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Shang W, Lichtenberg E, Mlesnita AM, Wilde A, Koch HG. The contribution of mRNA targeting to spatial protein localization in bacteria. FEBS J 2024. [PMID: 38226707 DOI: 10.1111/febs.17054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 11/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/17/2024]
Abstract
About 30% of all bacterial proteins execute their function outside of the cytosol and must be inserted into or translocated across the cytoplasmic membrane. This requires efficient targeting systems that recognize N-terminal signal sequences in client proteins and deliver them to protein transport complexes in the membrane. While the importance of these protein transport machineries for the spatial organization of the bacterial cell is well documented in multiple studies, the contribution of mRNA targeting and localized translation to protein transport is only beginning to emerge. mRNAs can exhibit diverse subcellular localizations in the bacterial cell and can accumulate at sites where new protein is required. This is frequently observed for mRNAs encoding membrane proteins, but the physiological importance of membrane enrichment of mRNAs and the consequences it has for the insertion of the encoded protein have not been explored in detail. Here, we briefly highlight some basic concepts of signal sequence-based protein targeting and describe in more detail strategies that enable the monitoring of mRNA localization in bacterial cells and potential mechanisms that route mRNAs to particular positions within the cell. Finally, we summarize some recent developments that demonstrate that mRNA targeting and localized translation can sustain membrane protein insertion under stress conditions when the protein-targeting machinery is compromised. Thus, mRNA targeting likely acts as a back-up strategy and complements the canonical signal sequence-based protein targeting.
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- Wenkang Shang
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Germany
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den Uijl MJ, Driessen AJM. Phospholipid dependency of membrane protein insertion by the Sec translocon. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOMEMBRANES 2024; 1866:184232. [PMID: 37734458 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2023.184232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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Membrane protein insertion into and translocation across the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane are essential processes facilitated by the Sec translocon. Membrane insertion occurs co-translationally whereby the ribosome nascent chain is targeted to the translocon via signal recognition particle and its receptor FtsY. The phospholipid dependence of membrane protein insertion has remained mostly unknown. Here we assessed in vitro the dependence of the SecA independent insertion of the mannitol permease MtlA into the membrane on the main phospholipid species present in Escherichia coli. We observed that insertion depends on the presence of phosphatidylglycerol and is due to the anionic nature of the polar headgroup, while insertion is stimulated by the zwitterionic phosphatidylethanolamine. We found an optimal insertion efficiency at about 30 mol% DOPG and 50 mol% DOPE which approaches the bulk membrane phospholipid composition of E. coli.
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- Max J den Uijl
- University of Groningen, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, 9747 AG Groningen, the Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology, 9747 AG Groningen, the Netherlands.
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Njenga R, Boele J, Öztürk Y, Koch HG. Coping with stress: How bacteria fine-tune protein synthesis and protein transport. J Biol Chem 2023; 299:105163. [PMID: 37586589 PMCID: PMC10502375 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2023.105163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Maintaining a functional proteome under different environmental conditions is challenging for every organism, in particular for unicellular organisms, such as bacteria. In order to cope with changing environments and stress conditions, bacteria depend on strictly coordinated proteostasis networks that control protein production, folding, trafficking, and degradation. Regulation of ribosome biogenesis and protein synthesis are cornerstones of this cellular adaptation in all domains of life, which is rationalized by the high energy demand of both processes and the increased resistance of translationally silent cells against internal or external poisons. Reduced protein synthesis ultimately also reduces the substrate load for protein transport systems, which are required for maintaining the periplasmic, inner, and outer membrane subproteomes. Consequences of impaired protein transport have been analyzed in several studies and generally induce a multifaceted response that includes the upregulation of chaperones and proteases and the simultaneous downregulation of protein synthesis. In contrast, generally less is known on how bacteria adjust the protein targeting and transport machineries to reduced protein synthesis, e.g., when cells encounter stress conditions or face nutrient deprivation. In the current review, which is mainly focused on studies using Escherichia coli as a model organism, we summarize basic concepts on how ribosome biogenesis and activity are regulated under stress conditions. In addition, we highlight some recent developments on how stress conditions directly impair protein targeting to the bacterial membrane. Finally, we describe mechanisms that allow bacteria to maintain the transport of stress-responsive proteins under conditions when the canonical protein targeting pathways are impaired.
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- Robert Njenga
- Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
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Sarmah P, Shang W, Origi A, Licheva M, Kraft C, Ulbrich M, Lichtenberg E, Wilde A, Koch HG. mRNA targeting eliminates the need for the signal recognition particle during membrane protein insertion in bacteria. Cell Rep 2023; 42:112140. [PMID: 36842086 PMCID: PMC10066597 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 02/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Signal-sequence-dependent protein targeting is essential for the spatiotemporal organization of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells and is facilitated by dedicated protein targeting factors such as the signal recognition particle (SRP). However, targeting signals are not exclusively contained within proteins but can also be present within mRNAs. By in vivo and in vitro assays, we show that mRNA targeting is controlled by the nucleotide content and by secondary structures within mRNAs. mRNA binding to bacterial membranes occurs independently of soluble targeting factors but is dependent on the SecYEG translocon and YidC. Importantly, membrane insertion of proteins translated from membrane-bound mRNAs occurs independently of the SRP pathway, while the latter is strictly required for proteins translated from cytosolic mRNAs. In summary, our data indicate that mRNA targeting acts in parallel to the canonical SRP-dependent protein targeting and serves as an alternative strategy for safeguarding membrane protein insertion when the SRP pathway is compromised.
