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Zilkenat S, Kim E, Dietsche T, Monjarás Feria JV, Torres-Vargas CE, Mebrhatu MT, Wagner S. Blue Native PAGE Analysis of Bacterial Secretion Complexes. Methods Mol Biol 2024; 2715:331-362. [PMID: 37930539 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3445-5_22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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Bacterial protein secretion systems serve to translocate substrate proteins across up to three biological membranes, a task accomplished by hydrophobic, membrane-spanning macromolecular complexes. The overexpression, purification, and biochemical characterization of these complexes is often difficult, thus impeding progress in understading structure and function of these systems. Blue native (BN) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) allows for the investigation of these transmembrane complexes right from their originating membranes, without the need of long preparative steps, and is amenable to the parallel characterization of a number of samples under near-native conditions. Here, we present protocols for sample preparation, one-dimensional BN PAGE and two-dimensional BN/SDS PAGE, as well as for downstream analysis by staining, immunoblotting, and mass spectrometry on the example of the type III secretion system encoded on Salmonella pathogenicity island 1.
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- Susann Zilkenat
- Section of Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Section of Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Section of Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Section of Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Section of Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Section of Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Section of Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner-site Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
- Excellence Cluster "Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections" (CMFI), Tübingen, Germany.
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Cardiolipin is required in vivo for the stability of bacterial translocon and optimal membrane protein translocation and insertion. Sci Rep 2020; 10:6296. [PMID: 32286407 PMCID: PMC7156725 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-63280-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Translocation of preproteins across the Escherichia coli inner membrane requires anionic lipids by virtue of their negative head-group charge either in vivo or in situ. However, available results do not differentiate between the roles of monoanionic phosphatidylglycerol and dianionic cardiolipin (CL) in this essential membrane-related process. To define in vivo the molecular steps affected by the absence of CL in protein translocation and insertion, we analyzed translocon activity, SecYEG stability and its interaction with SecA in an E. coli mutant devoid of CL. Although no growth defects were observed, co- and post-translational translocation of α-helical proteins across inner membrane and the assembly of outer membrane β-barrel precursors were severely compromised in CL-lacking cells. Components of proton-motive force which could impair protein insertion into and translocation across the inner membrane, were unaffected. However, stability of the dimeric SecYEG complex and oligomerization properties of SecA were strongly compromised while the levels of individual SecYEG translocon components, SecA and insertase YidC were largely unaffected. These results demonstrate that CL is required in vivo for the stability of the bacterial translocon and its efficient function in co-translational insertion into and translocation across the inner membrane of E. coli.
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Collinson I. The Dynamic ATP-Driven Mechanism of Bacterial Protein Translocation and the Critical Role of Phospholipids. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1217. [PMID: 31275252 PMCID: PMC6594350 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Protein secretion from the cell cytoplasm to the outside is essential for life. Bacteria do so for a range of membrane associated and extracellular activities, including envelope biogenesis, surface adherence, pathogenicity, and degradation of noxious chemicals such as antibiotics. The major route for this process is via the ubiquitous Sec system, residing in the plasma membrane. Translocation across (secretion) or into (insertion) the membrane is driven through the translocon by the action of associated energy-transducing factors or translating ribosomes. This review seeks to summarize the recent advances in the dynamic mechanisms of protein transport and the critical role played by lipids in this process. The article will include an exploration of how lipids are actively involved in protein translocation and the consequences of these interactions for energy transduction from ATP hydrolysis and the trans-membrane proton-motive-force (PMF).
