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Sec- and Tat-mediated protein secretion across the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane--distinct translocases and mechanisms. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2007; 1778:1735-56. [PMID: 17935691 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 343] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2007] [Revised: 07/23/2007] [Accepted: 07/24/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In bacteria, two major pathways exist to secrete proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane. The general Secretion route, termed Sec-pathway, catalyzes the transmembrane translocation of proteins in their unfolded conformation, whereupon they fold into their native structure at the trans-side of the membrane. The Twin-arginine translocation pathway, termed Tat-pathway, catalyses the translocation of secretory proteins in their folded state. Although the targeting signals that direct secretory proteins to these pathways show a high degree of similarity, the translocation mechanisms and translocases involved are vastly different.
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Karamanou S, Gouridis G, Papanikou E, Sianidis G, Gelis I, Keramisanou D, Vrontou E, Kalodimos CG, Economou A. Preprotein-controlled catalysis in the helicase motor of SecA. EMBO J 2007; 26:2904-14. [PMID: 17525736 PMCID: PMC1894763 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2007] [Accepted: 04/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The cornerstone of the functionality of almost all motor proteins is the regulation of their activity by binding interactions with their respective substrates. In most cases, the underlying mechanism of this regulation remains unknown. Here, we reveal a novel mechanism used by secretory preproteins to control the catalytic cycle of the helicase 'DEAD' motor of SecA, the preprotein translocase ATPase. The central feature of this mechanism is a highly conserved salt-bridge, Gate1, that controls the opening/closure of the nucleotide cleft. Gate1 regulates the propagation of binding signal generated at the Preprotein Binding Domain to the nucleotide cleft, thus allowing the physical coupling of preprotein binding and release to the ATPase cycle. This relay mechanism is at play only after SecA has been previously 'primed' by binding to SecYEG, the transmembrane protein-conducting channel. The Gate1-controlled relay mechanism is essential for protein translocase catalysis and may be common in helicase motors.
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- Spyridoula Karamanou
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas, Crete, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas, Crete, Greece
- Department of Biology, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas, Crete, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas, Crete, Greece
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- Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas, Crete, Greece
- Department of Biology, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas, Crete, Greece
- Department of Biology, University of Crete, Crete, Greece
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Crete, PO Box 1385, 71110 Iraklio, Crete, Greece. Tel.: +30 2810 391166/391167; Fax: +30 2810 391166; E-mail:
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Gold VAM, Robson A, Clarke AR, Collinson I. Allosteric regulation of SecA: magnesium-mediated control of conformation and activity. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:17424-32. [PMID: 17416585 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m702066200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In bacteria, the SecA protein associates with a ubiquitous protein channel SecYEG where it drives the post-translational secretion of pre-proteins across the plasma membrane. The high-resolution structures of both proteins have been determined in their resting states; however, the mechanism that couples ATP hydrolysis to active transport of substrate proteins through the membrane is not well understood. An analysis of the steady-state ATPase activity of the enzyme reveals that there is an allosteric binding site for magnesium distinct from that associated with hydrolysis of ATP. We have demonstrated that this regulation involves a large conformational change to the SecA dimer, which exerts a strong influence on the turnover and affinity for ATP, as well as the affinity for ADP. The strong inhibitory influence of magnesium on the ATPase activity can be countered by cardiolipin and conditions that promote protein translocation.
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- Vicki A M Gold
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, United Kingdom
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Papanikolau Y, Papadovasilaki M, Ravelli RBG, McCarthy AA, Cusack S, Economou A, Petratos K. Structure of dimeric SecA, the Escherichia coli preprotein translocase motor. J Mol Biol 2006; 366:1545-57. [PMID: 17229438 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.12.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2006] [Revised: 12/12/2006] [Accepted: 12/17/2006] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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SecA is the preprotein translocase ATPase subunit and a superfamily 2 (SF2) RNA helicase. Here we present the 2 A crystal structures of the Escherichia coli SecA homodimer in the apo form and in complex with ATP, ADP and adenosine 5'-[beta,gamma-imido]triphosphate (AMP-PNP). Each monomer contains the SF2 ATPase core (DEAD motor) built of two domains (nucleotide binding domain, NBD and intramolecular regulator of ATPase 2, IRA2), the preprotein binding domain (PBD), which is inserted in NBD and a carboxy-terminal domain (C-domain) linked to IRA2. The structures of the nucleotide complexes of SecA identify an interfacial nucleotide-binding cleft located between the two DEAD motor domains and residues critical for ATP catalysis. The dimer comprises two virtually identical protomers associating in an antiparallel fashion. Dimerization is mediated solely through extensive contacts of the DEAD motor domains leaving the C-domain facing outwards from the dimerization core. This dimerization mode explains the effect of functionally important mutations and is completely different from the dimerization models proposed for other SecA structures. The repercussion of these findings on translocase assembly and catalysis is discussed.
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- Yannis Papanikolau
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, PO Box 1385, 71110 Heraklion, Greece
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Jilaveanu LB, Oliver DB. In vivo membrane topology of Escherichia coli SecA ATPase reveals extensive periplasmic exposure of multiple functionally important domains clustering on one face of SecA. J Biol Chem 2006; 282:4661-4668. [PMID: 17166834 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m610828200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Sec-dependent protein translocation pathway promotes the transport of proteins into or across the bacterial plasma membrane. SecA ATPase has been shown to be a nanomotor that associates with its protein cargo as well as the SecYEG channel complex and to undergo ATP-driven cycles of membrane insertion and retraction that promote stepwise protein translocation. Previous studies have shown that both the 65-kDa N-domain and 30-kDa C-domain of SecA appear to undergo such membrane cycling. In the present study we performed in vivo sulfhydryl labeling of an extensive collection of monocysteine secA mutants under topologically specific conditions to identify regions of SecA that are accessible to the trans side of the membrane in its membrane-integrated state. Our results show that distinct regions of five of six SecA domains were labeled under these conditions, and such labeling clusters to a single face of the SecA structure. Our results demarcate an extensive face of SecA that interacts with SecYEG and is in fluid contact with the protein-conducting channel. The observed domain-specific labeling patterns should also provide important constraints on model building efforts in this dynamic system.
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- Lucia B Jilaveanu
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459.
