biology, cryo-electron tomography, molecular genetics, in vivo imaging, bioinformatics and biophysics, have greatly increased our understanding of the T3SS, especially the structure of its transmembrane and cytosolic components, the transcriptional, post-transcriptional and functional regulation and the remarkable adaptivity of the system. This review aims to integrate these new findings into our current knowledge of the evolution, function, regulation and dynamics of the T3SS, and to highlight commonalities and differences between the two systems, as well as their potential applications.
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- Andreas Diepold
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK
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Burgess JL, Jones HB, Kumar P, Toth RT, Middaugh CR, Antony E, Dickenson NE. Spa47 is an oligomerization-activated type three secretion system (T3SS) ATPase from Shigella flexneri. Protein Sci 2016; 25:1037-48. [PMID: 26947936 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2917] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2015] [Revised: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Gram-negative pathogens often use conserved type three secretion systems (T3SS) for virulence. The Shigella type three secretion apparatus (T3SA) penetrates the host cell membrane and provides a unidirectional conduit for injection of effectors into host cells. The protein Spa47 localizes to the base of the apparatus and is speculated to be an ATPase that provides the energy for T3SA formation and secretion. Here, we developed an expression and purification protocol, producing active Spa47 and providing the first direct evidence that Spa47 is a bona fide ATPase. Additionally, size exclusion chromatography and analytical ultracentrifugation identified multiple oligomeric species of Spa47 with the largest greater than 8 fold more active for ATP hydrolysis than the monomer. An ATPase inactive Spa47 point mutant was then engineered by targeting a conserved Lysine within the predicted Walker A motif of Spa47. Interestingly, the mutant maintained a similar oligomerization pattern as active Spa47, but was unable to restore invasion phenotype when used to complement a spa47 null S. flexneri strain. Together, these results identify Spa47 as a Shigella T3SS ATPase and suggest that its activity is linked to oligomerization, perhaps as a regulatory mechanism as seen in some related pathogens. Additionally, Spa47 catalyzed ATP hydrolysis appears to be essential for host cell invasion, providing a strong platform for additional studies dissecting its role in virulence and providing an attractive target for anti-infective agents.
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- Jamie L Burgess
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 84322
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 84322
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macromolecule and Vaccine Stabilization Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macromolecule and Vaccine Stabilization Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 66047
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53201
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, 84322
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Insight into the flagella type III export revealed by the complex structure of the type III ATPase and its regulator. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:3633-8. [PMID: 26984495 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1524025113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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FliI and FliJ form the FliI6FliJ ATPase complex of the bacterial flagellar export apparatus, a member of the type III secretion system. The FliI6FliJ complex is structurally similar to the α3β3γ complex of F1-ATPase. The FliH homodimer binds to FliI to connect the ATPase complex to the flagellar base, but the details are unknown. Here we report the structure of the homodimer of a C-terminal fragment of FliH (FliHC2) in complex with FliI. FliHC2 shows an unusually asymmetric homodimeric structure that markedly resembles the peripheral stalk of the A/V-type ATPases. The FliHC2-FliI hexamer model reveals that the C-terminal domains of the FliI ATPase face the cell membrane in a way similar to the F/A/V-type ATPases. We discuss the mechanism of flagellar ATPase complex formation and a common origin shared by the type III secretion system and the F/A/V-type ATPases.
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Minamino T, Kinoshita M, Inoue Y, Morimoto YV, Ihara K, Koya S, Hara N, Nishioka N, Kojima S, Homma M, Namba K. FliH and FliI ensure efficient energy coupling of flagellar type III protein export in Salmonella. Microbiologyopen 2016; 5:424-35. [PMID: 26916245 PMCID: PMC4905995 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Revised: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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For construction of the bacterial flagellum, flagellar proteins are exported via its specific export apparatus from the cytoplasm to the distal end of the growing flagellar structure. The flagellar export apparatus consists of a transmembrane (TM) export gate complex and a cytoplasmic ATPase complex consisting of FliH, FliI, and FliJ. FlhA is a TM export gate protein and plays important roles in energy coupling of protein translocation. However, the energy coupling mechanism remains unknown. Here, we performed a cross‐complementation assay to measure robustness of the energy transduction system of the export apparatus against genetic perturbations. Vibrio FlhA restored motility of a Salmonella ΔflhA mutant but not that of a ΔfliH‐fliI flhB(P28T) ΔflhA mutant. The flgM mutations significantly increased flagellar gene expression levels, allowing Vibrio FlhA to exert its export activity in the ΔfliH‐fliI flhB(P28T) ΔflhA mutant. Pull‐down assays revealed that the binding affinities of Vibrio FlhA for FliJ and the FlgN–FlgK chaperone–substrate complex were much lower than those of Salmonella FlhA. These suggest that Vibrio FlhA requires the support of FliH and FliI to efficiently and properly interact with FliJ and the FlgN–FlgK complex. We propose that FliH and FliI ensure robust and efficient energy coupling of protein export during flagellar assembly.