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- Ian Collinson
- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Carlson ML, Young JW, Zhao Z, Fabre L, Jun D, Li J, Li J, Dhupar HS, Wason I, Mills AT, Beatty JT, Klassen JS, Rouiller I, Duong F. The Peptidisc, a simple method for stabilizing membrane proteins in detergent-free solution. eLife 2018; 7:34085. [PMID: 30109849 PMCID: PMC6093710 DOI: 10.7554/elife.34085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Accepted: 05/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Membrane proteins are difficult to work with due to their insolubility in aqueous solution and quite often their poor stability in detergent micelles. Here, we present the peptidisc for their facile capture into water-soluble particles. Unlike the nanodisc, which requires scaffold proteins of different lengths and precise amounts of matching lipids, reconstitution of detergent solubilized proteins in peptidisc only requires a short amphipathic bi-helical peptide (NSPr) and no extra lipids. Multiple copies of the peptide wrap around to shield the membrane-exposed part of the target protein. We demonstrate the effectiveness of this ‘one size fits all’ method using five different membrane protein assemblies (MalFGK2, FhuA, SecYEG, OmpF, BRC) during ‘on-column’, ‘in-gel’, and ‘on-bead’ reconstitution embedded within the membrane protein purification protocol. The peptidisc method is rapid and cost-effective, and it may emerge as a universal tool for high-throughput stabilization of membrane proteins to advance modern biological studies. Surrounding every living cell is a biological membrane that is largely impermeable to water-soluble molecules. This hydrophobic (or “water-hating”) barrier preserves the contents of the cell and also regulates how the cell interacts with its environment. This latter function is critical and relies on a class of proteins that are embedded within the membrane and are also hydrophobic. The hydrophobic nature of membrane proteins is however inconvenient for biochemical studies which usually take place in water-based solutions. Therefore, membrane proteins are under-represented in biological research compared to the water-soluble ones, even though roughly one quarter of a cell’s proteins are membrane proteins. Researchers have developed a few tricks to keep membrane proteins soluble after they have been extracted from the membrane. An old but popular technique makes use of detergents, which are chemicals with opposing hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties (hydrophilic literally means “water-loving”). However, even mild detergents can damage membrane proteins and will sometimes lead to experimental artifacts. More recent tricks to stabilize membrane proteins without detergents have been described but remain laborious, costly or difficult to perform. To overcome these limitations, Carlson et al. developed a simple method to stabilize membrane proteins without detergent. Called the “peptidisc”, the method uses multiple copies of a unique peptide – a short sequence of the building blocks of protein – that had been redesigned to have optimal hydrophobic and hydrophilic properties. The idea was that the peptides would wrap around the hydrophobic parts of the membrane protein, and shield them from the watery solution. Indeed, when Carlson et al. mixed this peptide with five different membrane proteins from bacteria, all were perfectly soluble and functional without detergent. The ideal ratio of peptide needed to form a peptidisc around each membrane protein was reached automatically, without having to test many different conditions. This indicates that the peptidisc acts like a “one size fits all” scaffold. The peptidisc is a new tool that will allow more researchers, including those who are not expert biochemists, to study membrane proteins. This will yield a better understanding of the structure of a cell’s membrane and how it interacts with the environment. Since the approach is both simple and easy to apply, more membrane proteins can now also be included in high-throughput searches for potential new drugs for various medical conditions.
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- Michael Luke Carlson
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Glycomics Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
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- Glycomics Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Glycomics Centre and Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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Alignment of the protein substrate hairpin along the SecA two-helix finger primes protein transport in Escherichia coli. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:9343-9348. [PMID: 28798063 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1702201114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A conserved hairpin-like structure comprised of a signal peptide and early mature region initiates protein transport across the SecY or Sec61α channel in Bacteria or Archaea and Eukarya, respectively. When and how this initiator substrate hairpin forms remains a mystery. Here, we have used the bacterial SecA ATPase motor protein and SecYEG channel complex to address this question. Engineering of a functional miniprotein substrate onto the end of SecA allowed us to efficiently form ternary complexes with SecYEG for spectroscopic studies. Förster resonance energy transfer mapping of key residues within this ternary complex demonstrates that the protein substrate adopts a hairpin-like structure immediately adjacent to the SecA two-helix finger subdomain before channel entry. Comparison of ADP and ATP-γS-bound states shows that the signal peptide partially inserts into the SecY channel in the latter state. Our study defines a unique preinsertion intermediate state where the SecA two-helix finger appears to play a role in both templating the substrate hairpin at the channel entrance and promoting its subsequent ATP-dependent insertion.
