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Crane JM, Randall LL. The Sec System: Protein Export in Escherichia coli. EcoSal Plus 2017; 7:10.1128/ecosalplus.ESP-0002-2017. [PMID: 29165233 PMCID: PMC5807066 DOI: 10.1128/ecosalplus.esp-0002-2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In Escherichia coli, proteins found in the periplasm or the outer membrane are exported from the cytoplasm by the general secretory, Sec, system before they acquire stably folded structure. This dynamic process involves intricate interactions among cytoplasmic and membrane proteins, both peripheral and integral, as well as lipids. In vivo, both ATP hydrolysis and proton motive force are required. Here, we review the Sec system from the inception of the field through early 2016, including biochemical, genetic, and structural data.
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- Jennine M. Crane
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri
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Dominant negative lptE mutation that supports a role for LptE as a plug in the LptD barrel. J Bacteriol 2013; 195:1327-34. [PMID: 23316047 DOI: 10.1128/jb.02142-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is the major outer leaflet constituent of the Gram-negative outer membrane (OM) bilayer. A bipartite protein complex of LptD and LptE assembles LPS into the OM. It has been established that LptE assists folding and assembly of its β-barrel partner LptD, yet reported biochemical evidence suggested additional LptE functions. Here, we isolated dominant negative lptE mutations, seeking to inform these functions. The lptE14 mutation increased OM permeability to erythromycin, even when the wild-type lptE gene was present. We show that the lptE14 mutation does not cause a defect in either LptD assembly or LPS export. A spontaneous IS1 insertion in secA suppressed lptE14 erythromycin sensitivity by removing the C-terminal SecB-binding domain of SecA. While this suppressor mutation broadly impeded SecB-dependent secretion of preproteins, we show that suppression was a direct and specific consequence of reduced LptD levels in the OM. We suggest that lptE14 causes poor plugging of the LptD β barrel and that a reduction of ineffectively plugged LptD-LptE14 complexes in the OM decreases permeability to erythromycin. Hence, lptE14 supports a proposed plug-and-barrel LptE-LptD arrangement.
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Wolff N, Sapriel G, Bodenreider C, Chaffotte A, Delepelaire P. Antifolding activity of the SecB chaperone is essential for secretion of HasA, a quickly folding ABC pathway substrate. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:38247-53. [PMID: 12829711 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m302322200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [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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We have previously shown that SecB, the ATP-independent chaperone of the Sec pathway, is required for the secretion of the HasA hemophore from Serratia marcescens via its type I secretion pathway, both in the reconstituted system in Escherichia coli and in the original host. The refolding of apo-HasA after denaturation with guanidine HCl was followed by stopped-flow measurements of fluorescence of its single tryptophan, both in the absence and presence of SecB. In the absence of SecB, HasA folds very quickly with one main phase (45 s(-1)) accounting for 92% of the signal. SecB considerably slows down HasA folding. At stoichiometric amounts of SecB and HasA, a single phase (0.014 s(-1)) of refolding is observed. Two double point mutants of HasA were made, abolishing two hydrogen bonds between N-terminal and C-terminal side chain residues. In both cases, the mutants essentially maintained the same secondary and tertiary structure as wild-type HasA and were fully functional. Refolding of both mutants was much slower than that of wild-type HasA and they were secreted essentially independently of SecB. We conclude that SecB has mainly an antifolding function in the HasA ABC secretion pathway.