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- Tohru Minamino
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.,Quantitative Biology Center, RIKEN, 6-2-3 Furuedai, Suita, Osaka, 565-0874, Japan
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- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Departments of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Human life and Science, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto, 602-0893, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.,Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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Minamino T. [Structure and function of the bacterial flagellar type III protein export system in Salmonella
]. Nihon Saikingaku Zasshi 2015; 70:351-64. [PMID: 26310179 DOI: 10.3412/jsb.70.351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The bacterial flagellum is a filamentous organelle that propels the bacterial cell body in liquid media. For construction of the bacterial flagellum beyond the cytoplasmic membrane, flagellar component proteins are transported by its specific protein export apparatus from the cytoplasm to the distal end of the growing flagellar structure. The flagellar export apparatus consists of a transmembrane export gate complex and a cytoplasmic ATPase ring complex. Flagellar substrate-specific chaperones bind to their cognate substrates in the cytoplasm and escort the substrates to the docking platform of the export gate. The export apparatus utilizes ATP and proton motive force across the cytoplasmic membrane as the energy sources to drive protein export and coordinates protein export with assembly by ordered export of substrates to parallel with their order of assembly. In this review, we summarize our current understanding of the structure and function of the flagellar protein export system in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium.
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- Tohru Minamino
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University
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Barta ML, Battaile KP, Lovell S, Hefty PS. Hypothetical protein CT398 (CdsZ) interacts with σ(54) (RpoN)-holoenzyme and the type III secretion export apparatus in Chlamydia trachomatis. Protein Sci 2015; 24:1617-32. [PMID: 26173998 DOI: 10.1002/pro.2746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Accepted: 07/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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A significant challenge to bacteriology is the relatively large proportion of proteins that lack sufficient sequence similarity to support functional annotation (i.e. hypothetical proteins). The aim of this study was to apply protein structural homology to gain insights into a candidate protein of unknown function (CT398) within the medically important, obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. C. trachomatis is a major human pathogen responsible for numerous infections throughout the world that can lead to blindness and infertility. A 2.12 Å crystal structure of hypothetical protein CT398 was determined that was comprised of N-terminal coiled-coil and C-terminal Zn-ribbon domains. The structure of CT398 displayed a high degree of structural similarity to FlgZ (Flagellar-associated zinc-ribbon domain protein) from Helicobacter pylori. This observation directed analyses of candidate protein partners of CT398, revealing interactions with two paralogous type III secretion system (T3SS) ATPase-regulators (CdsL and FliH) and the alternative sigma factor RpoN (σ(54) ). Furthermore, genetic introduction of a conditional expression, affinity-tagged construct into C. trachomatis enabled the purification of a CT398-RpoN-holoenzyme complex, suggesting a potential role for CT398 in modulating transcriptional activity during infection. The interactions reported here, in tandem with previous FlgZ studies in H. pylori, indicate that CT398 functions as a regulator of several key areas of chlamydial biology throughout the developmental cycle. Accordingly, we propose that CT398 be named CdsZ (Contact-dependent secretion-associated zinc-ribbon domain protein).
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- Michael L Barta
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66045
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- IMCA-CAT, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, Argonne, Illinois
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- Protein Structure Laboratory, Del Shankel Structural Biology Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66045
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66045
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Kudryashev M, Diepold A, Amstutz M, Armitage JP, Stahlberg H, Cornelis GR. Y
ersinia enterocolitica
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secretion injectisomes form regularly spaced clusters, which incorporate new machines upon activation. Mol Microbiol 2015; 95:875-84. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Mikhail Kudryashev
- Center for Cellular Imaging and NanoAnalytics (C‐CINA) Biozentrum, University Basel WRO‐1058, Mattenstrasse 26 Basel 4058 Switzerland
- Focal Area Infection Biology Biozentrum, University of Basel Klingelbergstrasse 50/70 Basel 4056 Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry University of Oxford South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QU UK
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- Focal Area Infection Biology Biozentrum, University of Basel Klingelbergstrasse 50/70 Basel 4056 Switzerland
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- Department of Biochemistry University of Oxford South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QU UK
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- Center for Cellular Imaging and NanoAnalytics (C‐CINA) Biozentrum, University Basel WRO‐1058, Mattenstrasse 26 Basel 4058 Switzerland
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- Focal Area Infection Biology Biozentrum, University of Basel Klingelbergstrasse 50/70 Basel 4056 Switzerland
- Research Unit in Microorganism Biology University of Namur 61 rue de Bruxelles 5000 Namur Belgium
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Composition, formation, and regulation of the cytosolic c-ring, a dynamic component of the type III secretion injectisome. PLoS Biol 2015; 13:e1002039. [PMID: 25591178 PMCID: PMC4295842 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The injectisome is a membrane complex through which some bacteria can inject effector proteins into host cells. This study reveals that the cytosolic C-ring structure has a dynamic relationship to the rest of the injectisome, with implications for the regulation of secretion. Many gram-negative pathogens employ a type III secretion injectisome to translocate effector proteins into eukaryotic host cells. While the structure of the distal “needle complex” is well documented, the composition and role of the functionally important cytosolic complex remain less well understood. Using functional fluorescent fusions, we found that the C-ring, an essential and conserved cytosolic component of the system, is composed of ~22 copies of SctQ (YscQ in Yersinia enterocolitica), which require the presence of YscQC, the product of an internal translation initiation site in yscQ, for their cooperative assembly. Photoactivated localization microscopy (PALM) reveals that in vivo, YscQ is present in both a free-moving cytosolic and a stable injectisome-bound state. Notably, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) shows that YscQ exchanges between the injectisome and the cytosol, with a t½ of 68 ± 8 seconds when injectisomes are secreting. In contrast, the secretin SctC (YscC) and the major export apparatus component SctV (YscV) display minimal exchange. Under non-secreting conditions, the exchange rate of YscQ is reduced to t½ = 134 ± 16 seconds, revealing a correlation between C-ring exchange and injectisome activity, which indicates a possible role for C-ring stability in regulation of type III secretion. The stabilization of the C-ring depends on the presence of the functional ATPase SctN (YscN). These data provide new insights into the formation and composition of the injectisome and present a novel aspect of type III secretion, the exchange of C-ring subunits, which is regulated with respect to secretion. The type III secretion system, also known as the injectisome, is a key virulence factor in many gram-negative bacteria, and is responsible for the transmission of bacterial proteins directly into host cells. While some elements of the system are well characterized, the cytosolic components involved in substrate recognition and handling are not well understood. One of the major questions is the role of the C-ring, an essential yet enigmatic cytosolic injectisome member. We used fluorescence microscopy to analyze the architecture and behavior of the C-ring in live Y. enterocolitica bacteria, a human pathogen. We found that in vivo, the C-ring assembles cooperatively with the help of additional copies of its own C-terminal fragment and has a highly dynamic structure, with C-ring subunits exchanging between the working injectisomes and a cytosolic pool. The rate of exchange is different between secreting and non-secreting injectisomes and depends on the function of the type III secretion ATPase, indicating that the stability of the complex is altered when functioning. This dynamic behaviour raises the possibility that the C-ring is a regulator of targeted protein delivery by the type III secretion system and makes the C-ring a viable target for the development of novel anti-virulence drugs.