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Musial-Siwek M, Rusch SL, Kendall DA. Selective photoaffinity labeling identifies the signal peptide binding domain on SecA. J Mol Biol 2006; 365:637-48. [PMID: 17084862 PMCID: PMC1851904 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.10.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2006] [Revised: 10/02/2006] [Accepted: 10/08/2006] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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SecA, an ATPase crucial to the Sec-dependent translocation machinery in Escherichia coli, recognizes and directly binds the N-terminal signal peptide of an exported preprotein. This interaction plays a central role in the targeting and transport of preproteins via the SecYEG channel. Here we identify the signal peptide binding groove (SPBG) on SecA addressing a key issue regarding the SecA-preprotein interaction. We employ a synthetic signal peptide containing the photoreactive benzoylphenylalanine to efficiently and specifically label SecA containing a unique Factor Xa site. Comparison of the photolabeled fragment from the subsequent proteolysis of several SecAs, which vary only in the location of the Factor Xa site, reveals one 53 residue segment in common with the entire series. The covalently modified SecA segment produced is the same in aqueous solution and in lipid vesicles. This spans amino acid residues 269 to 322 of the E. coli protein, which is distinct from a previously proposed signal peptide binding site, and contributes to a hydrophobic peptide binding groove evident in molecular models of SecA.
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- *Corresponding author. Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, 91 North Eagleville Road, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3125, USA; Tel.: (860) 486-1891; Fax: (860) 486-4331; E-mail: ()
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Cavanaugh LF, Palmer AG, Gierasch LM, Hunt JF. Disorder breathes life into a DEAD motor. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2006; 13:566-9. [PMID: 16826229 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb0706-566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Keramisanou D, Biris N, Gelis I, Sianidis G, Karamanou S, Economou A, Kalodimos CG. Disorder-order folding transitions underlie catalysis in the helicase motor of SecA. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2006; 13:594-602. [PMID: 16783375 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2005] [Accepted: 05/12/2006] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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SecA is a helicase-like motor that couples ATP hydrolysis with the translocation of extracytoplasmic protein substrates. As in most helicases, this process is thought to occur through nucleotide-regulated rigid-body movement of the motor domains. NMR, thermodynamic and biochemical data show that SecA uses a novel mechanism wherein conserved regions lining the nucleotide cleft undergo cycles of disorder-order transitions while switching among functional catalytic states. The transitions are regulated by interdomain interactions mediated by crucial 'arginine finger' residues located on helicase motifs. Furthermore, we show that the nucleotide cleft allosterically communicates with the preprotein substrate-binding domain and the regulatory, membrane-inserting C domain, thereby allowing for the coupling of the ATPase cycle to the translocation activity. The intrinsic plasticity and functional disorder-order folding transitions coupled to ligand binding seem to provide a precise control of the catalytic activation process and simple regulation of allosteric mechanisms.
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Jou Y, Chiang CP, Jauh GY, Yen HE. Functional characterization of ice plant SKD1, an AAA-type ATPase associated with the endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi network, and its role in adaptation to salt stress. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2006; 141:135-46. [PMID: 16581876 PMCID: PMC1459316 DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.076786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2006] [Revised: 03/22/2006] [Accepted: 03/22/2006] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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A salt-induced gene mcSKD1 (suppressor of K+ transport growth defect) able to facilitate K+ uptake has previously been identified from the halophyte ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum). The sequence of mcSKD1 is homologous to vacuolar protein sorting 4, an ATPase associated with a variety of cellular activities-type ATPase that participates in the sorting of vacuolar proteins into multivesicular bodies in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Recombinant mcSKD1 exhibited ATP hydrolytic activities in vitro with a half-maximal rate at an ATP concentration of 1.25 mm. Point mutations on active site residues abolished its ATPase activity. ADP is both a product and a strong inhibitor of the reaction. ADP-binding form of mcSDK1 greatly reduced its catalytic activity. The mcSKD1 protein accumulated ubiquitously in both vegetative and reproductive parts of plants. Highest accumulation was observed in cells actively engaging in the secretory processes, such as bladder cells of leaf epidermis. Membrane fractionation and double-labeling immunofluorescence showed the predominant localization of mcSKD1 in the endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi network. Immunoelectron microscopy identified the formation of mcSKD1 proteins into small aggregates in the cytosol and associated with membrane continuum within the endomembrane compartments. These results indicated that this ATPase participates in the endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi mediated protein sorting machinery for both housekeeping function and compartmentalization of excess Na+ under high salinity.
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- Yingtzy Jou
- Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, 40227, Taiwan
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Musial-Siwek M, Rusch SL, Kendall DA. Probing the affinity of SecA for signal peptide in different environments. Biochemistry 2006; 44:13987-96. [PMID: 16229488 PMCID: PMC3094106 DOI: 10.1021/bi050882k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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SecA, the peripheral subunit of the Escherichia coli preprotein translocase, interacts with a number of ligands during export, including signal peptides, membrane phospholipids, and nucleotides. Using fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), we studied the interactions of wild-type (WT) and mutant SecAs with IAEDANS-labeled signal peptide, and how these interactions are modified in the presence of other transport ligands. We find that residues on the third alpha-helix in the preprotein cross-linking domain (PPXD) are important for the interaction of SecA and signal peptide. For SecA in aqueous solution, saturation binding data using FRET analysis fit a single-site binding model and yielded a Kd of 2.4 microM. FRET is inhibited for SecA in lipid vesicles relative to that in aqueous solution at a low signal peptide concentration. The sigmoidal nature of the binding curve suggests that SecA in lipids has two conformational states; our results do not support different oligomeric states of SecA. Using native gel electrophoresis, we establish signal peptide-induced SecA monomerization in both aqueous solution and lipid vesicles. Whereas the affinity of SecA for signal peptide in an aqueous environment is unaffected by temperature or the presence of nucleotides, in lipids the affinity decreases in the presence of ADP or AMP-PCP but increases at higher temperature. The latter finding is consistent with SecA existing in an elongated form while inserting the signal peptide into membranes.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, 91 N. Eagleville Rd., University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3125. Phone: (860) 486-1891. Fax: (860) 486-4331.
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The conserved protein-conducting channel, referred to as the Sec61 channel in eukaryotes or the SecY channel in eubacteria and archaea, translocates proteins across cellular membranes and integrates proteins containing hydrophobic transmembrane segments into lipid bilayers. Structural studies illustrate how the protein-conducting channel accomplishes these tasks. Three different mechanisms, each requiring a different set of channel binding partners, are employed to move polypeptide substrates: The ribosome feeds the polypeptide chain directly into the channel, a ratcheting mechanism is used by the eukaryotic endoplasmic reticulum chaperone BiP, and a pushing mechanism is utilized by the bacterial ATPase SecA. We review these translocation mechanisms, relating biochemical and genetic observations to the structures of the protein-conducting channel and its binding partners.