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Zilkenat S, Dietsche T, Monjarás Feria JV, Torres-Vargas CE, Mebrhatu MT, Wagner S. Blue Native PAGE Analysis of Bacterial Secretion Complexes. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1615:321-351. [PMID: 28667624 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7033-9_26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Bacterial protein secretion systems serve to translocate substrate proteins across up to three biological membranes, a task accomplished by hydrophobic, membrane-spanning macromolecular complexes. The overexpression, purification, and biochemical characterization of these complexes is often difficult, impeding progress in understanding the structure and function of these systems. Blue native (BN) polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) allows for the investigation of these transmembrane complexes right from their originating membranes, without the need for long preparative steps, and is amenable to the parallel characterization of a number of samples under near-native conditions. Here we present protocols for sample preparation, one-dimensional BN PAGE and two-dimensional BN/sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-PAGE, as well as for downstream analysis by staining, immunoblotting, and mass spectrometry on the example of the type III secretion system encoded on Salmonella pathogenicity island 1.
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- Susann Zilkenat
- Section of Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Section of Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Section of Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Section of Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Section of Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Section of Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), University of Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner-site Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Str. 6, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
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Collinson I, Corey RA, Allen WJ. Channel crossing: how are proteins shipped across the bacterial plasma membrane? Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2016; 370:rstb.2015.0025. [PMID: 26370937 PMCID: PMC4632601 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The structure of the first protein-conducting channel was determined more than a decade ago. Today, we are still puzzled by the outstanding problem of protein translocation—the dynamic mechanism underlying the consignment of proteins across and into membranes. This review is an attempt to summarize and understand the energy transducing capabilities of protein-translocating machines, with emphasis on bacterial systems: how polypeptides make headway against the lipid bilayer and how the process is coupled to the free energy associated with ATP hydrolysis and the transmembrane protein motive force. In order to explore how cargo is driven across the membrane, the known structures of the protein-translocation machines are set out against the background of the historic literature, and in the light of experiments conducted in their wake. The paper will focus on the bacterial general secretory (Sec) pathway (SecY-complex), and its eukaryotic counterpart (Sec61-complex), which ferry proteins across the membrane in an unfolded state, as well as the unrelated Tat system that assembles bespoke channels for the export of folded proteins.
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- Ian Collinson
- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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Allen WJ, Corey RA, Oatley P, Sessions RB, Baldwin SA, Radford SE, Tuma R, Collinson I. Two-way communication between SecY and SecA suggests a Brownian ratchet mechanism for protein translocation. eLife 2016; 5. [PMID: 27183269 PMCID: PMC4907695 DOI: 10.7554/elife.15598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2016] [Accepted: 05/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The essential process of protein secretion is achieved by the ubiquitous Sec machinery. In prokaryotes, the drive for translocation comes from ATP hydrolysis by the cytosolic motor-protein SecA, in concert with the proton motive force (PMF). However, the mechanism through which ATP hydrolysis by SecA is coupled to directional movement through SecYEG is unclear. Here, we combine all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with single molecule FRET and biochemical assays. We show that ATP binding by SecA causes opening of the SecY-channel at long range, while substrates at the SecY-channel entrance feed back to regulate nucleotide exchange by SecA. This two-way communication suggests a new, unifying 'Brownian ratchet' mechanism, whereby ATP binding and hydrolysis bias the direction of polypeptide diffusion. The model represents a solution to the problem of transporting inherently variable substrates such as polypeptides, and may underlie mechanisms of other motors that translocate proteins and nucleic acids.