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- Pinku Sarmah
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; CIBSS - Centre for Integrative Biological Signalling Studies, University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Internal Medicine IV, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; BIOSS Centre for Biological Signaling Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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Inhibition of SRP-dependent protein secretion by the bacterial alarmone (p)ppGpp. Nat Commun 2022; 13:1069. [PMID: 35217658 PMCID: PMC8881573 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28675-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The stringent response enables bacteria to respond to nutrient limitation and other stress conditions through production of the nucleotide-based second messengers ppGpp and pppGpp, collectively known as (p)ppGpp. Here, we report that (p)ppGpp inhibits the signal recognition particle (SRP)-dependent protein targeting pathway, which is essential for membrane protein biogenesis and protein secretion. More specifically, (p)ppGpp binds to the SRP GTPases Ffh and FtsY, and inhibits the formation of the SRP receptor-targeting complex, which is central for the coordinated binding of the translating ribosome to the SecYEG translocon. Cryo-EM analysis of SRP bound to translating ribosomes suggests that (p)ppGpp may induce a distinct conformational stabilization of the NG domain of Ffh and FtsY in Bacillus subtilis but not in E. coli. Bacterial responses to nutrient limitation and other stress conditions are often modulated by the nucleotide-based second messenger (p)ppGpp. Here, the authors show that (p)ppGpp inhibits the SRP membrane-protein insertion and secretion pathway by binding to GTPases Ffh and FtsY.
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Sattler L, Graumann PL. Real-Time Messenger RNA Dynamics in Bacillus subtilis. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:760857. [PMID: 34867890 PMCID: PMC8637298 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.760857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Messenger RNA molecules have been localized to different positions in cells and have been followed by time-lapse microscopy. We have used MS2-mVenus-labeled mRNA and single-particle tracking to obtain information on the dynamics of single-mRNA molecules in real time. Using single-molecule tracking, we show that several mRNA molecules visualized via two MS2-binding sites and MS2-mVenus expressed in Bacillus subtilis cells show free diffusion through the entire cell and constrained motion predominantly close to the cell membrane and at the polar regions of the cells. Because constrained motion of mRNAs likely reflects molecules complexed with ribosomes, our data support the idea that translation occurs at sites surrounding the nucleoids. Squared displacement analyses show the existence of at least two distinct populations of molecules with different diffusion constants or possibly of three populations, for example, freely mobile mRNAs, mRNAs in transition complexes, or in complex with polysomes. Diffusion constants between differently sized mRNAs did not differ dramatically and were much lower than that of cytosolic proteins. These data agree with the large size of mRNA molecules and suggest that, within the viscous cytoplasm, size variations do not translate into mobility differences. However, at observed diffusion constants, mRNA molecules would be able to reach all positions within cells in a frame of seconds. We did not observe strong differences in the location of confined motion for mRNAs encoding mostly soluble or membrane proteins, indicating that there is no strong bias for localization of membrane protein-encoding transcripts for the cell membrane.
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- Laura Sattler
- Centre for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO) and Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Centre for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO) and Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Oswald J, Njenga R, Natriashvili A, Sarmah P, Koch HG. The Dynamic SecYEG Translocon. Front Mol Biosci 2021; 8:664241. [PMID: 33937339 PMCID: PMC8082313 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.664241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The spatial and temporal coordination of protein transport is an essential cornerstone of the bacterial adaptation to different environmental conditions. By adjusting the protein composition of extra-cytosolic compartments, like the inner and outer membranes or the periplasmic space, protein transport mechanisms help shaping protein homeostasis in response to various metabolic cues. The universally conserved SecYEG translocon acts at the center of bacterial protein transport and mediates the translocation of newly synthesized proteins into and across the cytoplasmic membrane. The ability of the SecYEG translocon to transport an enormous variety of different substrates is in part determined by its ability to interact with multiple targeting factors, chaperones and accessory proteins. These interactions are crucial for the assisted passage of newly synthesized proteins from the cytosol into the different bacterial compartments. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge about SecYEG-mediated protein transport, primarily in the model organism Escherichia coli, and describe the dynamic interaction of the SecYEG translocon with its multiple partner proteins. We furthermore highlight how protein transport is regulated and explore recent developments in using the SecYEG translocon as an antimicrobial target.
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- Julia Oswald
- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Zentrum für Biochemie und Molekulare Medizin (ZMBZ), Faculty of Medicine, Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Zentrum für Biochemie und Molekulare Medizin (ZMBZ), Faculty of Medicine, Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Faculty of Biology, Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Zentrum für Biochemie und Molekulare Medizin (ZMBZ), Faculty of Medicine, Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Faculty of Biology, Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Zentrum für Biochemie und Molekulare Medizin (ZMBZ), Faculty of Medicine, Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Faculty of Biology, Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Zentrum für Biochemie und Molekulare Medizin (ZMBZ), Faculty of Medicine, Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Steinberg R, Origi A, Natriashvili A, Sarmah P, Licheva M, Walker PM, Kraft C, High S, Luirink J, Shi WQ, Helmstädter M, Ulbrich MH, Koch HG. Posttranslational insertion of small membrane proteins by the bacterial signal recognition particle. PLoS Biol 2020; 18:e3000874. [PMID: 32997663 PMCID: PMC7549839 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2020] [Revised: 10/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Small membrane proteins represent a largely unexplored yet abundant class of proteins in pro- and eukaryotes. They essentially consist of a single transmembrane domain and are associated with stress response mechanisms in bacteria. How these proteins are inserted into the bacterial membrane is unknown. Our study revealed that in Escherichia coli, the 27-amino-acid-long model protein YohP is recognized by the signal recognition particle (SRP), as indicated by in vivo and in vitro site-directed cross-linking. Cross-links to SRP were also observed for a second small membrane protein, the 33-amino-acid-long YkgR. However, in contrast to the canonical cotranslational recognition by SRP, SRP was found to bind to YohP posttranslationally. In vitro protein transport assays in the presence of a SecY inhibitor and proteoliposome studies demonstrated that SRP and its receptor FtsY are essential for the posttranslational membrane insertion of YohP by either the SecYEG translocon or by the YidC insertase. Furthermore, our data showed that the yohP mRNA localized preferentially and translation-independently to the bacterial membrane in vivo. In summary, our data revealed that YohP engages an unique SRP-dependent posttranslational insertion pathway that is likely preceded by an mRNA targeting step. This further highlights the enormous plasticity of bacterial protein transport machineries. Small membrane proteins represent a largely unexplored yet abundant class of proteins, but how they are inserted into the bacterial membrane is unknown. This study identifies a novel posttranslational protein transport pathway that relies on the signal recognition particle and the SecYEG translocon/YidC insertase.