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- Nicolas Wolff
- Unité de Résonance Magnétique Nucléaire des Biomolécules, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Müller M, Koch HG, Beck K, Schäfer U. Protein traffic in bacteria: multiple routes from the ribosome to and across the membrane. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2001; 66:107-57. [PMID: 11051763 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(00)66028-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Bacteria use several routes to target their exported proteins to the plasma membrane. The majority are exported through pores formed by SecY and SecE. Two different molecular machineries are used to target proteins to the SecYE translocon. Translocated proteins, synthesized as precursors with cleavable signal sequences, require cytoplasmic chaperones, such as SecB, to remain competent for posttranslational transport. In concert with SecB, SecA targets the precursors to SecY and energizes their translocation by its ATPase activity. The latter function involves a partial insertion of SecA itself into the SecYE translocon, a process that is strongly assisted by a couple of membrane proteins, SecG, SecD, SecF, YajC, and the proton gradient across the membrane. Integral membrane proteins, however, are specifically recognized by a direct interaction between their noncleaved signal anchor sequences and the bacterial signal recognition particle (SRP) consisting of Ffh and 4.5S RNA. Recognition occurs during synthesis at the ribosome and leads to a cotranslational targeting to SecYE that is mediated by FtsY and the hydrolysis of GTP. No other Sec protein is required for integration unless the membrane protein also contains long translocated domains that engage the SecA machinery. Discrimination between SecA/SecB- and SRP-dependent targeting involves the specificity of SRP for hydrophobic signal anchor sequences and the exclusion of SRP from nascent chains of translocated proteins by trigger factor, a ribosome-associated chaperone. The SecYE pore accepts only unfolded proteins. In contrast, a class of redox factor-containing proteins leaves the cell only as completely folded proteins. They are distinguished by a twin arginine motif of their signal sequences that by an unknown mechanism targets them to specific pores. A few membrane proteins insert spontaneously into the bacterial plasma membrane without the need for targeting factors and SecYE. Insertion depends only on hydrophobic interactions between their transmembrane segments and the lipid bilayer and on the transmembrane potential. Finally, outer membrane proteins of Gram-negative bacteria after having crossed the plasma membrane are released into the periplasm, where they undergo distinct folding events until they insert as trimers into the outer membrane. These folding processes require distinct molecular chaperones of the periplasm, such as Skp, SurA, and PpiD.
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- M Müller
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany
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Warren JW, Walker JR, Roth JR, Altman E. Construction and characterization of a highly regulable expression vector, pLAC11, and its multipurpose derivatives, pLAC22 and pLAC33. Plasmid 2000; 44:138-51. [PMID: 10964624 DOI: 10.1006/plas.2000.1477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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A number of different expression vectors have been developed to facilitate the regulated overproduction of proteins in Escherichia coli and related bacteria. Some of the more popular ones include pKK223-3, pKK233-2, pTrc99A, and the pET family of expression vectors. These vectors were designed to be regulable and can be grown under conditions that repress protein production or under conditions that induce protein production. Unfortunately, however, numerous researchers have found that these vectors produce significant amounts of protein even when grown under repressed conditions. We describe here a new expression vector, pLAC11, which was designed to be more regulable and thus more tightly repressible when grown under repressed conditions. The tight regulation of pLAC11 was achieved by utilizing the O3 auxiliary operator, CAP binding site, promoter, and O1 operator that occur in the wild-type lac control region. The pLAC11 vector can be used to conduct physiologically relevant studies in which the cloned gene is expressed at levels comparable to that obtainable from the chromosomal copy of the gene in question. In experiments in which a bacterial cell contained both a null allele in the chromosome and a second copy of the wild-type allele on pLAC11, we observed that cells grown under repressed conditions exhibited the null phenotype while cells grown under induced conditions exhibited the wild-type phenotype. Two multipurpose derivatives of pLAC11, pLAC22, and pLAC33 have also been constructed to fulfill different experimental needs.
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- J W Warren
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602, USA
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Proteins that perform their activity within the cytoplasmic membrane or outside this cell boundary must be targeted to the translocation site prior to their insertion and/or translocation. In bacteria, several targeting routes are known; the SecB- and the signal recognition particle-dependent pathways are the best characterized. Recently, evidence for the existence of a third major route, the twin-Arg pathway, was gathered. Proteins that use either one of these three different pathways possess special features that enable their specific interaction with the components of the targeting routes. Such targeting information is often contained in an N-terminal extension, the signal sequence, but can also be found within the mature domain of the targeted protein. Once the nascent chain starts to emerge from the ribosome, competition for the protein between different targeting factors begins. After recognition and binding, the targeting factor delivers the protein to the translocation sites at the cytoplasmic membrane. Only by means of a specific interaction between the targeting component and its receptor is the cargo released for further processing and translocation. This mechanism ensures the high-fidelity targeting of premembrane and membrane proteins to the translocation site.