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.,School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.,School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.,School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.,School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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There is a consensus in the medical profession of the pressing need for novel antimicrobial agents due to issues related to drug resistance. In practice, solutions to this problem to a large degree lie with the identification of new and vital targets in bacteria and subsequently designing their inhibitors. We consider SecA a very promising antimicrobial target. In this review, we compile and analyze information available on SecA to show that inhibition of SecA has a multitude of consequences. Furthermore, we discuss issues critical to the design and evaluation of SecA inhibitors.
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Zheng Z, Blum A, Banerjee T, Wang Q, Dantis V, Oliver D. Determination of the Oligomeric State of SecYEG Protein Secretion Channel Complex Using in Vivo Photo- and Disulfide Cross-linking. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:5997-6010. [PMID: 26747607 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.694844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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SecYEG protein of bacteria or Sec61αβγ of eukaryotes is a universally conserved heterotrimeric protein channel complex that accommodates the partitioning of membrane proteins into the lipid bilayer as well as the secretion of proteins to the trans side of the plasma or endoplasmic reticular membrane, respectively. SecYEG function is facilitated by cytosolic partners, mainly a nascent chain-ribosome complex or the SecA ATPase motor protein. Extensive efforts utilizing both biochemical and biophysical approaches have been made to determine whether SecYEG functions as a monomer or a dimer, but such approaches have often generated conflicting results. Here we have employed site-specific in vivo photo-cross-linking or cysteine cross-linking, along with co-immunoprecipitation or SecA footprinting techniques to readdress this issue. Our findings show that the SecY dimer to monomer ratio is relatively constant regardless of whether translocons are actively engaged with protein substrate or not. Under the former conditions the SecY dimer can be captured associated with a translocon-jammed substrate, indicative of SecY dimer function. Furthermore, SecA ATPase can be cross-linked to two copies of SecY when the complex contains a translocation intermediate. Collectively, our results suggest that SecYEG dimers are functional units of the translocon.
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- Zeliang Zheng
- From the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459
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- From the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459
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- From the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459
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- From the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459
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- From the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459
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- From the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459.
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Cléon F, Habersetzer J, Alcock F, Kneuper H, Stansfeld PJ, Basit H, Wallace MI, Berks BC, Palmer T. The TatC component of the twin-arginine protein translocase functions as an obligate oligomer. Mol Microbiol 2015; 98:111-29. [PMID: 26112072 PMCID: PMC5102672 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The Tat protein export system translocates folded proteins across the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane and the plant thylakoid membrane. The Tat system in Escherichia coli is composed of TatA, TatB and TatC proteins. TatB and TatC form an oligomeric, multivalent receptor complex that binds Tat substrates, while multiple protomers of TatA assemble at substrate‐bound TatBC receptors to facilitate substrate transport. We have addressed whether oligomerisation of TatC is an absolute requirement for operation of the Tat pathway by screening for dominant negative alleles of tatC that inactivate Tat function in the presence of wild‐type tatC. Single substitutions that confer dominant negative TatC activity were localised to the periplasmic cap region. The variant TatC proteins retained the ability to interact with TatB and with a Tat substrate but were unable to support the in vivo assembly of TatA complexes. Blue‐native PAGE analysis showed that the variant TatC proteins produced smaller TatBC complexes than the wild‐type TatC protein. The substitutions did not alter disulphide crosslinking to neighbouring TatC molecules from positions in the periplasmic cap but abolished a substrate‐induced disulphide crosslink in transmembrane helix 5 of TatC. Our findings show that TatC functions as an obligate oligomer.