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Erhardt M, Mertens ME, Fabiani FD, Hughes KT. ATPase-independent type-III protein secretion in Salmonella enterica. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004800. [PMID: 25393010 PMCID: PMC4230889 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2014] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Type-III protein secretion systems are utilized by gram-negative pathogens to secrete building blocks of the bacterial flagellum, virulence effectors from the cytoplasm into host cells, and structural subunits of the needle complex. The flagellar type-III secretion apparatus utilizes both the energy of the proton motive force and ATP hydrolysis to energize substrate unfolding and translocation. We report formation of functional flagella in the absence of type-III ATPase activity by mutations that increased the proton motive force and flagellar substrate levels. We additionally show that increased proton motive force bypassed the requirement of the Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 virulence-associated type-III ATPase for secretion. Our data support a role for type-III ATPases in enhancing secretion efficiency under limited secretion substrate concentrations and reveal the dispensability of ATPase activity in the type-III protein export process.
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- Marc Erhardt
- Junior Research Group Infection Biology of Salmonella, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Junior Research Group Infection Biology of Salmonella, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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Bai F, Morimoto YV, Yoshimura SDJ, Hara N, Kami-Ike N, Namba K, Minamino T. Assembly dynamics and the roles of FliI ATPase of the bacterial flagellar export apparatus. Sci Rep 2014; 4:6528. [PMID: 25284201 PMCID: PMC4185386 DOI: 10.1038/srep06528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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For construction of the bacterial flagellum, FliI ATPase forms the FliH2-FliI complex in the cytoplasm and localizes to the flagellar basal body (FBB) through the interaction of FliH with a C ring protein, FliN. FliI also assembles into a homo-hexamer to promote initial entry of export substrates into the export gate. The interaction of FliH with an export gate protein, FlhA, is required for stable anchoring of the FliI6 ring to the gate. Here we report the stoichiometry and assembly dynamics of FliI-YFP by fluorescence microscopy with single molecule precision. More than six FliI-YFP molecules were associated with the FBB through interactions of FliH with FliN and FlhA. Single FliI-YFP molecule exchanges between the FBB-localized and free-diffusing ones were observed several times per minute. Neither the number of FliI-YFP associated with the FBB nor FliI-YFP turnover rate were affected by catalytic mutations in FliI, indicating that ATP hydrolysis by FliI does not drive the assembly-disassembly cycle of FliI during flagellar assembly. We propose that the FliH2FliI complex and FliI6 ring function as a dynamic substrate carrier and a static substrate loader, respectively.
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- Fan Bai
- 1] Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China [2] Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan [3]
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- 1] Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan [2] Quantitative Biology Center, RIKEN, 6-2-3 Furuedai, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan [3]
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- 1] Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan [2] Quantitative Biology Center, RIKEN, 6-2-3 Furuedai, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Sajó R, Liliom K, Muskotál A, Klein A, Závodszky P, Vonderviszt F, Dobó J. Soluble components of the flagellar export apparatus, FliI, FliJ, and FliH, do not deliver flagellin, the major filament protein, from the cytosol to the export gate. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2014; 1843:2414-23. [PMID: 25068520 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2014] [Revised: 07/01/2014] [Accepted: 07/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Flagella, the locomotion organelles of bacteria, extend from the cytoplasm to the cell exterior. External flagellar proteins are synthesized in the cytoplasm and exported by the flagellar type III secretion system. Soluble components of the flagellar export apparatus, FliI, FliH, and FliJ, have been implicated to carry late export substrates in complex with their cognate chaperones from the cytoplasm to the export gate. The importance of the soluble components in the delivery of the three minor late substrates FlgK, FlgL (hook-filament junction) and FliD (filament-cap) has been convincingly demonstrated, but their role in the transport of the major filament component flagellin (FliC) is still unclear. We have used continuous ATPase activity measurements and quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) studies to characterize interactions between the soluble export components and flagellin or the FliC:FliS substrate-chaperone complex. As controls, interactions between soluble export component pairs were characterized providing Kd values. FliC or FliC:FliS did not influence the ATPase activity of FliI alone or in complex with FliH and/or FliJ suggesting lack of interaction in solution. Immobilized FliI, FliH, or FliJ did not interact with FliC or FliC:FliS detected by QCM. The lack of interaction in the fluid phase between FliC or FliC:FliS and the soluble export components, in particular with the ATPase FliI, suggests that cells use different mechanisms for the export of late minor substrates, and the major substrate, FliC. It seems that the abundantly produced flagellin does not require the assistance of the soluble export components to efficiently reach the export gate.