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- Andrew R Osborne
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Papanikou E, Karamanou S, Baud C, Frank M, Sianidis G, Keramisanou D, Kalodimos CG, Kuhn A, Economou A. Identification of the Preprotein Binding Domain of SecA. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:43209-17. [PMID: 16243836 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m509990200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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SecA, the preprotein translocase ATPase, has a helicase DEAD motor. To catalyze protein translocation, SecA possesses two additional flexible domains absent from other helicases. Here we demonstrate that one of these "specificity domains" is a preprotein binding domain (PBD). PBD is essential for viability and protein translocation. PBD mutations do not abrogate the basal enzymatic properties of SecA (nucleotide binding and hydrolysis), nor do they prevent SecA binding to the SecYEG protein conducting channel. However, SecA PBD mutants fail to load preproteins onto SecYEG, and their translocation ATPase activity does not become stimulated by preproteins. Bulb and Stem, the two sterically proximal PBD substructures, are physically separable and have distinct roles. Stem binds signal peptides, whereas the Bulb binds mature preprotein regions as short as 25 amino acids. Binding of signal or mature region peptides or full-length preproteins causes distinct conformational changes to PBD and to the DEAD motor. We propose that (a) PBD is a preprotein receptor and a physical bridge connecting bound preproteins to the DEAD motor, and (b) preproteins control the ATPase cycle via PBD.
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- Efrosyni Papanikou
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, F.O.R.T.H., University of Crete, P.O. Box 1527, GR-711 10 Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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Chou YT, Gierasch LM. The Conformation of a Signal Peptide Bound by Escherichia coli Preprotein Translocase SecA. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:32753-60. [PMID: 16046390 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m507532200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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To understand the structural nature of signal sequence recognition by the preprotein translocase SecA, we have characterized the interactions of a signal peptide corresponding to a LamB signal sequence (modified to enhance aqueous solubility) with SecA by NMR methods. One-dimensional NMR studies showed that the signal peptide binds SecA with a moderately fast exchange rate (Kd approximately 10(-5) m). The line-broadening effects observed from one-dimensional and two-dimensional NMR spectra indicated that the binding mode does not equally immobilize all segments of this peptide. The positively charged arginine residues of the n-region and the hydrophobic residues of the h-region had less mobility than the polar residues of the c-region in the SecA-bound state, suggesting that this peptide has both electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions with the binding pocket of SecA. Transferred nuclear Overhauser experiments revealed that the h-region and part of the c-region of the signal peptide form an alpha-helical conformation upon binding to SecA. One side of the hydrophobic core of the helical h-region appeared to be more strongly bound in the binding pocket, whereas the extreme C terminus of the peptide was not intimately involved. These results argue that the positive charges at the n-region and the hydrophobic helical h-region are the selective features for recognition of signal sequences by SecA and that the signal peptide-binding site on SecA is not fully buried within its structure.
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- Yi-Te Chou
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-04510, USA
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Natale P, den Blaauwen T, van der Does C, Driessen AJM. Conformational State of the SecYEG-Bound SecA Probed by Single Tryptophan Fluorescence Spectroscopy. Biochemistry 2005; 44:6424-32. [PMID: 15850376 DOI: 10.1021/bi047488r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The SecYEG complex is a membrane-embedded channel that permits the passage of precursor proteins (preproteins) across the inner membrane of Escherichia coli. SecA is a molecular motor that associates with the SecYEG pore and drives the stepwise translocation of preproteins across the membrane through multiple cycles of ATP binding and hydrolysis. We have investigated the conformational state of soluble and SecYEG-bound SecA using single tryptophan mutants of SecA. The fluorescence spectral properties of the single tryptophans of SecA and their accessibility to the quencher acrylamide demonstrate that SecA undergoes a conformational change that results in a more compact structure upon binding of ATP and binding to the SecYEG pore. In addition, SecYEG-bound SecA undergoes ATP-dependent conformational changes that are not observed for soluble SecA. These data support a model in which binding to the SecYEG channel has a major impact on the SecA conformation.
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- Paolo Natale
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands
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Randall LL, Crane JM, Lilly AA, Liu G, Mao C, Patel CN, Hardy SJS. Asymmetric Binding Between SecA and SecB Two Symmetric Proteins: Implications for Function in Export. J Mol Biol 2005; 348:479-89. [PMID: 15811382 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.02.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2004] [Revised: 02/15/2005] [Accepted: 02/18/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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SecB, a small tetrameric chaperone in Escherichia coli, facilitates export of precursor polypeptides from the cytoplasm to the periplasmic space. During this process, SecB displays two modes of binding. As a chaperone, it binds promiscuously to precursors to maintain them in a non-native conformation. SecB also demonstrates specific recognition of, and binding to, SecA. SecB with the precursor tightly bound enters an export-active complex with SecA and must pass the ligand to SecA at the translocon in the membrane. Here we use variants of SecA and SecB to further probe these interactions. We show that, unexpectedly, the binding between the two symmetric molecules is asymmetric and that the C-terminal alpha-helices of SecB bind in the interfacial region of the SecA dimer. We suggest that disruption of this interface by SecB facilitates conformational changes of SecA that are crucial to the transfer of the precursor from SecB to SecA.
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- Linda L Randall
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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Nakatogawa H, Murakami A, Mori H, Ito K. SecM facilitates translocase function of SecA by localizing its biosynthesis. Genes Dev 2005; 19:436-44. [PMID: 15713839 PMCID: PMC548944 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1259505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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"Arrest sequence" of Escherichia coli SecM interacts with the ribosomal exit tunnel and arrests its own translation elongation, which is released by cotranslational export of the nascent SecM chain. This property of SecM is essential for the basal and regulated expression of SecA. Here we report that SecM has an additional role of facilitating SecA activities. Systematic determinations of the SecA-abundance-protein export relationships of cells with different SecA contents revealed that SecA was less functional when SecM was absent from the upstream region of the secM-secA message, when SecM had the arrest-defective mutation, and also when SecM lacked the signal sequence. These results suggest that cotranslational targeting of nascent SecM to the translocon plays previously unrecognized roles of facilitating the formation of functional SecA molecules. Biosynthesis in the vicinity of the membrane and the Sec translocon will be beneficial for this multiconformation ATPase to adopt ready-to-function conformations.