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- François Cléon
- Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 5EH, UK
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Komar J, Botte M, Collinson I, Schaffitzel C, Berger I. ACEMBLing a multiprotein transmembrane complex: the functional SecYEG-SecDF-YajC-YidC Holotranslocon protein secretase/insertase. Methods Enzymol 2015; 556:23-49. [PMID: 25857776 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2014.12.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Membrane proteins constitute about one third of the proteome. The ubiquitous Sec machinery facilitates protein movement across or integration of proteins into the cytoplasmic membrane. In Escherichia coli post- and co-translational targeting pathways converge at the protein-conducting channel, consisting of a central pore, SecYEG, which can recruit accessory domains SecDF-YajC and YidC, to form the holotranslocon (HTL) supercomplex. Detailed analysis of HTL function and architecture remained elusive until recently, largely due to the lack of a purified, recombinant complex. ACEMBL is an advanced DNA recombineering-based expression vector system we developed for producing challenging multiprotein complexes. ACEMBL affords the means to combine multiple expression elements including promoter DNAs, tags, genes of interest, and terminators in a combinatorial manner until optimal multigene expression plasmids are constructed that yield correctly assembled, homogenous, and active multiprotein complex specimens. We utilized ACEMBL for recombinant HTL overproduction. We developed protocols for detergent solubilizing and purifying the HTL. Highly purified complex was then used to reveal HTL function and the interactions between its constituents. HTL activity in protein secretion and membrane protein insertion was analyzed in both the presence and absence of the proton-motive force. Setting up ACEMBL for the assembly of multigene expression constructs that achieve high yields of functional multisubunit membrane protein complex is straightforward. Here, we used ACEMBL for obtaining active HTL supercomplex in high quality and quantity. The concept can likewise be applied to obtain many other assemblies of similar complexity, by overexpression in prokaryotic, and also eukaryotic hosts.
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- Joanna Komar
- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble, France; Unit for Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University of Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, Unité mixte de Recherche, Grenoble, France
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble, France; Unit for Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University of Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, Unité mixte de Recherche, Grenoble, France
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- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble, France; Unit for Virus Host-Cell Interactions, University of Grenoble Alpes-EMBL-CNRS, Unité mixte de Recherche, Grenoble, France.
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Ramsey ME, Hackett KT, Bender T, Kotha C, van der Does C, Dillard JP. TraK and TraB are conserved outer membrane proteins of the Neisseria gonorrhoeae Type IV secretion system and are expressed at low levels in wild-type cells. J Bacteriol 2014; 196:2954-68. [PMID: 24914183 PMCID: PMC4135638 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01825-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2014] [Accepted: 06/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae uses a type IV secretion system (T4SS) to secrete chromosomal DNA into the medium, and this DNA is effective in transforming other gonococci via natural transformation. In addition, the T4SS is important in the initial stages of biofilm development and mediates intracellular iron uptake in the absence of TonB. To better understand the mechanism of type IV secretion in N. gonorrhoeae, we examined the expression levels and localization of two predicted T4SS outer membrane proteins, TraK and TraB, in the wild-type strain as well as in overexpression strains and in a strain lacking all of the T4SS proteins. Despite very low sequence similarity to known homologues, TraB (VirB10 homolog) and TraK (VirB9 homolog) localized similarly to related proteins in other systems. Additionally, we found that TraV (a VirB7 homolog) interacts with TraK, as in other T4SSs. However, unlike in other systems, neither TraK nor TraB required the presence of other T4SS components for proper localization. Unlike other gonococcal T4SS proteins we have investigated, protein levels of the outer membrane proteins TraK and TraB were extremely low in wild-type cells and were undetectable by Western blotting unless overexpressed or tagged with a FLAG3 triple-epitope tag. Localization of TraK-FLAG3 in otherwise wild-type cells using immunogold electron microscopy of thin sections revealed a single gold particle on some cells. These results suggest that the gonococcal T4SS may be present in single copy per cell and that small amounts of T4SS proteins TraK and TraB are sufficient for DNA secretion.