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- Ráchel Sajó
- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok krt. 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok krt. 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Bio-Nanosystems Laboratory, Faculty of Information Technology, University of Pannonia, Egyetem u. 10, H-8200 Veszprém, Hungary
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- Bio-Nanosystems Laboratory, Faculty of Information Technology, University of Pannonia, Egyetem u. 10, H-8200 Veszprém, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok krt. 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Bio-Nanosystems Laboratory, Faculty of Information Technology, University of Pannonia, Egyetem u. 10, H-8200 Veszprém, Hungary
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- Institute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Magyar Tudósok krt. 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary.
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The flagellum is one of the most
sophisticated self-assembling
molecular machines in bacteria. Powered by the proton-motive force,
the flagellum rapidly rotates in either a clockwise or counterclockwise
direction, which ultimately controls bacterial motility and behavior. Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica have served as important model systems for extensive genetic, biochemical,
and structural analysis of the flagellum, providing unparalleled insights
into its structure, function, and gene regulation. Despite these advances,
our understanding of flagellar assembly and rotational mechanisms
remains incomplete, in part because of the limited structural information
available regarding the intact rotor–stator complex and secretion
apparatus. Cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) has become a valuable
imaging technique capable of visualizing the intact flagellar motor
in cells at molecular resolution. Because the resolution that can
be achieved by cryo-ET with large bacteria (such as E. coli and S. enterica) is limited, analysis of small-diameter
bacteria (including Borrelia burgdorferi and Campylobacter jejuni) can provide additional insights into
the in situ structure of the flagellar motor and
other cellular components. This review is focused on the application
of cryo-ET, in combination with genetic and biophysical approaches,
to the study of flagellar structures and its potential for improving
the understanding of rotor–stator interactions, the rotational
switching mechanism, and the secretion and assembly of flagellar components.
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- Xiaowei Zhao
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston , Houston, Texas 77030, United States
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Evans LDB, Hughes C, Fraser GM. Building a flagellum outside the bacterial cell. Trends Microbiol 2014; 22:566-72. [PMID: 24973293 PMCID: PMC4183434 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2014.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2014] [Revised: 05/28/2014] [Accepted: 05/30/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Flagella, the helical propellers that extend from the bacterial surface, are a paradigm for how complex molecular machines can be built outside the living cell. Their assembly requires ordered export of thousands of structural subunits across the cell membrane and this is achieved by a type III export machinery located at the flagellum base, after which subunits transit through a narrow channel at the core of the flagellum to reach the assembly site at the tip of the nascent structure, up to 20μm from the cell surface. Here we review recent findings that provide new insights into flagellar export and assembly, and a new and unanticipated mechanism for constant rate flagellum growth.
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- Lewis D B Evans
- University of Cambridge, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK
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- University of Cambridge, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK
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- University of Cambridge, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QP, UK.
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EscO, a functional and structural analog of the flagellar FliJ protein, is a positive regulator of EscN ATPase activity of the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli injectisome. J Bacteriol 2014; 196:2227-41. [PMID: 24706741 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01551-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Type III secretion systems (T3SSs) are multiprotein molecular devices used by many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens to translocate effector proteins into eukaryotic cells. A T3SS is also used for protein export in flagellar assembly, which promotes bacterial motility. The two systems are evolutionarily related, possessing highly conserved components in their export apparatuses. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) employs a T3SS, encoded by genes in the locus of enterocyte effacement (LEE) pathogenicity island, to colonize the human intestine and cause diarrheal disease. In the present work, we investigated the role of the LEE-encoded EscO protein (previously Orf15 or EscA) in T3SS biogenesis. We show that EscO shares similar properties with the flagellar FliJ and the Yersinia YscO protein families. Our findings demonstrate that EscO is essential for secretion of all categories of T3SS substrates. Consistent with its central role in protein secretion, it was found to interact with the ATPase EscN and its negative regulator, EscL, of the export apparatus. Moreover, we show that EscO stimulates EscN enzymatic activity; however, it is unable to upregulate ATP hydrolysis in the presence of EscL. Remarkably, EscO partially restored the swimming defect of a Salmonella flagellar fliJ mutant and was able to stimulate the ATPase activity of FliI. Overall, our data indicate that EscO is the virulence counterpart of the flagellar FliJ protein.