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- Hitoshi Nakatogawa
- Institute for Virus Research and CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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Vrontou E, Economou A. Structure and function of SecA, the preprotein translocase nanomotor. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2005; 1694:67-80. [PMID: 15546658 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2004.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2003] [Revised: 06/03/2004] [Accepted: 06/17/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Most secretory proteins that are destined for the periplasm or the outer membrane are exported through the bacterial plasma membrane by the Sec translocase. Translocase is a complex nanomachine that moves processively along its aminoacyl polymeric substrates effectively pumping them to the periplasmic space. The salient features of this process are: (a) a membrane-embedded "clamp" formed by the trimeric SecYEG protein, (b) a "motor" provided by the dimeric SecA ATPase, (c) regulatory subunits that optimize catalysis and (d) both chemical and electrochemical metabolic energy. Significant recent strides have allowed structural, biochemical and biophysical dissection of the export reaction. A model incorporating stepwise strokes of the translocase nanomachine at work is discussed.
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- Eleftheria Vrontou
- Laboratory Unicellular, Organisms Group, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FO.R.T.H. and Department of Biology, University of Crete, Vassilika Vouton, P.O. Box 1527, GR-711 10 Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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Zito CR, Antony E, Hunt JF, Oliver DB, Hingorani MM. Role of a conserved glutamate residue in the Escherichia coli SecA ATPase mechanism. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:14611-9. [PMID: 15710614 PMCID: PMC4684309 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m414224200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli SecA uses ATP to drive the transport of proteins across cell membranes. Glutamate 210 in the "DEVD" Walker B motif of the SecA ATP-binding site has been proposed as the catalytic base for ATP hydrolysis (Hunt, J. F., Weinkauf, S., Henry, L., Fak, J. J., McNicholas, P., Oliver, D. B., and Deisenhofer, J. (2002) Science 297, 2018-2026). Consistent with this hypothesis, we find that mutation of glutamate 210 to aspartate results in a 90-fold reduction of the ATP hydrolysis rate compared with wild type SecA, 0.3 s(-1) versus 27 s(-1), respectively. SecA-E210D also releases ADP at a slower rate compared with wild type SecA, suggesting that in addition to serving as the catalytic base, glutamate 210 might aid turnover as well. Our results contradict an earlier report that proposed aspartate 133 as the catalytic base (Sato, K., Mori, H., Yoshida, M., and Mizushima, S. (1996) J. Biol. Chem. 271, 17439-17444). Re-evaluation of the SecA-D133N mutant used in that study confirms its loss of ATPase and membrane translocation activities, but surprisingly, the analogous SecA-D133A mutant retains full activity, revealing that this residue does not play a key role in catalysis.
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- Christopher R. Zito
- Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Department, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459
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- Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Department, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459
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- Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Department, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459
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- Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Department, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Dept., Wesleyan University, 205 Hall-Atwater Laboratories, Middletown, CT 06459. Tel.: 860-685-2284; Fax: 860-685-2141;
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Karamanou S, Sianidis G, Gouridis G, Pozidis C, Papanikolau Y, Papanikou E, Economou A. Escherichia coli SecA truncated at its termini is functional and dimeric. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:1267-71. [PMID: 15710424 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.01.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2004] [Revised: 12/17/2004] [Accepted: 01/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Terminal residues in SecA, the dimeric ATPase motor of bacterial preprotein translocase, were proposed to be required for function and dimerization. To test this, we generated truncation mutants of the 901aa long SecA of Escherichia coli. We now show that deletions of carboxy-terminal domain (CTD), the extreme CTD of 70 residues, or of the N-terminal nonapeptide or of both, do not compromise protein translocation or viability. Deletion of additional C-terminal residues upstream of CTD compromised function. Functional truncation mutants like SecA9-861 are dimeric, conformationally similar to SecA, fully competent for nucleotide and SecYEG binding and for ATP catalysis. Our data demonstrate that extreme terminal SecA residues are not essential for SecA catalysis and dimerization.
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- Spyridoula Karamanou
- Department of Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas and University of Crete, Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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Fak JJ, Itkin A, Ciobanu DD, Lin EC, Song XJ, Chou YT, Gierasch LM, Hunt JF. Nucleotide exchange from the high-affinity ATP-binding site in SecA is the rate-limiting step in the ATPase cycle of the soluble enzyme and occurs through a specialized conformational state. Biochemistry 2004; 43:7307-27. [PMID: 15182175 DOI: 10.1021/bi0357208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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We have characterized the kinetic and thermodynamic consequences of adenine nucleotide interaction with the low-affinity and high-affinity nucleotide-binding sites in free SecA. ATP binds to the hydrolytically active high-affinity site approximately 3-fold more slowly than ADP when SecA is in its conformational ground state, suggesting that ATP binding probably occurs when the enzyme is in another conformational state during the productive ATPase/transport cycle. The steady-state ATP hydrolysis rate is equivalent to the rate of ADP release from the high-affinity site under a number of conditions, indicating that this process is the rate-limiting step in the ATPase cycle of the free enzyme. Because efficient protein translocation requires at least a 100-fold acceleration in the ATPase rate, the rate-limiting process of ADP release from the high-affinity site is likely to play a controlling role in the conformational reaction cycle of SecA. This release process involves a large enthalpy of activation, suggesting that it involves a protein conformational change, and two observations indicate that this conformational change is different from the well-characterized endothermic conformational transition believed to gate the binding of SecA to SecYEG. First, nucleotide binding to the low-affinity site strongly inhibits the endothermic transition but does not reduce the rate of ADP release. Second, removal of Mg(2+) from an allosteric binding site on SecA does not perturb the endothermic transition but produces a 10-fold acceleration in the rate of ADP release. These divergent effects suggest that a specialized conformational transition mediates the rate-limiting ADP-release process in SecA. Finally, ADP, 2'-O-(N-methylanthraniloyl)-adenosine-5'-diphosphate (MANT-ADP), and adenosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (ATP-gamma-S) bind with similar affinities to the high-affinity site and also to the low-affinity site as inferred from their consistent effects in inhibiting the endothermic transition. In contrast, adenosine 5'-(beta,gamma-imino)triphosphate (AMPPNP) shows 100-fold weaker affinity than ADP for the high-affinity site and no detectable interaction with the low-affinity site at concentrations up to 1 mM, suggesting that this nonhydrolyzable analogue may not be a faithful mimic of ATP in its interactions with SecA.