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- Ruth Steinberg
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, United States of America
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Microbiology, AIMMS, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, United States of America
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- Internal Medicine IV, Department of Medicine, Medical Center − University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Internal Medicine IV, Department of Medicine, Medical Center − University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Steinberg R, Knüpffer L, Origi A, Asti R, Koch HG. Co-translational protein targeting in bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2019; 365:4966980. [PMID: 29790984 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fny095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
About 30% of all bacterial proteins execute their function outside of the cytosol and have to be transported into or across the cytoplasmic membrane. Bacteria use multiple protein transport systems in parallel, but the majority of proteins engage two distinct targeting systems. One is the co-translational targeting by two universally conserved GTPases, the signal recognition particle (SRP) and its receptor FtsY, which deliver inner membrane proteins to either the SecYEG translocon or the YidC insertase for membrane insertion. The other targeting system depends on the ATPase SecA, which targets secretory proteins, i.e. periplasmic and outer membrane proteins, to SecYEG for their subsequent ATP-dependent translocation. While SRP selects its substrates already very early during their synthesis, the recognition of secretory proteins by SecA is believed to occur primarily after translation termination, i.e. post-translationally. In this review we highlight recent progress on how SRP recognizes its substrates at the ribosome and how the fidelity of the targeting reaction to SecYEG is maintained. We furthermore discuss similarities and differences in the SRP-dependent targeting to either SecYEG or YidC and summarize recent results that suggest that some membrane proteins are co-translationally targeted by SecA.
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- Ruth Steinberg
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Stefan Meier Str. 17, Freiburg D-79104, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Stefan Meier Str. 17, Freiburg D-79104, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Stefan Meier Str. 17, Freiburg D-79104, Germany.,Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Schänzlestr. 1, Freiburg D-79104, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Stefan Meier Str. 17, Freiburg D-79104, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs University Freiburg, Stefan Meier Str. 17, Freiburg D-79104, Germany
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Wild K, Becker MM, Kempf G, Sinning I. Structure, dynamics and interactions of large SRP variants. Biol Chem 2019; 401:63-80. [DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2019-0282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Co-translational protein targeting to membranes relies on the signal recognition particle (SRP) system consisting of a cytosolic ribonucleoprotein complex and its membrane-associated receptor. SRP recognizes N-terminal cleavable signals or signal anchor sequences, retards translation, and delivers ribosome-nascent chain complexes (RNCs) to vacant translocation channels in the target membrane. While our mechanistic understanding is well advanced for the small bacterial systems it lags behind for the large bacterial, archaeal and eukaryotic SRP variants including an Alu and an S domain. Here we describe recent advances on structural and functional insights in domain architecture, particle dynamics and interplay with RNCs and translocon and GTP-dependent regulation of co-translational protein targeting stimulated by SRP RNA.
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- Klemens Wild
- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH) , INF 328 , D-69120 Heidelberg , Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH) , INF 328 , D-69120 Heidelberg , Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH) , INF 328 , D-69120 Heidelberg , Germany
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- Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center (BZH) , INF 328 , D-69120 Heidelberg , Germany
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Co-translational Folding Intermediate Dictates Membrane Targeting of the Signal Recognition Particle Receptor. J Mol Biol 2018; 430:1607-1620. [PMID: 29704493 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2018] [Revised: 04/17/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Much of our knowledge on the function of proteins is deduced from their mature, folded states. However, it is unknown whether partially synthesized nascent protein segments can execute biological functions during translation and whether their premature folding states matter. A recent observation that a nascent chain performs a distinct function, co-translational targeting in vivo, has been made with the Escherichia coli signal recognition particle receptor FtsY, a major player in the conserved pathway of membrane protein biogenesis. FtsY functions as a membrane-associated entity, but very little is known about the mode of its targeting to the membrane. Here we investigated the underlying structural mechanism of the co-translational FtsY targeting to the membrane. Our results show that helices N2-4, which mediate membrane targeting, form a stable folding intermediate co-translationally that greatly differs from its fold in the mature FtsY. These results thus resolve a long-standing mystery of how the receptor targets the membrane even when deleted of its alleged membrane targeting sequence. The structurally distinct targeting determinant of FtsY exists only co-translationally. Our studies will facilitate further efforts to seek cellular factors required for proper targeting and association of FtsY with the membrane. Moreover, the results offer a hallmark example for how co-translational nascent intermediates may dictate biological functions.
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Zhou H, Wang C. Purification and function analysis of the Δ-17 fatty acid desaturase with or without transmembrane domain. Exp Ther Med 2017; 14:2117-2125. [PMID: 28962132 PMCID: PMC5609165 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2017.4790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2016] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
Abstract
Fatty acid desaturation enzymes perform dehydrogenation reactions leading to the insertion of double bonds in fatty acids. ω-3 desaturase has an important role in converting ω-6 fatty acids into ω-3 fatty acids. Although genes for this desaturase have been identified, the enzymatic activity of Δ-17 with or without transmembrane domain, and the function of the Δ-17 desaturase is poorly understood. In the present study, a transgenic microorganism was used to clone the Δ-17 full length (Δ-17FL) and Δ-17 without transmembrane domain (Δ-17NT), the expression efficiency was improved and western blotting was used to detect the protein expression level. The purification of Δ-17 was precipitated using saturated ammonium sulfate solution, dissolved in phosphate buffered saline buffer, and then filtered using a 10 kDa ultrafiltration cube. Gas chromatography analysis was used to measure the effect of Δ-17NT or Δ-17FL expression on Pichia pastoris fatty acid composition. Furthermore, the function of Δ-17NT in HepG2 cells was measured and the mechanism was explored. It was demonstrated that Δ-17NT decreased cell growth and increased apoptosis in hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines in vitro. In conclusion, successful expression of high levels of recombinant Δ-17NT represents a critical step towards the elucidation of the function of membrane fatty acid desaturases.