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- Meghan E Ramsey
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Membrane protein insertion and proton-motive-force-dependent secretion through the bacterial holo-translocon SecYEG-SecDF-YajC-YidC. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:4844-9. [PMID: 24550475 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1315901111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The SecY/61 complex forms the protein-channel component of the ubiquitous protein secretion and membrane protein insertion apparatus. The bacterial version SecYEG interacts with the highly conserved YidC and SecDF-YajC subcomplex, which facilitates translocation into and across the membrane. Together, they form the holo-translocon (HTL), which we have successfully overexpressed and purified. In contrast to the homo-dimeric SecYEG, the HTL is a hetero-dimer composed of single copies of SecYEG and SecDF-YajC-YidC. The activities of the HTL differ from the archetypal SecYEG complex. It is more effective in cotranslational insertion of membrane proteins and the posttranslational secretion of a β-barreled outer-membrane protein driven by SecA and ATP becomes much more dependent on the proton-motive force. The activity of the translocating copy of SecYEG may therefore be modulated by association with different accessory subcomplexes: SecYEG (forming SecYEG dimers) or SecDF-YajC-YidC (forming the HTL). This versatility may provide a means to refine the secretion and insertion capabilities according to the substrate. A similar modularity may also be exploited for the translocation or insertion of a wide range of substrates across and into the endoplasmic reticular and mitochondrial membranes of eukaryotes.
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Taufik I, Kedrov A, Exterkate M, Driessen AJ. Monitoring the Activity of Single Translocons. J Mol Biol 2013; 425:4145-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2013] [Revised: 08/12/2013] [Accepted: 08/14/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Kedrov A, Kusters I, Driessen AJM. Single-Molecule Studies of Bacterial Protein Translocation. Biochemistry 2013; 52:6740-54. [DOI: 10.1021/bi400913x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Alexej Kedrov
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Groningen
Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747
AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Groningen
Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747
AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Groningen
Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747
AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Hizlan D, Robson A, Whitehouse S, Gold VA, Vonck J, Mills D, Kühlbrandt W, Collinson I. Structure of the SecY complex unlocked by a preprotein mimic. Cell Rep 2013; 1:21-8. [PMID: 22576621 PMCID: PMC3333808 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2011.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2011] [Revised: 10/06/2011] [Accepted: 11/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The Sec complex forms the core of a conserved machinery coordinating the passage of proteins across or into biological membranes. The bacterial complex SecYEG interacts with the ATPase SecA or translating ribosomes to translocate secretory and membrane proteins accordingly. A truncated preprotein competes with the physiological full-length substrate and primes the protein-channel complex for transport. We have employed electron cryomicroscopy of two-dimensional crystals to determine the structure of the complex unlocked by the preprotein. Its visualization in the native environment of the membrane preserves the active arrangement of SecYEG dimers, in which only one of the two channels is occupied by the polypeptide substrate. The signal sequence could be identified along with the corresponding conformational changes in SecY, including relocation of transmembrane segments 2b and 7 as well as the plug, which presumably then promote channel opening. Therefore, we propose that the structure describes the translocon unlocked by preprotein and poised for protein translocation.
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- Dilem Hizlan
- Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Department of Structural Biology, Max-von-Laue-Straße 3, D-60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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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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Sanganna Gari RR, Frey NC, Mao C, Randall LL, King GM. Dynamic structure of the translocon SecYEG in membrane: direct single molecule observations. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:16848-16854. [PMID: 23609442 PMCID: PMC3675617 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.471870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2013] [Revised: 04/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Purified SecYEG was reconstituted into liposomes and studied in near-native conditions using atomic force microscopy. These SecYEG proteoliposomes were active in translocation assays. Changes in the structure of SecYEG as a function of time were directly visualized. The dynamics observed were significant in magnitude (∼1-10 Å) and were attributed to the two large loops of SecY linking transmembrane helices 6-7 and 8-9. In addition, we identified a distribution between monomers and dimers of SecYEG as well as a smaller population of higher order oligomers. This work provides a new vista of the flexible and dynamic structure of SecYEG, an intricate and vital membrane protein.
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- Departments of Physics and Astronomy, Columbia, Missouri 65211
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- Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211
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- Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211
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- Departments of Physics and Astronomy, Columbia, Missouri 65211; Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211.