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- John J Fak
- Department of Biological Sciences, 702A Fairchild Center, MC2434, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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Protein secretion systems in prokaryotes are increasingly shifting from being considered as experimental models for 'more complex' processes (i.e. eukaryotes) to being a major source of key biological questions in their own right. The pathways by which proteins move between compartments or insert into membranes in prokaryotic cells are certainly less numerous than in eukaryotes (though not dramatically so). However, the quality and complexity of bacterial protein targeting systems indicate that virtually all mechanistic problems associated with protein traffic were solved very efficiently well before eukaryotes appeared on the Earth crust. Indeed, recent studies have both increased the number of known prokaryotic protein traffic systems and indicated new layers of complexity for those that were already well characterized. This report describes some recent developments in bacterial protein traffic that were presented at two meetings in the autumn of 2003.
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- Anthony P Pugsley
- Molecular Genetics Unit, CNRS URA2175, Institut Pasteur, 25, rue du Dr Roux, 75724, Paris 15, France.
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Papanikou E, Karamanou S, Baud C, Sianidis G, Frank M, Economou A. Helicase Motif III in SecA is essential for coupling preprotein binding to translocation ATPase. EMBO Rep 2004; 5:807-11. [PMID: 15272299 PMCID: PMC1299117 DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2004] [Revised: 06/22/2004] [Accepted: 06/22/2004] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The SecA ATPase is a protein translocase motor and a superfamily 2 (SF2) RNA helicase. The ATPase catalytic core ('DEAD motor') contains the seven conserved SF2 motifs. Here, we demonstrate that Motif III is essential for SecA-mediated protein translocation and viability. SecA Motif III mutants can bind ligands (nucleotide, the SecYEG translocase 'channel', signal and mature preprotein domains), can catalyse basal and SecYEG-stimulated ATP hydrolysis and can be activated for catalysis. However, Motif III mutation specifically blocks the preprotein-stimulated 'translocation ATPase' at a step of the reaction pathway that lies downstream of ligand binding. A functional Motif III is required for optimal ligand-driven conformational changes and kinetic parameters that underlie optimal preprotein-modulated nucleotide cycling at the SecA DEAD motor. We propose that helicase Motif III couples preprotein binding to the SecA translocation ATPase and that catalytic activation of SF2 enzymes through Motif-III-mediated action is essential for both polypeptide and nucleic-acid substrates.
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- Efrosyni Papanikou
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas and Department of Biology, University of Crete, PO Box 1527, GR711 10 Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas and Department of Biology, University of Crete, PO Box 1527, GR711 10 Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas and Department of Biology, University of Crete, PO Box 1527, GR711 10 Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas and Department of Biology, University of Crete, PO Box 1527, GR711 10 Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas and Department of Biology, University of Crete, PO Box 1527, GR711 10 Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas and Department of Biology, University of Crete, PO Box 1527, GR711 10 Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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Osborne AR, Clemons WM, Rapoport TA. A large conformational change of the translocation ATPase SecA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:10937-42. [PMID: 15256599 PMCID: PMC491988 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0401742101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The ATPase SecA mediates the posttranslational translocation of a wide range of polypeptide substrates through the SecY channel in the cytoplasmic membrane of bacteria. We have determined the crystal structure of a monomeric form of Bacillus subtilis SecA at a 2.2-A resolution. A comparison with the previously determined structures of SecA reveals a nucleotide-independent, large conformational change that opens a deep groove similar to that in other proteins that interact with diverse polypeptides. We propose that the open form of SecA represents an activated state.
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- Andrew R Osborne
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Vrontou E, Karamanou S, Baud C, Sianidis G, Economou A. Global co-ordination of protein translocation by the SecA IRA1 switch. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:22490-7. [PMID: 15007058 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m401008200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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SecA, the dimeric ATPase subunit of protein translocase, contains a DEAD helicase catalytic core that binds to a regulatory C-terminal domain. We now demonstrate that IRA1, a conserved helix-loop-helix structure in the C-domain, controls C-domain conformation through direct interdomain contacts. C-domain conformational changes are transmitted to the DEAD motor and alter its conformation. These interactions establish DEAD motor/C-domain conformational cross-talk that requires a functional IRA1. IRA1-controlled binding/release cycles of the C-domain to the DEAD motor couple this cross-talk to protein translocation chemistries, i.e. DEAD motor affinities for ligands (nucleotides, preprotein signal peptides, and SecYEG, the integral membrane component of translocase) and ATP turnover. IRA1-mediated global co-ordination of SecA catalysis is essential for protein translocation.
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- Eleftheria Vrontou
- Department of Biology, University of Crete, PO Box 1527, GR-71110 Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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Natale P, Swaving J, van der Does C, de Keyzer J, Driessen AJM. Binding of SecA to the SecYEG complex accelerates the rate of nucleotide exchange on SecA. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:13769-77. [PMID: 14722060 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m312892200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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SecYEG translocase mediates the transport of preproteins across the inner membrane of Escherichia coli. SecA binds the membrane-embedded SecYEG protein-conducting channel with high affinity and then drives the stepwise translocation of preproteins across the membrane through multiple cycles of ATP binding and hydrolysis. We have investigated the kinetics of nucleotide binding to SecA while associated with the SecYEG complex. Lipid-bound SecA was separated from Se-cYEG-bound SecA by sedimentation of the proteoliposomes through a glycerol cushion, which maintains the SecA native state and effectively removes the lipid-bound SecA fraction. Nucleotide binding was assessed by means of fluorescence resonance energy transfer using fluorescent ATP analogues as acceptors of the intrinsic SecA tryptophan fluorescence in the presence of a tryptophanless variant of the SecYEG complex. Binding of SecA to the SecYEG complex elevated the rate of nucleotide exchange at SecA independently of the presence of preprotein. This defines a novel pretranslocation activated state of SecA that is primed for ATP hydrolysis upon preprotein interaction.