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- Haoyu Zhou
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430000, P.R. China
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei 430000, P.R. China
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Hwang Fu YH, Huang WYC, Shen K, Groves JT, Miller T, Shan SO. Two-step membrane binding by the bacterial SRP receptor enable efficient and accurate Co-translational protein targeting. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28753124 PMCID: PMC5533587 DOI: 10.7554/elife.25885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The signal recognition particle (SRP) delivers ~30% of the proteome to the eukaryotic endoplasmic reticulum, or the bacterial plasma membrane. The precise mechanism by which the bacterial SRP receptor, FtsY, interacts with and is regulated at the target membrane remain unclear. Here, quantitative analysis of FtsY-lipid interactions at single-molecule resolution revealed a two-step mechanism in which FtsY initially contacts membrane via a Dynamic mode, followed by an SRP-induced conformational transition to a Stable mode that activates FtsY for downstream steps. Importantly, mutational analyses revealed extensive auto-inhibitory mechanisms that prevent free FtsY from engaging membrane in the Stable mode; an engineered FtsY pre-organized into the Stable mode led to indiscriminate targeting in vitro and disrupted FtsY function in vivo. Our results show that the two-step lipid-binding mechanism uncouples the membrane association of FtsY from its conformational activation, thus optimizing the balance between the efficiency and fidelity of co-translational protein targeting. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.25885.001
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- Yu-Hsien Hwang Fu
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
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The insertion and assembly of proteins into the inner membrane of bacteria are crucial for many cellular processes, including cellular respiration, signal transduction, and ion and pH homeostasis. This process requires efficient membrane targeting and insertion of proteins into the lipid bilayer in their correct orientation and proper conformation. Playing center stage in these events are the targeting components, signal recognition particle (SRP) and the SRP receptor FtsY, as well as the insertion components, the Sec translocon and the YidC insertase. Here, we will discuss new insights provided from the recent high-resolution structures of these proteins. In addition, we will review the mechanism by which a variety of proteins with different topologies are inserted into the inner membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. Finally, we report on the energetics of this process and provide information on how membrane insertion occurs in Gram-positive bacteria and Archaea. It should be noted that most of what we know about membrane protein assembly in bacteria is based on studies conducted in Escherichia coli.
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- Andreas Kuhn
- Institute for Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, 79104, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210
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Transitional changes in the CRP structure lead to the exposure of proinflammatory binding sites. Nat Commun 2017; 8:14188. [PMID: 28112148 PMCID: PMC5264208 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2016] [Accepted: 12/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations rise in response to tissue injury or infection. Circulating pentameric CRP (pCRP) localizes to damaged tissue where it leads to complement activation and further tissue damage. In-depth knowledge of the pCRP activation mechanism is essential to develop therapeutic strategies to minimize tissue injury. Here we demonstrate that pCRP by binding to cell-derived microvesicles undergoes a structural change without disrupting the pentameric symmetry (pCRP*). pCRP* constitutes the major CRP species in human-inflamed tissue and allows binding of complement factor 1q (C1q) and activation of the classical complement pathway. pCRP*–microvesicle complexes lead to enhanced recruitment of leukocytes to inflamed tissue. A small-molecule inhibitor of pCRP (1,6-bis(phosphocholine)-hexane), which blocks the pCRP–microvesicle interactions, abrogates these proinflammatory effects. Reducing inflammation-mediated tissue injury by therapeutic inhibition might improve the outcome of myocardial infarction, stroke and other inflammatory conditions. C-reactive protein is a pentameric protein secreted by the liver in response to injury and infection. Here Braig et al. show that conformational changes in CRP on the surface of monocyte-derived microvesicles enable binding of complement C1q and lead to activation of the complement cascade and aggravation of inflammation.
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Draycheva A, Bornemann T, Ryazanov S, Lakomek N, Wintermeyer W. The bacterial SRP receptor, FtsY, is activated on binding to the translocon. Mol Microbiol 2016; 102:152-67. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/24/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Albena Draycheva
- Department of Physical BiochemistryMax Planck Institute for Biophysical ChemistryGöttingen Germany
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- Department of Physical BiochemistryMax Planck Institute for Biophysical ChemistryGöttingen Germany
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- Department of NMR‐based Structural BiologyMax Planck Institute for Biophysical ChemistryGöttingen Germany
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- Department of NMR‐based Structural BiologyMax Planck Institute for Biophysical ChemistryGöttingen Germany
- Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Solid‐state NMRETH ZürichZürich Switzerland
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- Department of Physical BiochemistryMax Planck Institute for Biophysical ChemistryGöttingen Germany
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Lakomek NA, Draycheva A, Bornemann T, Wintermeyer W. Electrostatics and Intrinsic Disorder Drive Translocon Binding of the SRP Receptor FtsY. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016; 55:9544-7. [PMID: 27346853 PMCID: PMC5094494 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201602905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Revised: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Integral membrane proteins in bacteria are co‐translationally targeted to the SecYEG translocon for membrane insertion via the signal recognition particle (SRP) pathway. The SRP receptor FtsY and its N‐terminal A domain, which is lacking in any structural model of FtsY, were studied using NMR and fluorescence spectroscopy. The A domain is mainly disordered and highly flexible; it binds to lipids via its N terminus and the C‐terminal membrane targeting sequence. The central A domain binds to the translocon non‐specifically and maintains disorder. Translocon targeting and binding of the A domain is driven by electrostatic interactions. The intrinsically disordered A domain tethers FtsY to the translocon, and because of its flexibility, allows the FtsY NG domain to scan a large area for binding to the NG domain of ribosome‐bound SRP, thereby promoting the formation of the quaternary transfer complex at the membrane.
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- Nils-Alexander Lakomek
- Department of NMR-based Structural Biology, Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany. .,ETH Zurich, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences (D-CHAB), Laboratory of Physical Chemistry (LPC), Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2, 8093, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Physical Biochemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Physical Biochemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Department of Physical Biochemistry, Am Fassberg 11, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.