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Solov'eva TF, Novikova OD, Portnyagina OY. Biogenesis of β-barrel integral proteins of bacterial outer membrane. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2013; 77:1221-36. [PMID: 23240560 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297912110016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Gram-negative bacteria are enveloped by two membranes, the inner (cytoplasmic) (CM) and the outer (OM). The majority of integral outer membrane proteins are arranged in β-barrels of cylindrical shape composed of amphipathic antiparallel β-strands. In bacteria, β-barrel proteins function as water-filled pores, active transporters, enzymes, receptors, and structural proteins. Proteins of bacterial OM are synthesized in the cytoplasm as unfolded polypeptides with an N-terminal sequence that marks them for transport across the CM. Precursors of membrane proteins move through the aqueous medium of the cytosol and periplasm under the protection of chaperones (SecB, Skp, SurA, and DegP), then cross the CM via the Sec system composed of a polypeptide-conducting channel (SecYEG) and ATPase (SecA), the latter providing the energy for the translocation of the pre-protein. Pre-protein folding and incorporation in the OM require the participation of the Bam-complex, probably without the use of energy. This review summarizes current data on the biogenesis of the β-barrel proteins of bacterial OM. Data on the structure of the proteins included in the multicomponent system for delivery of the OM proteins to their destination in the cell and on their complexes with partners, including pre-proteins, are presented. Molecular models constructed on the basis of structural, genetic, and biochemical studies that describe the mechanisms of β-barrel protein assembly by this molecular transport machinery are also considered.
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- T F Solov'eva
- Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia.
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Whitehouse S, Gold VAM, Robson A, Allen WJ, Sessions RB, Collinson I. Mobility of the SecA 2-helix-finger is not essential for polypeptide translocation via the SecYEG complex. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 199:919-29. [PMID: 23209305 PMCID: PMC3518217 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201205191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Polypeptide translocation in bacteria, once underway, requires only one copy each of SecA and SecYEG and does not require the mobility of the SecA 2-helix-finger. The bacterial ATPase SecA and protein channel complex SecYEG form the core of an essential protein translocation machinery. The nature of the conformational changes induced by each stage of the hydrolytic cycle of ATP and how they are coupled to protein translocation are not well understood. The structure of the SecA–SecYEG complex revealed a 2-helix-finger (2HF) of SecA in an ideal position to contact the substrate protein and push it through the membrane. Surprisingly, immobilization of this finger at the edge of the protein channel had no effect on translocation, whereas its imposition inside the channel blocked transport. This analysis resolves the stoichiometry of the active complex, demonstrating that after the initiation process translocation requires only one copy each of SecA and SecYEG. The results also have important implications on the mechanism of energy transduction and the power stroke driving transport. Evidently, the 2HF is not a highly mobile transducing element of polypeptide translocation.
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- Sarah Whitehouse
- School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, England, UK
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Lasserre JP, Ménard A. Two-dimensional blue native/SDS gel electrophoresis of multiprotein complexes. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 869:317-37. [PMID: 22585498 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-821-4_27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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The two-dimensional blue native/sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D BN/SDS-PAGE) is a method of choice for the investigation of protein complexes. This highly resolvent separation method is unique in that it facilitates the identification of many protein complexes simultaneously. Because of its simplicity and suitability, the 2D BN/SDS-PAGE can be now applied to a wide range of organisms, including bacteria, viruses, yeasts, animals, and plants. Moreover, recent modifications have made it possible to apply this method to the study of whole protein complexes of an organism. Here, we propose protocols for the investigation of the whole complexome of bacteria as well as eukaryotic cells.