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- P Fekkes
- Department of Microbiology and Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, 9751 NN Haren, The Netherlands
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Fekkes P, de Wit JG, van der Wolk JP, Kimsey HH, Kumamoto CA, Driessen AJ. Preprotein transfer to the Escherichia coli translocase requires the co-operative binding of SecB and the signal sequence to SecA. Mol Microbiol 1998; 29:1179-90. [PMID: 9767586 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00997.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In Escherichia coli, precursor proteins are targeted to the membrane-bound translocase by the cytosolic chaperone SecB. SecB binds to the extreme carboxy-terminus of the SecA ATPase translocase subunit, and this interaction is promoted by preproteins. The mutant SecB proteins, L75Q and E77K, which interfere with preprotein translocation in vivo, are unable to stimulate in vitro translocation. Both mutants bind proOmpA but fail to support the SecA-dependent membrane binding of proOmpA because of a marked reduction in their binding affinities for SecA. The stimulatory effect of preproteins on the interaction between SecB and SecA exclusively involves the signal sequence domain of the preprotein, as it can be mimicked by a synthetic signal peptide and is not observed with a mutant preprotein (delta8proOmpA) bearing a non-functional signal sequence. Delta8proOmpA is not translocated across wild-type membranes, but the translocation defect is suppressed in inner membrane vesicles derived from a prIA4 strain. SecB reduces the translocation of delta8proOmpA into these vesicles and almost completely prevents translocation when, in addition, the SecB binding site on SecA is removed. These data demonstrate that efficient targeting of preproteins by SecB requires both a functional signal sequence and a SecB binding domain on SecA. It is concluded that the SecB-SecA interaction is needed to dissociate the mature preprotein domain from SecB and that binding of the signal sequence domain to SecA is required to ensure efficient transfer of the preprotein to the translocase.
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- P Fekkes
- Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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Ahn T, Kin H. Differential effect of precursor ribose binding protein of Escherichia coli and its signal peptide on the SecA penetration of lipid bilayer. J Biol Chem 1996; 271:12372-9. [PMID: 8647840 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.271.21.12372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Digestion of vesicle-bound SecA by trypsin entrapped within the vesicles showed that refolding precursor ribose-binding protein (pRBP) of Escherichia coli retards the lipid bilayer penetration by SecA while the signal peptide enhances it. This discrepancy was found to be due to reduced SecA binding to the vesicles in the presence of the pRBP while the signal peptide induced a tight binding. Studies on the binding of 1-anilino-8-naphthalene sulfonate (ANS) to SecA indicated that SecA assumes more closed conformation upon interaction with pRBP and signal peptide induces more open structure of SecA. Kinetic studies of ANS binding to SecA upon dilution of unfolded pRBP with SecA solution showed an initial fast ANS binding, which was followed by a slow release of ANS. This suggests that first the signal peptide portion of the pRBP binds with the SecA making its structure more open and then the subsequent binding of the mature domain makes the SecA structure more compact. The pRBP enhanced the digestion of SecA added to the E. coli inverted vesicles, suggesting an inhibition of SecA penetration while the signal peptide had an opposite effect, agreeing with the results from the model systems above. When the pRBP and ATP were present together, however, the penetration of SecA increased dramatically underlining the importance of the SecY/E complex for the membrane insertion of SecA.