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- Paolo Natale
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands
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Ding H, Mukerji I, Oliver D. Nucleotide and phospholipid-dependent control of PPXD and C-domain association for SecA ATPase. Biochemistry 2004; 42:13468-75. [PMID: 14621992 DOI: 10.1021/bi035099b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The SecA ATPase motor is a central component of the eubacterial protein translocation machinery. It is comprised of N- and C-domain substructures, where the N-domain is comprised of two nucleotide-binding domains that flank a preprotein-binding domain (PPXD), while the C-domain binds phospholipids as well as SecB chaperone. Our recent crystal structure of Bacillus subtilis SecA protomer [Hunt, J. F., Weinkauf, S., Henry, L., Fak, J. J., McNicholas, P., Oliver, D. B., and Deisenhofer, J. (2002) Science 297, 2018-2026] along with experimental support for the correct dimer structure [Ding, H., Hunt, J. F., Mukerji, I., and Oliver, D. (2003) Biochemistry 42, 8729-8738] have now allowed us to study SecA structural dynamics during interaction with various translocation ligands and to relate these findings to current models of SecA-dependent protein translocation. In this paper, we utilized fluorescence resonance energy transfer methodology with genetically engineered SecA proteins containing unique pairs of tryptophan and fluorophore-labeled cysteine residues within the PPXD and C-domains of SecA to investigate the interaction of these two domains and their response to temperature, model membranes, and nucleotide. Consistent with the crystal structure of SecA, we found that the PPXD and C-domains are proximal to one another in the ground state. Increasing temperature or binding to model membranes promoted a loosening of PPXD and C-domain association, while ADP binding promoted a tighter association. A similar pattern of PPXD and C-domain association was obtained also for Escherichia coli SecA protein. Furthermore, a hyperactive Azi-PrlD SecA protein of E. coli had increased PPXD and C-domain separation, consistent with its activation in the ground state. Interestingly, PPXD and C-domain separation occurred prior to the onset of major temperature-induced conformational changes in both the PPXD and C-domains of SecA. Our results support a model in which PPXD and C-domain proximity is important for regulating the initial stages of SecA activation, and they serve also as a template for future structural studies aimed at elucidation of the chemomechanical cycle of SecA-dependent protein translocation.
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- Haiyuan Ding
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459, USA
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El-Fahmawi B, Owttrim GW. Polar-biased localization of the cold stress-induced RNA helicase, CrhC, in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120. Mol Microbiol 2003; 50:1439-48. [PMID: 14622428 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03783.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Shift of the filamentous cyanobacterium, Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120, from 30 degrees C to 20 degrees C induces expression of a cold shock response gene encoding the RNA helicase CrhC. Subcellular localization using cellular fractionation and membrane purification indicated that CrhC is localized to the plasma membrane with no evidence of a soluble-cytoplasmic form. Treatment of spheroplasts with trypsin and membrane fractions with various denaturing agents identified CrhC as an integral membrane protein associated with the cytoplasmic face of the plasma membrane. Immunoelectron microscopy confirmed the plasma membrane association of CrhC. Interestingly, a higher specific labelling was observed at the cell poles on the septa between adjacent cells within cell filaments. On a per cell area basis, CrhC localization to the cell pole was 3.5- and >1000-fold higher than to the lateral portion of the plasma membrane or cytoplasm respectively. In addition, CrhC also localizes to new cell poles forming within a dividing cell. Polar-biased localization of the CrhC RNA helicase implies a role in RNA metabolism that is plasma membrane associated and preferentially occurs at the cell poles during cyanobacterial response to cold stress.
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- Bassam El-Fahmawi
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9
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The targeting of proteins into and across biological membranes to their correct cellular locations is mediated by a variety of transport pathways. These systems must couple the thermodynamically unfavorable processes of substrate translocation and integration with the expenditure of metabolic energy, using the free energy of ATP and GTP hydrolysis and/or a transmembrane protonmotive force. Several recent advances in our knowledge of the structure and function of these transport systems have provided insights into the mechanisms of energy transduction, force generation and energy use by different protein transport pathways.
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- Nathan N Alder
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Pozidis C, Chalkiadaki A, Gomez-Serrano A, Stahlberg H, Brown I, Tampakaki AP, Lustig A, Sianidis G, Politou AS, Engel A, Panopoulos NJ, Mansfield J, Pugsley AP, Karamanou S, Economou A. Type III protein translocase: HrcN is a peripheral ATPase that is activated by oligomerization. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:25816-24. [PMID: 12734178 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m301903200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Type III protein secretion (TTS) is catalyzed by translocases that span both membranes of Gram-negative bacteria. A hydrophilic TTS component homologous to F1/V1-ATPases is ubiquitous and essential for secretion. We show that hrcN encodes the putative TTS ATPase of Pseudomonas syringae pathovar phaseolicola and that HrcN is a peripheral protein that assembles in clusters at the membrane. A decahistidinyl HrcN derivative was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified to homogeneity in a folded state. Hydrodynamic analysis, cross-linking, and electron microscopy revealed four distinct HrcN forms: I, 48 kDa (monomer); II, approximately 300 kDa (putative hexamer); III, 575 kDa (dodecamer); and IV, approximately 3.5 MDa. Form III is the predominant form of HrcN at the membrane, and its ATPase activity is dramatically stimulated (>700-fold) over the basal activity of Form I. We propose that TTS ATPases catalyze protein translocation as activated homo-oligomers at the plasma membrane.
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- Charalambos Pozidis
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH and Department of Biology, University of Crete, P.O. Box 1527, GR-711 10 Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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Koch HG, Moser M, Müller M. Signal recognition particle-dependent protein targeting, universal to all kingdoms of life. Rev Physiol Biochem Pharmacol 2003; 146:55-94. [PMID: 12605305 DOI: 10.1007/s10254-002-0002-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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The signal recognition particle (SRP) and its membrane-bound receptor represent a ubiquitous protein-targeting device utilized by organisms as different as bacteria and humans, archaea and plants. The unifying concept of SRP-dependent protein targeting is that SRP binds to signal sequences of newly synthesized proteins as they emerge from the ribosome. In eukaryotes this interaction arrests or retards translation elongation until SRP targets the ribosome-nascent chain complexes via the SRP receptor to the translocation channel. Such channels are present in the endoplasmic reticulum of eukaryotic cells, the thylakoids of chloroplasts, or the plasma membrane of prokaryotes. The minimal functional unit of SRP consists of a signal sequence-recognizing protein and a small RNA. The as yet most complex version is the mammalian SRP whose RNA, together with six proteinaceous subunits, undergo an intricate assembly process. The preferential substrates of SRP possess especially hydrophobic signal sequences. Interactions between SRP and its receptor, the ribosome, the signal sequence, and the target membrane are regulated by GTP hydrolysis. SRP-dependent protein targeting in bacteria and chloroplasts slightly deviate from the canonical mechanism found in eukaryotes. Pro- and eukaryotic cells harbour regulatory mechanisms to prevent a malfunction of the SRP pathway.