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Lakomek NA, Draycheva A, Bornemann T, Wintermeyer W. Electrostatics and Intrinsic Disorder Drive Translocon Binding of the SRP Receptor FtsY. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201602905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Nils-Alexander Lakomek
- Department of NMR-based Structural Biology; Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry; Am Fassberg 11 37077 Göttingen Germany
- ETH Zurich; Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences (D-CHAB), Laboratory of Physical Chemistry (LPC); Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 2 8093 Zurich Switzerland
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- Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry; Department of Physical Biochemistry; Am Fassberg 11 37077 Göttingen Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry; Department of Physical Biochemistry; Am Fassberg 11 37077 Göttingen Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry; Department of Physical Biochemistry; Am Fassberg 11 37077 Göttingen Germany
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Kuhn P, Draycheva A, Vogt A, Petriman NA, Sturm L, Drepper F, Warscheid B, Wintermeyer W, Koch HG. Ribosome binding induces repositioning of the signal recognition particle receptor on the translocon. J Cell Biol 2016; 211:91-104. [PMID: 26459600 PMCID: PMC4602035 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201502103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The cotranslational transfer of nascent membrane proteins to the SecYEG translocon is facilitated by a reorientation of the SecY-bound signal recognition particle (SRP) receptor, FtsY, which accompanies the formation of a quaternary targeting complex consisting of SecYEG, FtsY, SRP, and the ribosome. Cotranslational protein targeting delivers proteins to the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane or to the eukaryotic endoplasmic reticulum membrane. The signal recognition particle (SRP) binds to signal sequences emerging from the ribosomal tunnel and targets the ribosome-nascent-chain complex (RNC) to the SRP receptor, termed FtsY in bacteria. FtsY interacts with the fifth cytosolic loop of SecY in the SecYEG translocon, but the functional role of the interaction is unclear. By using photo-cross-linking and fluorescence resonance energy transfer measurements, we show that FtsY–SecY complex formation is guanosine triphosphate independent but requires a phospholipid environment. Binding of an SRP–RNC complex exposing a hydrophobic transmembrane segment induces a rearrangement of the SecY–FtsY complex, which allows the subsequent contact between SecY and ribosomal protein uL23. These results suggest that direct RNC transfer to the translocon is guided by the interaction between SRP and translocon-bound FtsY in a quaternary targeting complex.
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- Patrick Kuhn
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany Faculty of Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Faculty of Biology and BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany Department of Biochemistry and Functional Proteomics, Faculty of Biology and BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Leisle L, Valiyaveetil F, Mehl RA, Ahern CA. Incorporation of Non-Canonical Amino Acids. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2015; 869:119-51. [PMID: 26381943 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2845-3_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In this chapter we discuss the strengths, caveats and technical considerations of three approaches for reprogramming the chemical composition of selected amino acids within a membrane protein. In vivo nonsense suppression in the Xenopus laevis oocyte, evolved orthogonal tRNA and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase pairs and protein ligation for biochemical production of semisynthetic proteins have been used successfully for ion channel and receptor studies. The level of difficulty for the application of each approach ranges from trivial to technically demanding, yet all have untapped potential in their application to membrane proteins.
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- Lilia Leisle
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, 51 Newton Road, 52246, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, 97239, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University Corvallis, 97331, Corvallis, OR, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, 51 Newton Road, 52246, Iowa City, IA, USA.
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Kinori A, Bibi E. Co-translational membrane association of the Escherichia coli SRP receptor. J Cell Sci 2015; 128:1444-52. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.166116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The signal recognition particle (SRP) receptor is a major player in the pathway of membrane protein biogenesis in all organisms. The receptor functions as a membrane bound entity but very little is known about its targeting to the membrane. Here we demonstrate in vivo that the Escherichia coli SRP receptor targets the membrane co-translationally. This requires emergence from the ribosome of the 4 helix-long N-domain of the receptor of which only helices 2–4 are required for co-translational membrane attachment. The results also suggest that the targeting might be regulated co-translationally. Together, our in vivo studies shed light on the biogenesis of the SRP receptor and its hypothetical role in targeting ribosomes to the Escherichia coli membrane.
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Identification and in silico analysis of helical lipid binding regions in proteins belonging to the amphitropic protein family. J Biosci 2014; 39:771-83. [DOI: 10.1007/s12038-014-9479-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Saraogi I, Akopian D, Shan SO. Regulation of cargo recognition, commitment, and unloading drives cotranslational protein targeting. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 205:693-706. [PMID: 24914238 PMCID: PMC4050729 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201311028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Active and sequential regulation of the interaction of SRP with translating ribosomes drives efficient and faithful cotranslational protein targeting to the target membrane. Efficient and accurate protein localization is essential to cells and requires protein-targeting machineries to both effectively capture the cargo in the cytosol and productively unload the cargo at the membrane. To understand how these challenges are met, we followed the interaction of translating ribosomes during their targeting by the signal recognition particle (SRP) using a site-specific fluorescent probe in the nascent protein. We show that initial recruitment of SRP receptor (SR) selectively enhances the affinity of SRP for correct cargos, thus committing SRP-dependent substrates to the pathway. Real-time measurement of cargo transfer from the targeting to translocation machinery revealed multiple factors that drive this event, including GTPase rearrangement in the SRP–SR complex, stepwise displacement of SRP from the ribosome and signal sequence by SecYEG, and elongation of the nascent polypeptide. Our results elucidate how active and sequential regulation of the SRP–cargo interaction drives efficient and faithful protein targeting.
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- Ishu Saraogi
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125
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Sachelaru I, Petriman NA, Kudva R, Koch HG. Dynamic interaction of the sec translocon with the chaperone PpiD. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:21706-15. [PMID: 24951590 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.577916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Sec translocon constitutes a ubiquitous protein transport channel that consists in bacteria of the three core components: SecY, SecE, and SecG. Additional proteins interact with SecYEG during different stages of protein transport. During targeting, SecYEG interacts with SecA, the SRP receptor, or the ribosome. Protein transport into or across the membrane is then facilitated by the interaction of SecYEG with YidC and the SecDFYajC complex. During protein transport, SecYEG is likely to interact also with the protein quality control machinery, but details about this interaction are missing. By in vivo and in vitro site-directed cross-linking, we show here that the periplasmic chaperone PpiD is located in front of the lateral gate of SecY, through which transmembrane domains exit the SecY channel. The strongest contacts were found to helix 2b of SecY. Blue native PAGE analyses verify the presence of a SecYEG-PpiD complex in native Escherichia coli membranes. The PpiD-SecY interaction was not influenced by the addition of SecA and only weakly influenced by binding of nontranslating ribosomes to SecYEG. In contrast, PpiD lost contact to the lateral gate of SecY during membrane protein insertion. These data identify PpiD as an additional and transient subunit of the bacterial SecYEG translocon. The data furthermore demonstrate the highly modular and versatile composition of the Sec translocon, which is probably essential for its ability to transport a wide range of substrates across membranes in bacteria and eukaryotes.