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Diepold A, Wagner S. Assembly of the bacterial type III secretion machinery. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2014; 38:802-22. [PMID: 24484471 DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2013] [Revised: 01/02/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Many bacteria that live in contact with eukaryotic hosts, whether as symbionts or as pathogens, have evolved mechanisms that manipulate host cell behaviour to their benefit. One such mechanism, the type III secretion system, is employed by Gram-negative bacterial species to inject effector proteins into host cells. This function is reflected by the overall shape of the machinery, which resembles a molecular syringe. Despite the simplicity of the concept, the type III secretion system is one of the most complex known bacterial nanomachines, incorporating one to more than hundred copies of up to twenty different proteins into a multi-MDa transmembrane complex. The structural core of the system is the so-called needle complex that spans the bacterial cell envelope as a tripartite ring system and culminates in a needle protruding from the bacterial cell surface. Substrate targeting and translocation are accomplished by an export machinery consisting of various inner membrane embedded and cytoplasmic components. The formation of such a multimembrane-spanning machinery is an intricate task that requires precise orchestration. This review gives an overview of recent findings on the assembly of type III secretion machines, discusses quality control and recycling of the system and proposes an integrated assembly model.
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- Andreas Diepold
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Lu P, Lill H, Bald D. ATP synthase in mycobacteria: special features and implications for a function as drug target. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2014; 1837:1208-18. [PMID: 24513197 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2014.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2013] [Revised: 01/28/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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ATP synthase is a ubiquitous enzyme that is largely conserved across the kingdoms of life. This conservation is in accordance with its central role in chemiosmotic energy conversion, a pathway utilized by far by most living cells. On the other hand, in particular pathogenic bacteria whilst employing ATP synthase have to deal with energetically unfavorable conditions such as low oxygen tensions in the human host, e.g. Mycobacterium tuberculosis can survive in human macrophages for an extended time. It is well conceivable that such ATP synthases may carry idiosyncratic features that contribute to efficient ATP production. In this review genetic and biochemical data on mycobacterial ATP synthase are discussed in terms of rotary catalysis, stator composition, and regulation of activity. ATP synthase in mycobacteria is of particular interest as this enzyme has been validated as a target for promising new antibacterial drugs. A deeper understanding of the working of mycobacterial ATP synthase and its atypical features can provide insight in adaptations of bacterial energy metabolism. Moreover, pinpointing and understanding critical differences as compared with human ATP synthase may provide input for the design and development of selective ATP synthase inhibitors as antibacterials. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: 18th European Bioenergetic Conference.
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- Ping Lu
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, AIMMS, Faculty of Earth- and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, AIMMS, Faculty of Earth- and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, AIMMS, Faculty of Earth- and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Minamino T. Protein export through the bacterial flagellar type III export pathway. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2013; 1843:1642-8. [PMID: 24064315 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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For construction of the bacterial flagellum, which is responsible for bacterial motility, the flagellar type III export apparatus utilizes both ATP and proton motive force across the cytoplasmic membrane and exports flagellar proteins from the cytoplasm to the distal end of the nascent structure. The export apparatus consists of a membrane-embedded export gate made of FlhA, FlhB, FliO, FliP, FliQ, and FliR and a water-soluble ATPase ring complex consisting of FliH, FliI, and FliJ. FlgN, FliS, and FliT act as substrate-specific chaperones that do not only protect their cognate substrates from degradation and aggregation in the cytoplasm but also efficiently transfer the substrates to the export apparatus. The ATPase ring complex facilitates the initial entry of the substrates into the narrow pore of the export gate. The export gate by itself is a proton-protein antiporter that uses the two components of proton motive force, the electric potential difference and the proton concentration difference, for different steps of the export process. A specific interaction of FlhA with FliJ located in the center of the ATPase ring complex allows the export gate to efficiently use proton motive force to drive protein export. The ATPase ring complex couples ATP binding and hydrolysis to its assembly-disassembly cycle for rapid and efficient protein export cycle. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Protein trafficking and secretion in bacteria. Guest Editors: Anastassios Economou and Ross Dalbey.
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- Tohru Minamino
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Secretion of effectors across bacterial membranes is usually mediated by large multisubunit complexes. In most cases, the secreted effectors are virulent factors normally associated to pathogenic diseases. The biogenesis of these secretion systems and the transport of the effectors are processes that require energy. This energy could be directly obtained by using the proton motive force, but in most cases the energy associated to these processes is derived from ATP hydrolysis. Here, a description of the machineries involved in generating the energy required for system biogenesis and substrate transport by type II, III and IV secretion systems is provided, with special emphasis on highlighting the structural similarities and evolutionary relationships among the secretion ATPases.
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- Alejandro Peña
- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad de Cantabria, UC-CSIC-SODERCAN, Santander, Spain
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Gajadeera CS, Weber J. Escherichia coli F1Fo-ATP synthase with a b/δ fusion protein allows analysis of the function of the individual b subunits. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:26441-7. [PMID: 23893411 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.503722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The "stator stalk" of F1Fo-ATP synthase is essential for rotational catalysis as it connects the nonrotating portions of the enzyme. In Escherichia coli, the stator stalk consists of two (identical) b subunits and the δ subunit. In mycobacteria, one of the b subunits and the δ subunit are replaced by a b/δ fusion protein; the remaining b subunit is of the shorter b' type. In the present study, it is shown that it is possible to generate a functional E. coli ATP synthase containing a b/δ fusion protein. This construct allowed the analysis of the roles of the individual b subunits. The full-length b subunit (which in this case is covalently linked to δ in the fusion protein) is responsible for connecting the stalk to the catalytic F1 subcomplex. It is not required for interaction with the membrane-embedded Fo subcomplex, as its transmembrane helix can be removed. Attachment to Fo is the function of the other b subunit which in turn has only a minor (if any at all) role in binding to δ. Also in E. coli the second b subunit can be shortened to a b' type.