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- H-G Koch
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Universität Freiburg, Hermann-Herder-Strasse 7, 79104, Freiburg, Germany.
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Sharma V, Arockiasamy A, Ronning DR, Savva CG, Holzenburg A, Braunstein M, Jacobs WR, Sacchettini JC. Crystal structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis SecA, a preprotein translocating ATPase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:2243-8. [PMID: 12606717 PMCID: PMC151325 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0538077100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2002] [Accepted: 12/12/2002] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In bacteria, the majority of exported proteins are translocated by the Sec system, which recognizes the signal sequence of a preprotein and uses ATP and the proton motive force to mediate protein translocation across the cytoplasmic membrane. SecA is an essential protein component of this system, containing the molecular motor that facilitates translocation. Here we report the three-dimensional structure of the SecA protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Each subunit of the homodimer contains a "motor" domain and a translocation domain. The structure predicts that SecA can interact with the SecYEG pore and function as a molecular ratchet that uses ATP hydrolysis for physical movement of the preprotein. Knowledge of this structure provides a framework for further elucidation of the translocation process.
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- Vivek Sharma
- Center for Structural Biology, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Benach J, Chou YT, Fak JJ, Itkin A, Nicolae DD, Smith PC, Wittrock G, Floyd DL, Golsaz CM, Gierasch LM, Hunt JF. Phospholipid-induced monomerization and signal-peptide-induced oligomerization of SecA. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:3628-38. [PMID: 12403785 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m205992200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The SecA ATPase drives the processive translocation of the N terminus of secreted proteins through the cytoplasmic membrane in eubacteria via cycles of binding and release from the SecYEG translocon coupled to ATP turnover. SecA forms a physiological dimer with a dissociation constant that has previously been shown to vary with temperature and ionic strength. We now present data showing that the oligomeric state of SecA in solution is altered by ligands that it interacts with during protein translocation. Analytical ultracentrifugation, chemical cross-linking, and fluorescence anisotropy measurements show that the physiological dimer of SecA is monomerized by long-chain phospholipid analogues. Addition of wild-type but not mutant signal sequence peptide to these SecA monomers redimerizes the protein. Physiological dimers of SecA do not change their oligomeric state when they bind signal sequence peptide in the compact, low temperature conformational state but polymerize when they bind the peptide in the domain-dissociated, high-temperature conformational state that interacts with SecYEG. This last result shows that, at least under some conditions, signal peptide interactions drive formation of new intermolecular contacts distinct from those stabilizing the physiological dimer. The observations that signal peptides promote conformationally specific oligomerization of SecA while phospholipids promote subunit dissociation suggest that the oligomeric state of SecA could change dynamically during the protein translocation reaction. Cycles of SecA subunit recruitment and dissociation could potentially be employed to achieve processivity in polypeptide transport.
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- Jordi Benach
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, USA
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Chou YT, Swain JF, Gierasch LM. Functionally significant mobile regions of Escherichia coli SecA ATPase identified by NMR. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:50985-90. [PMID: 12397065 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m209237200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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SecA, a 204-kDa homodimeric protein, is a major component of the cellular machinery that mediates the translocation of proteins across the Escherichia coli plasma membrane. SecA promotes translocation by nucleotide-modulated insertion and deinsertion into the cytoplasmic membrane once bound to both the signal sequence and portions of the mature domain of the preprotein. SecA is proposed to undergo major conformational changes during translocation. These conformational changes are accompanied by major rearrangements of SecA structural domains. To understand the interdomain rearrangements, we have examined SecA by NMR and identified regions that display narrow resonances indicating high mobility. The mobile regions of SecA have been assigned to a sequence from the second of two domains with nucleotide-binding folds (NBF-II; residues 564-579) and to the extreme C-terminal segment of SecA (residues 864-901), both of which are essential for preprotein translocation activity. Interactions with ligands suggest that the mobile regions are involved in functionally critical regulatory steps in SecA.
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- Yi-Te Chou
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003-4510, USA
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We have assembled references of 700 articles published in 2001 that describe work performed using commercially available optical biosensors. To illustrate the technology's diversity, the citation list is divided into reviews, methods and specific applications, as well as instrument type. We noted marked improvements in the utilization of biosensors and the presentation of kinetic data over previous years. These advances reflect a maturing of the technology, which has become a standard method for characterizing biomolecular interactions.
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- Rebecca L Rich
- Center for Biomolecular Interaction Analysis, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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Hunt JF, Weinkauf S, Henry L, Fak JJ, McNicholas P, Oliver DB, Deisenhofer J. Nucleotide control of interdomain interactions in the conformational reaction cycle of SecA. Science 2002; 297:2018-26. [PMID: 12242434 DOI: 10.1126/science.1074424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The SecA adenosine triphosphatase (ATPase) mediates extrusion of the amino termini of secreted proteins from the eubacterial cytosol based on cycles of reversible binding to the SecYEG translocon. We have determined the crystal structure of SecA with and without magnesium-adenosine diphosphate bound to the high-affinity ATPase site at 3.0 and 2.7 angstrom resolution, respectively. Candidate sites for preprotein binding are located on a surface containing the SecA epitopes exposed to the periplasm upon binding to SecYEG and are thus positioned to deliver preprotein to SecYEG. Comparisons with structurally related ATPases, including superfamily I and II ATP-dependent helicases, suggest that the interaction geometry of the tandem motor domains in SecA is modulated by nucleotide binding, which is shown by fluorescence anisotropy experiments to reverse an endothermic domain-dissociation reaction hypothesized to gate binding to SecYEG.