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- Ilie Sachelaru
- From the Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Biology, and
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- From the Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Biology, and
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- From the Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Biology, and the Spemann-Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- From the Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Faculty of Medicine, the Spemann-Graduate School of Biology and Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Braig D, Kaiser B, Thiele JR, Bannasch H, Peter K, Stark GB, Koch HG, Eisenhardt SU. A conformational change of C-reactive protein in burn wounds unmasks its proinflammatory properties. Int Immunol 2014; 26:467-78. [PMID: 24844702 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxu056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Tissue damage in burn injury leads to a rapid increase of leukocytes and acute phase reactants. Plasma levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) rise within hours after the insult. No deficiency of this protein has been reported in humans, suggesting it plays a pivotal role in innate immunity. CRP in circulation is composed of five identical subunits [pentameric CRP (pCRP)]. Recently, deposits of structurally modified CRP (mCRP) have been found in inflammatory diseases. Little is known about this structural change and how it affects CRP functions. We analyzed CRP deposits in burn wounds and serum by immunohistochemistry, western blot and dot blot analysis. CRP was deposited in necrotic and inflamed tissue, but not in adjacent healthy tissue. Tissue deposited CRP was detected by mCRP-specific antibodies and structurally different from serum pCRP. mCRP but not pCRP induced reactive oxygen species production by monocytes and facilitated uptake of necrotic Jurkat cells by macrophages. In addition, it accelerated migration of keratinocytes in a scratch wound assay. The structural changes that occur in pCRP upon localization to damaged and inflamed tissue in burn wounds result in a functionally altered protein with distinct functions. mCRP exhibits opsonic, proinflammatory and promigratory properties which modulate wound healing.
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- David Braig
- Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Atherothrombosis and Vascular Biology Laboratory, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, 74 Commercial Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
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- Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Stefan-Meier-Str. 17, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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Denks K, Vogt A, Sachelaru I, Petriman NA, Kudva R, Koch HG. The Sec translocon mediated protein transport in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Mol Membr Biol 2014; 31:58-84. [DOI: 10.3109/09687688.2014.907455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Kudva R, Denks K, Kuhn P, Vogt A, Müller M, Koch HG. Protein translocation across the inner membrane of Gram-negative bacteria: the Sec and Tat dependent protein transport pathways. Res Microbiol 2013; 164:505-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2013.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2012] [Accepted: 03/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sachelaru I, Petriman NA, Kudva R, Kuhn P, Welte T, Knapp B, Drepper F, Warscheid B, Koch HG. YidC occupies the lateral gate of the SecYEG translocon and is sequentially displaced by a nascent membrane protein. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:16295-16307. [PMID: 23609445 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.446583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Most membrane proteins are co-translationally inserted into the lipid bilayer via the universally conserved SecY complex and they access the lipid phase presumably via a lateral gate in SecY. In bacteria, the lipid transfer of membrane proteins from the SecY channel is assisted by the SecY-associated protein YidC, but details on the SecY-YidC interaction are unknown. By employing an in vivo and in vitro site-directed cross-linking approach, we have mapped the SecY-YidC interface and found YidC in contact with all four transmembrane domains of the lateral gate. This interaction did not require the SecDFYajC complex and was not influenced by SecA binding to SecY. In contrast, ribosomes dissociated the YidC contacts to lateral gate helices 2b and 8. The major contact between YidC and the lateral gate was lost in the presence of ribosome nascent chains and new SecY-YidC contacts appeared. These data demonstrate that the SecY-YidC interaction is influenced by nascent-membrane-induced lateral gate movements.
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- Ilie Sachelaru
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; Fakultät für Biologie, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; Fakultät für Biologie, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; Fakultät für Biologie, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; Fakultät für Biologie, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Fakultät für Biologie, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, Zentrum für Biologische Signalstudien, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Fakultät für Biologie, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, Zentrum für Biologische Signalstudien, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, 79104 Freiburg, Germany; Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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Designer proteins: applications of genetic code expansion in cell biology. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2012; 13:168-82. [DOI: 10.1038/nrm3286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 271] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Shen X, Li S, Du Y, Mao X, Li Y. The N-terminal hydrophobic segment of Streptomyces coelicolor FtsY forms a transmembrane structure to stabilize its membrane localization. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2012; 327:164-71. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02478.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2011] [Revised: 11/26/2011] [Accepted: 12/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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- Xueling Shen
- Institute of Biochemistry; College of Life Sciences; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou; China
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- Institute of Biochemistry; College of Life Sciences; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou; China
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- Institute of Biochemistry; College of Life Sciences; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou; China
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- Institute of Biochemistry; College of Life Sciences; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou; China
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- Institute of Biochemistry; College of Life Sciences; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou; China
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Welte T, Kudva R, Kuhn P, Sturm L, Braig D, Müller M, Warscheid B, Drepper F, Koch HG. Promiscuous targeting of polytopic membrane proteins to SecYEG or YidC by the Escherichia coli signal recognition particle. Mol Biol Cell 2011; 23:464-79. [PMID: 22160593 PMCID: PMC3268725 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e11-07-0590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The YidC insertase also integrates multispanning membrane proteins that had been considered to be exclusively SecYEG dependent. Only membrane proteins that require SecA can be inserted only via SecYEG. Targeting to YidC is SRP dependent, and the C-terminus of YidC cross-links to SRP, FtsY, and ribosomal subunits. Protein insertion into the bacterial inner membrane is facilitated by SecYEG or YidC. Although SecYEG most likely constitutes the major integration site, small membrane proteins have been shown to integrate via YidC. We show that YidC can also integrate multispanning membrane proteins such as mannitol permease or TatC, which had been considered to be exclusively integrated by SecYEG. Only SecA-dependent multispanning membrane proteins strictly require SecYEG for integration, which suggests that SecA can only interact with the SecYEG translocon, but not with the YidC insertase. Targeting of multispanning membrane proteins to YidC is mediated by signal recognition particle (SRP), and we show by site-directed cross-linking that the C-terminus of YidC is in contact with SRP, the SRP receptor, and ribosomal proteins. These findings indicate that SRP recognizes membrane proteins independent of the downstream integration site and that many membrane proteins can probably use either SecYEG or YidC for integration. Because protein synthesis is much slower than protein transport, the use of YidC as an additional integration site for multispanning membrane proteins may prevent a situation in which the majority of SecYEG complexes are occupied by translating ribosomes during cotranslational insertion, impeding the translocation of secretory proteins.