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- Chathurada S Gajadeera
- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Center for Chemical Biology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas 79409 and the Center for Membrane Protein Research, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430
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Chen L, Ai X, Portaliou AG, Minetti CASA, Remeta DP, Economou A, Kalodimos CG. Substrate-activated conformational switch on chaperones encodes a targeting signal in type III secretion. Cell Rep 2013; 3:709-15. [PMID: 23523349 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2012] [Revised: 01/27/2013] [Accepted: 02/22/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The targeting of type III secretion (TTS) proteins at the injectisome is an important process in bacterial virulence. Nevertheless, how the injectisome specifically recognizes TTS substrates among all bacterial proteins is unknown. A TTS peripheral membrane ATPase protein located at the base of the injectisome has been implicated in the targeting process. We have investigated the targeting of the EspA filament protein and its cognate chaperone, CesAB, to the EscN ATPase of the enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC). We show that EscN selectively engages the EspA-loaded CesAB but not the unliganded CesAB. Structure analysis revealed that the targeting signal is encoded in a disorder-order structural transition in CesAB that is elicited only upon the binding of its physiological substrate, EspA. Abrogation of the interaction between the CesAB-EspA complex and EscN resulted in severe secretion and infection defects. Additionally, we show that the targeting and secretion signals are distinct and that the two processes are likely regulated by different mechanisms.
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- Li Chen
- Center of Integrative Proteomics Research and Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
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Architecture of the major component of the type III secretion system export apparatus. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2012; 20:99-104. [PMID: 23222644 PMCID: PMC3537844 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2012] [Accepted: 10/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Type III secretion systems (T3SSs) are bacterial membrane-embedded nanomachines designed to export specifically targeted proteins from the bacterial cytoplasm. Secretion through T3SS is governed by a subset of inner membrane proteins termed the 'export apparatus'. We show that a key member of the Shigella flexneri export apparatus, MxiA, assembles into a ring essential for secretion in vivo. The ring-forming interfaces are well-conserved in both nonflagellar and flagellar homologs, implying that the ring is an evolutionarily conserved feature in these systems. Electron cryo-tomography revealed a T3SS-associated cytoplasmic torus of size and shape corresponding to those of the MxiA ring aligned to the secretion channel located between the secretion pore and the ATPase complex. This defines the molecular architecture of the dominant component of the export apparatus and allows us to propose a model for the molecular mechanisms controlling secretion.
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Interaction between FliJ and FlhA, components of the bacterial flagellar type III export apparatus. J Bacteriol 2012; 195:466-73. [PMID: 23161028 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01711-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A soluble protein, FliJ, along with a membrane protein, FlhA, plays a role in the energy coupling mechanism for bacterial flagellar protein export. The water-soluble FliH(X)-FliI(6) ATPase ring complex allows FliJ to efficiently interact with FlhA. However, the FlhA binding site of FliJ remains unknown. Here, we carried out genetic analysis of a region formed by well-conserved residues-Gln38, Leu42, Tyr45, Tyr49, Phe72, Leu76, Ala79, and His83-of FliJ. A structural model of the FliI(6)-FliJ ring complex suggests that they extend out of the FliI(6) ring. Glutathione S-transferase (GST)-FliJ inhibited the motility of and flagellar protein export by both wild-type cells and a fliH-fliI flhB(P28T) bypass mutant. Pulldown assays revealed that the reduced export activity of the export apparatus results from the binding of GST-FliJ to FlhA. The F72A and L76A mutations of FliJ significantly reduced the binding affinity of FliJ for FlhA, thereby suppressing the inhibitory effect of GST-FliJ on the protein export. The F72A and L76A mutations were tolerated in the presence of FliH and FliI but considerably reduced motility in their absence. These two mutations affected neither the interaction with FliI nor the FliI ATPase activity. These results suggest that FliJ(F72A) and FliJ(L76A) require the support of FliH and FliI to exert their export function. Therefore, we propose that the well-conserved surface of FliJ is involved in the interaction with FlhA.
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Uchida Y, Minamino T, Namba K, Imada K. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray analysis of the FliH-FliI complex responsible for bacterial flagellar type III protein export. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2012; 68:1311-4. [PMID: 23143238 PMCID: PMC3515370 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309112030801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2012] [Accepted: 07/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The bacterial flagellar proteins are translocated into the central channel of the flagellum by a specific protein-export apparatus for self-assembly at the distal growing end. FliH and FliI are soluble components of the export apparatus and form an FliH2-FliI heterotrimer in the cytoplasm. FliI is an ATPase and the FliH2-FliI complex delivers export substrates from the cytoplasm to an export gate made up of six integral membrane proteins of the export apparatus. In this study, an FliHC fragment consisting of residues 99-235 was co-purified with FliI and the FliHC2-FliI complex was crystallized. Crystals were obtained using the hanging-drop vapour-diffusion technique with PEG 400 as a precipitant. The crystals belonged to the orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1), with unit-cell parameters a=133.7, b=147.3, c=164.2 Å, and diffracted to 3.0 Å resolution.