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- T Ahn
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yusong-Gu, Taejon, Korea
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Biochemical analyses of components comprising the protein translocation machinery of Escherichia coli. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1995. [DOI: 10.1016/s1874-5172(06)80007-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Arkowitz RA, Bassilana M. Protein translocation in Escherichia coli. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1994; 1197:311-43. [PMID: 7819269 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4157(94)90012-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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- R A Arkowitz
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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Flower AM, Doebele RC, Silhavy TJ. PrlA and PrlG suppressors reduce the requirement for signal sequence recognition. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:5607-14. [PMID: 8083155 PMCID: PMC196762 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.18.5607-5614.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Selection for suppressors of defects in the signal sequence of secretory proteins has led most commonly to identification of prlA alleles and less often to identification of prlG alleles. These genes, secY/prlA and secE/prlG, encode integral membrane components of the protein translocation system of Escherichia coli. We demonstrate that an outer membrane protein, LamB, that lacks a signal sequence can be exported with reasonable efficiency in both prlA and prlG suppressor strains. Although the signal sequence is not absolutely required for export of LamB, the level of export in the absence of prl suppressor alleles is exceedingly low. Such strains are phenotypically LamB-, and functional LamB can be detected only by using sensitive infectious-center assays. Suppression of the LamB signal sequence deletion is dependent on normal components of the export pathway, indicating that suppression is not occurring through a bypass mechanism. Our results indicate that the majority of the known prlA suppressors function by an identical mechanism and, further, that the prlG suppressors work in a similar fashion. We propose that both PrlA and PrlG suppressors lack a proofreading activity that normally rejects defective precursors from the export pathway.
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- A M Flower
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544
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- M Müller
- Institut für Physikalische Biochemie, Universität München, Germany
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Strobel SM, Cannon JG, Bassford PJ. Regions of maltose-binding protein that influence SecB-dependent and SecA-dependent export in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:6988-95. [PMID: 8226642 PMCID: PMC206826 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.21.6988-6995.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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In Escherichia coli, the efficient export of maltose-binding protein (MBP) is dependent on the chaperone SecB, whereas export of ribose-binding protein (RBP) is SecB independent. To localize the regions of MBP involved in interaction with SecB, hybrids between MBP and RBP in SecB mutant cells were constructed and analyzed. One hybrid consisted of the signal peptide and first third of the mature moiety of MBP, followed by the C-terminal two-thirds of RBP (MBP-RBP112). This hybrid was dependent upon SecB for its efficient export and exhibited a strong export defect in secA mutant cells. A hybrid between RBP and MBP with the same fusion point was also constructed (RBP-MBP116). The RBP-MBP116 hybrid remained SecB independent and only exhibited a partial export defect in secA mutant cells. In addition, MBP species with specific alterations in the early mature region were less dependent on SecB for their efficient export. The export of these altered MBP species was also less affected in secA mutant cells and in cells treated with sodium azide. These results present additional evidence for the targeting role of SecB.
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- S M Strobel
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7290
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Wild J, Walter WA, Gross CA, Altman E. Accumulation of secretory protein precursors in Escherichia coli induces the heat shock response. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:3992-7. [PMID: 8320215 PMCID: PMC204827 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.13.3992-3997.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The accumulation of secretory protein precursors, caused either by mutations in secB or secA or by the overproduction of export-defective proteins, results in a two- to fivefold increase in the synthesis of heat shock proteins. In such strains, sigma 32, the alternative sigma factor responsible for transcription of the heat shock genes, is stabilized. The resultant increase in the level of sigma 32 leads to increased transcription of heat shock genes and increased synthesis of heat shock proteins. We have also found that although a secB null mutant does not grow on rich medium at a temperature range of 30 to 42 degrees C, it does grow at 44 degrees C. In addition, we found that a secB null mutant exhibits greater thermotolerance than the wild-type parental strain. Elevated levels of heat shock proteins, as well as some other non-heat shock proteins, may account for the partial heat resistance of a SecB-lacking strain.
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- J Wild
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706
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Kumamoto CA, Francetić O. Highly selective binding of nascent polypeptides by an Escherichia coli chaperone protein in vivo. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:2184-8. [PMID: 8468278 PMCID: PMC204502 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.8.2184-2188.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Chaperone proteins bind to newly synthesized polypeptides and assist in various assembly reactions. The Escherichia coli chaperone protein SecB binds precursors of exported proteins and assists in export. In vitro, SecB can bind to many unfolded proteins. In this report, we demonstrate that SecB binding in vivo is highly selective; the major polypeptides that are bound by SecB are nascent precursors of the exported proteins maltose-binding protein (MBP), LamB, OmpF, and OmpA. These results support the hypothesis that the primary physiological function of SecB is to stimulate protein export. By interacting with nascent polypeptides, SecB probably stimulates their cotranslational association with the membrane-bound protein translocation apparatus.