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- Thomas Welte
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, Zentrum für Biochemie und Molekulare Zellforschung, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Dalal K, Duong F. The SecY complex: conducting the orchestra of protein translocation. Trends Cell Biol 2011; 21:506-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2011.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2011] [Revised: 04/11/2011] [Accepted: 04/18/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Chin JW. Reprogramming the genetic code. EMBO J 2011; 30:2312-24. [PMID: 21602790 PMCID: PMC3116288 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2011] [Accepted: 04/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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- Jason W Chin
- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
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Braig D, Mircheva M, Sachelaru I, van der Sluis EO, Sturm L, Beckmann R, Koch HG. Signal sequence-independent SRP-SR complex formation at the membrane suggests an alternative targeting pathway within the SRP cycle. Mol Biol Cell 2011; 22:2309-23. [PMID: 21551068 PMCID: PMC3128533 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e11-02-0152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Our study reveals an alternative route in the SRP-dependent protein targeting pathway that includes a preassembled, membrane-bound SRP-SR complex. This alternative route is fully sufficient to maintain cell viability in the absence of a soluble SRP. Protein targeting by the signal recognition particle (SRP) and the bacterial SRP receptor FtsY requires a series of closely coordinated steps that monitor the presence of a substrate, the membrane, and a vacant translocon. Although the influence of substrate binding on FtsY-SRP complex formation is well documented, the contribution of the membrane is largely unknown. In the current study, we found that negatively charged phospholipids stimulate FtsY-SRP complex formation. Phospholipids act on a conserved positively charged amphipathic helix in FtsY and induce a conformational change that strongly enhances the FtsY-lipid interaction. This membrane-bound, signal sequence–independent FtsY-SRP complex is able to recruit RNCs to the membrane and to transfer them to the Sec translocon. Significantly, the same results were also observed with an artificial FtsY-SRP fusion protein, which was tethered to the membrane via a transmembrane domain. This indicates that substrate recognition by a soluble SRP is not essential for cotranslational targeting in Escherichia coli. Our findings reveal a remarkable flexibility of SRP-dependent protein targeting, as they indicate that substrate recognition can occur either in the cytosol via ribosome-bound SRP or at the membrane via a preassembled FtsY-SRP complex.
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- David Braig
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Kuhn P, Weiche B, Sturm L, Sommer E, Drepper F, Warscheid B, Sourjik V, Koch HG. The bacterial SRP receptor, SecA and the ribosome use overlapping binding sites on the SecY translocon. Traffic 2011; 12:563-78. [PMID: 21255212 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0854.2011.01167.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Signal recognition particle (SRP)-dependent protein targeting is a universally conserved process that delivers proteins to the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane or to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane in eukaryotes. Crucial during targeting is the transfer of the ribosome-nascent chain complex (RNC) from SRP to the Sec translocon. In eukaryotes, this step is co-ordinated by the SRβ subunit of the SRP receptor (SR), which probably senses a vacant translocon by direct interaction with the translocon. Bacteria lack the SRβ subunit and how they co-ordinate RNC transfer is unknown. By site-directed cross-linking and fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) analyses, we show that FtsY, the bacterial SRα homologue, binds to the exposed C4/C5 loops of SecY, the central component of the bacterial Sec translocon. The same loops serve also as binding sites for SecA and the ribosome. The FtsY-SecY interaction involves at least the A domain of FtsY, which attributes an important function to this so far ill-defined domain. Binding of FtsY to SecY residues, which are also used by SecA and the ribosome, probably allows FtsY to sense an available translocon and to align the incoming SRP-RNC with the protein conducting channel. Thus, the Escherichia coli FtsY encompasses the functions of both the eukaryotic SRα and SRβ subunits in one single protein.
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- Patrick Kuhn
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Stefan-Meier-Str. 17, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Ye Z, Bair M, Desai H, Williams GJ. A photocrosslinking assay for reporting protein interactions in polyketide and fatty acid synthases. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2011; 7:3152-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c1mb05270e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Chou C, Uprety R, Davis L, Chin JW, Deiters A. Genetically encoding an aliphatic diazirine for protein photocrosslinking. Chem Sci 2011. [DOI: 10.1039/c0sc00373e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The prediction of novel multiple lipid-binding regions in protein translocation motor proteins: a possible general feature. Cell Mol Biol Lett 2010; 16:40-54. [PMID: 20957445 PMCID: PMC6275888 DOI: 10.2478/s11658-010-0036-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2010] [Accepted: 10/12/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Protein translocation is an important cellular process. SecA is an essential protein component in the Sec system, as it contains the molecular motor that facilitates protein translocation. In this study, a bioinformatics approach was applied in the search for possible lipid-binding helix regions in protein translocation motor proteins. Novel lipid-binding regions in Escherichia coli SecA were identified. Remarkably, multiple lipid-binding sites were also identified in other motor proteins such as BiP, which is involved in ER protein translocation. The prokaryotic signal recognition particle receptor FtsY, though not a motor protein, is in many ways related to SecA, and was therefore included in this study. The results demonstrate a possible general feature for motor proteins involved in protein translocation.
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Erez E, Stjepanovic G, Zelazny AM, Brugger B, Sinning I, Bibi E. Genetic evidence for functional interaction of the Escherichia coli signal recognition particle receptor with acidic lipids in vivo. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:40508-14. [PMID: 20956528 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.140921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The mechanism underlying the interaction of the Escherichia coli signal recognition particle receptor FtsY with the cytoplasmic membrane has been studied in detail. Recently, we proposed that FtsY requires functional interaction with inner membrane lipids at a late stage of the signal recognition particle pathway. In addition, an essential lipid-binding α-helix was identified in FtsY of various origins. Theoretical considerations and in vitro studies have suggested that it interacts with acidic lipids, but this notion is not yet fully supported by in vivo experimental evidence. Here, we present an unbiased genetic clue, obtained by serendipity, supporting the involvement of acidic lipids. Utilizing a dominant negative mutant of FtsY (termed NG), which is defective in its functional interaction with lipids, we screened for E. coli genes that suppress the negative dominant phenotype. In addition to several unrelated phenotype-suppressor genes, we identified pgsA, which encodes the enzyme phosphatidylglycerophosphate synthase (PgsA). PgsA is an integral membrane protein that catalyzes the committed step to acidic phospholipid synthesis, and we show that its overexpression increases the contents of cardiolipin and phosphatidylglycerol. Remarkably, expression of PgsA also stabilizes NG and restores its biological function. Collectively, our results strongly support the notion that FtsY functionally interacts with acidic lipids.