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- Yumiko Uchida
- Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, JST, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Riken Quantitative Biology Center, 1-3 Yamadoaka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Protein export according to schedule: architecture, assembly, and regulation of type III secretion systems from plant- and animal-pathogenic bacteria. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2012; 76:262-310. [PMID: 22688814 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.05017-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 299] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Flagellar and translocation-associated type III secretion (T3S) systems are present in most gram-negative plant- and animal-pathogenic bacteria and are often essential for bacterial motility or pathogenicity. The architectures of the complex membrane-spanning secretion apparatuses of both systems are similar, but they are associated with different extracellular appendages, including the flagellar hook and filament or the needle/pilus structures of translocation-associated T3S systems. The needle/pilus is connected to a bacterial translocon that is inserted into the host plasma membrane and mediates the transkingdom transport of bacterial effector proteins into eukaryotic cells. During the last 3 to 5 years, significant progress has been made in the characterization of membrane-associated core components and extracellular structures of T3S systems. Furthermore, transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulators that control T3S gene expression and substrate specificity have been described. Given the architecture of the T3S system, it is assumed that extracellular components of the secretion apparatus are secreted prior to effector proteins, suggesting that there is a hierarchy in T3S. The aim of this review is to summarize our current knowledge of T3S system components and associated control proteins from both plant- and animal-pathogenic bacteria.
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Abby SS, Rocha EPC. The non-flagellar type III secretion system evolved from the bacterial flagellum and diversified into host-cell adapted systems. PLoS Genet 2012; 8:e1002983. [PMID: 23028376 PMCID: PMC3459982 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2012] [Accepted: 08/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Type 3 secretion systems (T3SSs) are essential components of two complex bacterial machineries: the flagellum, which drives cell motility, and the non-flagellar T3SS (NF-T3SS), which delivers effectors into eukaryotic cells. Yet the origin, specialization, and diversification of these machineries remained unclear. We developed computational tools to identify homologous components of the two systems and to discriminate between them. Our analysis of >1,000 genomes identified 921 T3SSs, including 222 NF-T3SSs. Phylogenomic and comparative analyses of these systems argue that the NF-T3SS arose from an exaptation of the flagellum, i.e. the recruitment of part of the flagellum structure for the evolution of the new protein delivery function. This reconstructed chronology of the exaptation process proceeded in at least two steps. An intermediate ancestral form of NF-T3SS, whose descendants still exist in Myxococcales, lacked elements that are essential for motility and included a subset of NF-T3SS features. We argue that this ancestral version was involved in protein translocation. A second major step in the evolution of NF-T3SSs occurred via recruitment of secretins to the NF-T3SS, an event that occurred at least three times from different systems. In rhizobiales, a partial homologous gene replacement of the secretin resulted in two genes of complementary function. Acquisition of a secretin was followed by the rapid adaptation of the resulting NF-T3SSs to multiple, distinct eukaryotic cell envelopes where they became key in parasitic and mutualistic associations between prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Our work elucidates major steps of the evolutionary scenario leading to extant NF-T3SSs. It demonstrates how molecular evolution can convert one complex molecular machine into a second, equally complex machine by successive deletions, innovations, and recruitment from other molecular systems.
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- Sophie S Abby
- Département Génomes et Génétique, Institut Pasteur, Microbial Evolutionary Genomics, Paris, France.
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Interaction of the extreme N-terminal region of FliH with FlhA is required for efficient bacterial flagellar protein export. J Bacteriol 2012; 194:5353-60. [PMID: 22843851 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01028-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The flagellar type III protein export apparatus plays an essential role in the formation of the bacterial flagellum. FliH forms a complex along with FliI ATPase and is postulated to provide a link between FliI ring formation and flagellar protein export. Two tryptophan residues of FliH, Trp7 and Trp10, are required for the effective docking of the FliH-FliI complex to the export gate made of six membrane proteins. However, it remains unknown which export gate component interacts with these two tryptophan residues. Here, we performed targeted photo-cross-linking of the extreme N-terminal region of FliH (FliH(EN)) with its binding partners. We replaced Trp7 and Trp10 of FliH with p-benzoyl-phenylalanine (pBPA), a photo-cross-linkable unnatural amino acid, to produce FliH(W7pBPA) and FliH(W10pBPA). They were both functional and were photo-cross-linked with one of the export gate proteins, FlhA, but not with the other gate proteins, indicating that these two tryptophan residues are in close proximity to FlhA. Mutant FlhA proteins that are functional in the presence of FliH and FliI but not in their absence showed a significantly reduced function also by N-terminal FliH mutations even in the presence of FliI. We suggest that the interaction of FliH(EN) with FlhA is required for anchoring the FliI hexamer ring to the export gate for efficient flagellar protein export.
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Shimada M, Saijo-Hamano Y, Furukawa Y, Minamino T, Imada K, Namba K. Functional defect and restoration of temperature-sensitive mutants of FlhA, a subunit of the flagellar protein export apparatus. J Mol Biol 2011; 415:855-65. [PMID: 22178139 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2011] [Revised: 12/02/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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The flagellar axial component proteins are exported to the distal end of the growing flagellum for self-assembly by the flagellar type III export apparatus. FlhA is a key membrane protein of the export apparatus, and its C-terminal cytoplasmic domain (FlhA(C)) is a part of an assembly platform for the three soluble export components, FliH, FliI, and FliJ, as well as export substrates and chaperone-substrate complexes. FlhA(C) is composed of a flexible linker region and four compact domains (A(C)D1-A(C)D4). At 42 °C, a temperature-sensitive (TS) G368C mutation in FlhA(C) blocks the export process after the FliH-FliI-FliJ-substrate complex binds to the assembly platform, but it remains unknown how it does so. In this study, we analyzed a TS mutant variant, FlhA(C)(G368C), and its pseudorevertant variants FlhA(C)(G368C/L359F), FlhA(C)(G368C/G364R), FlhA(C)(G368C/R370S), and FlhA(C)(G368C/P550S) using far-ultraviolet circular dichroism. Whereas the denaturation of the wild-type FlhA(C) occurs in a single step, FlhA(C)(G368C) and its pseudorevertant variants showed thermal transitions, at least, in two steps. The first transition of FlhA(C)(G368C) can further be divided into reversible and following irreversible transitions, which correspond to the denaturation of A(C)D2 and A(C)D1, respectively. We show the relation between the reversible transition and the TS defect in the exporting function of FlhA(C)(G368C) and that the loss of function is caused by denaturation of A(C)D2. We suggest that A(C)D2 is directly involved in the translocation of export substrates.