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- C A Kumamoto
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111
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Collier DN. SecB: a molecular chaperone of Escherichia coli protein secretion pathway. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY 1993; 44:151-93. [PMID: 8100379 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-3233(08)60567-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- D N Collier
- CR&D, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Delaware 19880
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Snyder WB, Silhavy TJ. Enhanced export of beta-galactosidase fusion proteins in prlF mutants is Lon dependent. J Bacteriol 1992; 174:5661-8. [PMID: 1512198 PMCID: PMC206513 DOI: 10.1128/jb.174.17.5661-5668.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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We have used fusions of the outer membrane protein LamB to beta-galactosidase (encoded by lacZ) to study the protein export process. This LamB-LacZ hybrid protein blocks export when synthesized at high levels, as evidenced by inducer (maltose) sensitivity, a phenomenon termed LacZ hybrid jamming. The prlF1 mutation relieves LacZ hybrid jamming and allows localization of the fusion protein to a noncytoplasmic compartment. prlF1 and similar alleles are gain-of-function mutations. Null mutations in this gene confer no obvious phenotypes. Extragenic suppressors of a gain-of-function prlF allele have been isolated in order to understand how this gene product affects the export process. The suppressors are all lon null mutations, and they are epistatic to all prlF phenotypes tested. Lon protease activity has been measured in prlF1 cells and shown to be increased. However, the synthesis of Lon is not increased in a prlF1 background, suggesting a previously unidentified mechanism of Lon activation. Further analysis reveals that prlF1 activates degradation of cytoplasmically localized precursors in a Lon protease-dependent manner. It is proposed that accumulation of precursors during conditions of hybrid protein jamming titrates an essential export component(s), possibly a chaperone. Increased Lon-dependent precursor degradation would free this component, thus allowing increased protein export under jamming conditions.
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- W B Snyder
- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, New Jersey 08544
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Haguenauer-Tsapis R. Protein-specific features of the general secretion pathway in yeast: the secretion of acid phosphatase. Mol Microbiol 1992; 6:573-9. [PMID: 1552857 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1992.tb01503.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The major phosphate-repressible acid phosphatase (APase) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a cell wall glycoprotein, has been extensively used as a reporter protein to analyse successive steps in the yeast secretory pathway. In contrast to other yeast secretory proteins, APase can still be translocated into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) even when it is made without its signal peptide. This property illustrates the permissiveness of targeting to the ER in yeast. Studies on APase-containing hybrid proteins have provided some of the evidence that specific soluble factors must interact with secretory proteins prior to their translocation across the ER membrane. A systematic analysis of mutations affecting the sequence of the APase signal peptide cleavage site demonstrated that cleavage occurs only when the last amino acid of the signal sequence is small and neutral. This was one of the first studies to verify the requirements for signal peptidase cleavage that had previously only been predicted from statistical analysis. Studies performed either with inhibitors of glycosylation or with mutant APases demonstrated the critical role of core glycosylation for APase folding, which is essential for efficient transport beyond the ER. Following the fate of particular modified APases along the secretory pathway provided insights into some general properties of the secretory apparatus and illustrated the specific requirements for a given protein during its intracellular traffic.
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Most secretory proteins are synthesized as precursors with an amino-terminal signal peptide. Genetic identification of proteins essential for signal peptide dependent translocation to the Escherichia coli periplasm has led to the biochemical dissection of the secretion pathway. Additional mechanisms exist in Gram-negative bacteria for protein secretion to the extracellular environment.
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- J M Gennity
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Piscataway
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Altman E, Emr SD, Kumamoto CA. The presence of both the signal sequence and a region of mature LamB protein is required for the interaction of LamB with the export factor SecB. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)44731-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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