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- John F Hunt
- Department of Biological Sciences, 702A Fairchild Center, MC2434, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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Or E, Navon A, Rapoport T. Dissociation of the dimeric SecA ATPase during protein translocation across the bacterial membrane. EMBO J 2002; 21:4470-9. [PMID: 12198149 PMCID: PMC126201 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The ATPase SecA mediates post-translational translocation of precursor proteins through the SecYEG channel of the bacterial inner membrane. We show that SecA, up to now considered to be a stable dimer, is actually in equilibrium with a small fraction of monomers. In the presence of membranes containing acidic phospholipids or in certain detergents, SecA completely dissociates into monomers. A synthetic signal peptide also affects dissociation into monomers. In addition, conversion into the monomeric state can be achieved by mutating a small number of residues in a dimeric and fully functional SecA fragment. This monomeric SecA fragment still maintains strong binding to SecYEG in the membrane as well as significant in vitro translocation activity. Together, the data suggest that the SecA dimer dissociates during protein translocation. Since SecA contains all characteristic motifs of a certain class of monomeric helicases, and since mutations in residues shared with the helicases abolish its translocation activity, SecA may function in a similar manner.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, HHMI, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Miller A, Wang L, Kendall DA. SecB modulates the nucleotide-bound state of SecA and stimulates ATPase activity. Biochemistry 2002; 41:5325-32. [PMID: 11955083 DOI: 10.1021/bi025639p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In Escherichia coli, the formation of SecA-SecB complexes has a direct effect on SecA ATPase activity. The mechanism of this interaction was evaluated and defined using controlled trypsinolysis, equilibrium dialysis at low temperature, and kinetic analyses of the SecA ATPase reaction. The proteolysis data indicate that SecB and the nonhydrolyzable ATP analogue AMP-P-C-P induce similar conformational changes in SecA which result in a more open or extended structure that is suggestive of the ATP-bound form. The effect is synergistic and concentration-dependent, and requires the occupation of both the high- and low-affinity nucleotide binding sites for maximum effect. The equilibrium dialysis experiments and kinetic data support the observation that the SecB-enhanced SecA ATPase activity is the result of an increased rate of ATP hydrolysis rather than an increase in the affinity of ATP for SecA and that the high-affinity nucleotide binding site is conformationally regulated by SecB. It appears that SecB may function as an intermolecular regulator of ATP hydrolysis by promoting the ATP-bound state of SecA. The inhibition of SecA ATPase activity by sodium azide in the presence of IMVs and a functional signal peptide further indicates that SecB promotes the ATP-bound form of SecA.
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- Alexander Miller
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
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Baud C, Karamanou S, Sianidis G, Vrontou E, Politou AS, Economou A. Allosteric communication between signal peptides and the SecA protein DEAD motor ATPase domain. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:13724-31. [PMID: 11825907 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m200047200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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SecA, the preprotein translocase ATPase is built of an amino-terminal DEAD helicase motor domain bound to a regulatory C-domain. SecA recognizes mature and signal peptide preprotein regions. We now demonstrate that the amino-terminal 263 residues of the ATPase subdomain of the DEAD motor are necessary and sufficient for high affinity signal peptide binding. Binding is abrogated by deletion of residues 219-244 that lie within SSD, a novel substrate specificity element of the ATPase subdomain. SSD is essential for protein translocation, is unique to SecA, and is absent from other DEAD proteins. Signal peptide binding to the DEAD motor is controlled in trans by the C-terminal intramolecular regulator of ATPase (IRA1) switch. IRA1 mutations that activate the DEAD motor ATPase also enhance signal peptide affinity. This mechanism coordinates signal peptide binding with ATPase activation. Signal peptide binding causes widespread conformational changes to the ATPase subdomain and inhibits the DEAD motor ATPase. This involves an allosteric mechanism, since binding occurs at sites that are distinct from the catalytic ATPase determinants. Our data reveal the physical determinants and sophisticated intramolecular regulation that allow signal peptides to act as allosteric effectors of the SecA motor.
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- Catherine Baud
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas, Department of Biology, University of Crete, P.O. Box 1527, GR-711 10 Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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Dempsey BR, Economou A, Dunn SD, Shilton BH. The ATPase domain of SecA can form a tetramer in solution. J Mol Biol 2002; 315:831-43. [PMID: 11812151 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Preprotein translocase is a general and essential system for bacterial protein export, the minimal components of which are SecA and SecYEG. SecA is a peripheral ATPase that associates with nucleotide, preprotein, and the membrane integral SecYEG to form a translocation-competent complex. SecA can be separated into two domains: an N-terminal 68 kDa ATPase domain (N68) that binds preprotein and catalyzes ATP hydrolysis, and a 34 kDa C-terminal domain that regulates the ATPase activity of N68 and mediates dimerization. We have carried out gel filtration chromatography, analytical ultracentrifugation, and small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) to demonstrate that isolated N68 self-associates to form a tetramer in solution, indicating that removal of the C-terminal domain facilitates the formation of a higher-order SecA structure. The associative process is best modelled as a monomer-tetramer equilibrium, with a K(D) value of 63 microM(3) (where K(D)=[monomer](4)/[tetramer]) so that at moderate concentrations (10 microM and above), the tetramer is the major species in solution. Hydrodynamic properties of the N68 monomer indicate that it is almost globular in shape, but the N68 tetramer has a more ellipsoidal structure. Analysis of SAXS data indicates that the N68 tetramer is a flattened, bi-lobed structure with dimensions of approximately 13.5 nm x 9.0 nm x 6.5 nm, that appears to contain a central pore.
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- Brian R Dempsey
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1, Canada
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Schmidt MO, Brosh RM, Oliver DB. Escherichia coli SecA helicase activity is not required in vivo for efficient protein translocation or autogenous regulation. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:37076-85. [PMID: 11477104 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m104584200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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SecA is an essential ATP-driven motor protein that binds to preproteins and the translocon to promote protein translocation across the eubacterial plasma membrane. Escherichia coli SecA contains seven conserved motifs characteristic of superfamily II of DNA and RNA helicases, and it has been shown previously to possess RNA helicase activity. SecA has also been shown to be an autogenous repressor that binds to its translation initiation region on secM-secA mRNA, thereby blocking and dissociating 30 S ribosomal subunits. Here we show that SecA is an ATP-dependent helicase that unwinds a mimic of the repressor helix of secM-secA mRNA. Mutational analysis of the seven conserved helicase motifs in SecA allowed us to identify mutants that uncouple SecA-dependent protein translocation activity from its helicase activity. Helicase-defective secA mutants displayed normal protein translocation activity and autogenous repression of secA in vivo. Our studies indicate that SecA helicase activity is nonessential and does not appear to be necessary for efficient protein secretion and secA autoregulation.
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- M O Schmidt
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459, USA
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The Sec machinery (or translocase) provides a major pathway of protein translocation from the cytosol across the cytoplasmic membrane in bacteria. The SecA ATPase interacts dynamically with the SecYEG integral membrane components to drive the transmembrane movement of newly synthesized preproteins. This pathway is also used for integration of some membrane proteins and the Sec translocase interacts with other cellular components to achieve its cellular roles. The detailed protein interactions involved in these processes are being actively studied and a structural understanding of the protein-conducting channel has started to emerge.
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- H Mori
- Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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Metzler DE, Metzler CM, Sauke DJ. Ribosomes and the Synthesis of Proteins. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50032-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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