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- Masafumi Shimada
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Minamino T, Kinoshita M, Imada K, Namba K. Interaction between FliI ATPase and a flagellar chaperone FliT during bacterial flagellar protein export. Mol Microbiol 2011; 83:168-78. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07924.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Minamino T, Morimoto YV, Hara N, Namba K. An energy transduction mechanism used in bacterial flagellar type III protein export. Nat Commun 2011; 2:475. [PMID: 21934659 PMCID: PMC3195256 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2011] [Accepted: 08/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Flagellar proteins of bacteria are exported by a specific export apparatus. FliI ATPase forms a complex with FliH and FliJ and escorts export substrates from the cytoplasm to the export gate complex, which is made up of six membrane proteins. The export gate complex utilizes proton motive force across the cytoplasmic membrane for protein translocation, but the mechanism remains unknown. Here we show that the export gate complex by itself is a proton-protein antiporter that uses the two components of proton motive force, Δψ and ΔpH, for different steps of the protein export process. However, in the presence of FliH, FliI and FliJ, a specific binding of FliJ with an export gate membrane protein, FlhA, is brought about by the FliH-FliI complex, which turns the export gate into a highly efficient, Δψ-driven protein export apparatus.
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- Tohru Minamino
- Graduate School of Frontier Bioscience, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
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Hara N, Namba K, Minamino T. Genetic characterization of conserved charged residues in the bacterial flagellar type III export protein FlhA. PLoS One 2011; 6:e22417. [PMID: 21811603 PMCID: PMC3139655 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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For assembly of the bacterial flagellum, most of flagellar proteins are transported to the distal end of the flagellum by the flagellar type III protein export apparatus powered by proton motive force (PMF) across the cytoplasmic membrane. FlhA is an integral membrane protein of the export apparatus and is involved in an early stage of the export process along with three soluble proteins, FliH, FliI, and FliJ, but the energy coupling mechanism remains unknown. Here, we carried out site-directed mutagenesis of eight, highly conserved charged residues in putative juxta- and trans-membrane helices of FlhA. Only Asp-208 was an essential acidic residue. Most of the FlhA substitutions were tolerated, but resulted in loss-of-function in the ΔfliH-fliI mutant background, even with the second-site flhB(P28T) mutation that increases the probability of flagellar protein export in the absence of FliH and FliI. The addition of FliH and FliI allowed the D45A, R85A, R94K and R270A mutant proteins to work even in the presence of the flhB(P28T) mutation. Suppressor analysis of a flhA(K203W) mutation showed an interaction between FlhA and FliR. Taken all together, we suggest that Asp-208 is directly involved in PMF-driven protein export and that the cooperative interactions of FlhA with FlhB, FliH, FliI, and FliR drive the translocation of export substrate.
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- Noritaka Hara
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
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Poliakov A, Russell CW, Ponnala L, Hoops HJ, Sun Q, Douglas AE, van Wijk KJ. Large-scale label-free quantitative proteomics of the pea aphid-Buchnera symbiosis. Mol Cell Proteomics 2011; 10:M110.007039. [PMID: 21421797 PMCID: PMC3108839 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m110.007039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2010] [Revised: 02/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Many insects are nutritionally dependent on symbiotic microorganisms that have tiny genomes and are housed in specialized host cells called bacteriocytes. The obligate symbiosis between the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum and the γ-proteobacterium Buchnera aphidicola (only 584 predicted proteins) is particularly amenable for molecular analysis because the genomes of both partners have been sequenced. To better define the symbiotic relationship between this aphid and Buchnera, we used large-scale, high accuracy tandem mass spectrometry (nanoLC-LTQ-Orbtrap) to identify aphid and Buchnera proteins in the whole aphid body, purified bacteriocytes, isolated Buchnera cells and the residual bacteriocyte fraction. More than 1900 aphid and 400 Buchnera proteins were identified. All enzymes in amino acid metabolism annotated in the Buchnera genome were detected, reflecting the high (68%) coverage of the proteome and supporting the core function of Buchnera in the aphid symbiosis. Transporters mediating the transport of predicted metabolites were present in the bacteriocyte. Label-free spectral counting combined with hierarchical clustering, allowed to define the quantitative distribution of a subset of these proteins across both symbiotic partners, yielding no evidence for the selective transfer of protein among the partners in either direction. This is the first quantitative proteome analysis of bacteriocyte symbiosis, providing a wealth of information about molecular function of both the host cell and bacterial symbiont.
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- ¶Computational Biology Service Unit, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- ¶Computational Biology Service Unit, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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