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- Elinor Erez
- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Bibi E. Early targeting events during membrane protein biogenesis in Escherichia coli. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2010; 1808:841-50. [PMID: 20682283 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2010] [Revised: 07/21/2010] [Accepted: 07/22/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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All living cells have co-translational pathways for targeting membrane proteins. Co-translation pathways for secretory proteins also exist but mostly in eukaryotes. Unlike secretory proteins, the biosynthetic pathway of most membrane proteins is conserved through evolution and these proteins are usually synthesized by membrane-bound ribosomes. Translation on the membrane requires that both the ribosomes and the mRNAs be properly localized. Theoretically, this can be achieved by several means. (i) The current view is that the targeting of cytosolic mRNA-ribosome-nascent chain complexes (RNCs) to the membrane is initiated by information in the emerging hydrophobic nascent polypeptides. (ii) The alternative model suggests that ribosomes may be targeted to the membrane also constitutively, whereas the appropriate mRNAs may be carried on small ribosomal subunits or targeted by other cellular factors to the membrane-bound ribosomes. Importantly, the available experimental data do not rule out the possibility that cells may also utilize both pathways in parallel. In any case, it is well documented that a major player in the targeting pathway is the signal recognition particle (SRP) system composed of the SRP and its receptor (SR). Although the functional core of the SRP system is evolutionarily conserved, its composition and biological practice come with different flavors in various organisms. This review is dedicated mainly to the Escherichia (E.) coli SRP, where the biochemical and structural properties of components of the SRP system have been relatively characterized, yielding essential information about various aspects of the pathway. In addition, several cellular interactions of the SRP and its receptor have been described in E. coli, providing insights into their spatial function. Collectively, these in vitro studies have led to the current view of the targeting pathway [see (i) above]. Interestingly, however, in vivo studies of the role of the SRP and its receptor, with emphasis on the temporal progress of the pathway, elicited an alternative hypothesis [see (ii) above]. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Protein translocation across or insertion into membranes.
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- Eitan Bibi
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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Facey SJ, Kuhn A. Biogenesis of bacterial inner-membrane proteins. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010; 67:2343-62. [PMID: 20204450 PMCID: PMC11115511 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0303-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2009] [Revised: 02/01/2010] [Accepted: 02/03/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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All cells must traffic proteins into and across their membranes. In bacteria, several pathways have evolved to enable protein transfer across the inner membrane, the periplasm, and the outer membrane. The major route of protein translocation in and across the cytoplasmic membrane is the general secretion pathway (Sec-pathway). The biogenesis of membrane proteins not only requires protein translocation but also coordinated targeting to the membrane beforehand and folding and assembly into their protein complexes afterwards to function properly in the cell. All these processes are responsible for the biogenesis of membrane proteins that mediate essential functions of the cell such as selective transport, energy conversion, cell division, extracellular signal sensing, and motility. This review will highlight the most recent developments on the structure and function of bacterial membrane proteins, focusing on the journey that integral membrane proteins take to find their final destination in the inner membrane.
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- Sandra J. Facey
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, University of Hohenheim, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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Reinau ME, Thøgersen IB, Enghild JJ, Nielsen KL, Otzen DE. The diversity of FtsY-lipid interactions. Biopolymers 2010; 93:595-606. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.21404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Mircheva M, Boy D, Weiche B, Hucke F, Graumann P, Koch HG. Predominant membrane localization is an essential feature of the bacterial signal recognition particle receptor. BMC Biol 2009; 7:76. [PMID: 19912622 PMCID: PMC2780400 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-7-76] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2009] [Accepted: 11/13/2009] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The signal recognition particle (SRP) receptor plays a vital role in co-translational protein targeting, because it connects the soluble SRP-ribosome-nascent chain complex (SRP-RNCs) to the membrane bound Sec translocon. The eukaryotic SRP receptor (SR) is a heterodimeric protein complex, consisting of two unrelated GTPases. The SRbeta subunit is an integral membrane protein, which tethers the SRP-interacting SRalpha subunit permanently to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. The prokaryotic SR lacks the SRbeta subunit and consists of only the SRalpha homologue FtsY. Strikingly, although FtsY requires membrane contact for functionality, cell fractionation studies have localized FtsY predominantly to the cytosolic fraction of Escherichia coli. So far, the exact function of the soluble SR in E. coli is unknown, but it has been suggested that, in contrast to eukaryotes, the prokaryotic SR might bind SRP-RNCs already in the cytosol and only then initiates membrane targeting. RESULTS In the current study we have determined the contribution of soluble FtsY to co-translational targeting in vitro and have re-analysed the localization of FtsY in vivo by fluorescence microscopy. Our data show that FtsY can bind to SRP-ribosome nascent chains (RNCs) in the absence of membranes. However, these soluble FtsY-SRP-RNC complexes are not efficiently targeted to the membrane. In contrast, we observed effective targeting of SRP-RNCs to membrane-bond FtsY. These data show that soluble FtsY does not contribute significantly to cotranslational targeting in E. coli. In agreement with this observation, our in vivo analyses of FtsY localization in bacterial cells by fluorescence microscopy revealed that the vast majority of FtsY was localized to the inner membrane and that soluble FtsY constituted only a negligible species in vivo. CONCLUSION The exact function of the SRP receptor (SR) in bacteria has so far been enigmatic. Our data show that the bacterial SR is almost exclusively membrane-bound in vivo, indicating that the presence of a soluble SR is probably an artefact of cell fractionation. Thus, co-translational targeting in bacteria does not involve the formation of a soluble SR-signal recognition particle (SRP)-ribosome nascent chain (RNC) intermediate but requires membrane contact of FtsY for efficient SRP-RNC recruitment.
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- Miryana Mircheva
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
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