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- Jean Paul Lasserre
- Laboratoire de Bactériologie, INSERM U853, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux Cedex, France
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Park E, Rapoport TA. Bacterial protein translocation requires only one copy of the SecY complex in vivo. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 198:881-93. [PMID: 22927464 PMCID: PMC3432775 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201205140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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In vivo probing of the oligomeric state of SecY during co- and post-translational translocation reveals that oligomerization is not required for this process. The transport of proteins across the plasma membrane in bacteria requires a channel formed from the SecY complex, which cooperates with either a translating ribosome in cotranslational translocation or the SecA ATPase in post-translational translocation. Whether translocation requires oligomers of the SecY complex is an important but controversial issue: it determines channel size, how the permeation of small molecules is prevented, and how the channel interacts with the ribosome and SecA. Here, we probe in vivo the oligomeric state of SecY by cross-linking, using defined co- and post-translational translocation intermediates in intact Escherichia coli cells. We show that nontranslocating SecY associated transiently through different interaction surfaces with other SecY molecules inside the membrane. These interactions were significantly reduced when a translocating polypeptide inserted into the SecY channel co- or post-translationally. Mutations that abolish the interaction between SecY molecules still supported viability of E. coli. These results show that a single SecY molecule is sufficient for protein translocation.
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- Eunyong Park
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Two copies of the SecY channel and acidic lipids are necessary to activate the SecA translocation ATPase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:4104-9. [PMID: 22378651 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1117783109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The SecA ATPase associates with the SecY complex to push preproteins across the bacterial membrane. Because a single SecY is sufficient to create the conducting channel, the function of SecY oligomerization remains unclear. Here, we have analyzed the translocation reaction using nanodiscs. We show that one SecY copy is sufficient to bind SecA and the preprotein, but only the SecY dimer together with acidic lipids supports the activation of the SecA translocation ATPase. In discs, the dimer is predominantly arranged in a back-to-back manner and remains active even if a constituent SecY copy is defective for SecA binding. In membrane vesicles and in intact cells, the coproduction of two inactive SecYs, one for channel gating and the other for SecA binding, recreates a functional translocation unit. These results indisputably argue that the SecY dimer is crucial for the activation of SecA, which is necessary for preprotein transport.
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Bonardi F, Nouwen N, Feringa BL, Driessen AJM. Protein conducting channels—mechanisms, structures and applications. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2012; 8:709-19. [DOI: 10.1039/c2mb05433g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The Sec61 or SecY channel, a universally conserved protein-conducting channel, translocates proteins across and integrates proteins into the eukaryotic endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane and the prokaryotic plasma membrane. Depending on channel-binding partners, polypeptides are moved by different mechanisms. In cotranslational translocation, the ribosome feeds the polypeptide chain directly into the channel. In posttranslational translocation, a ratcheting mechanism is used by the ER-lumenal chaperone BiP in eukaryotes, and a pushing mechanism is utilized by the SecA ATPase in bacteria. In prokaryotes, posttranslational translocation is facilitated through the function of the SecD/F protein. Recent structural and biochemical data show how the channel opens during translocation, translocates soluble proteins, releases hydrophobic segments of membrane proteins into the lipid phase, and maintains the barrier for small molecules.
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- Eunyong Park
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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A single copy of SecYEG is sufficient for preprotein translocation. EMBO J 2011; 30:4387-97. [PMID: 21897368 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2011] [Accepted: 07/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The heterotrimeric SecYEG complex comprises a protein-conducting channel in the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane. SecYEG functions together with the motor protein SecA in preprotein translocation. Here, we have addressed the functional oligomeric state of SecYEG when actively engaged in preprotein translocation. We reconstituted functional SecYEG complexes labelled with fluorescent markers into giant unilamellar vesicles at a natively low density. Förster's resonance energy transfer and fluorescence (cross-) correlation spectroscopy with single-molecule sensitivity allowed for independent observations of the SecYEG and preprotein dynamics, as well as complex formation. In the presence of ATP and SecA up to 80% of the SecYEG complexes were loaded with a preprotein translocation intermediate. Neither the interaction with SecA nor preprotein translocation resulted in the formation of SecYEG oligomers, whereas such oligomers can be detected when enforced by crosslinking. These data imply that the SecYEG monomer is sufficient to form a functional translocon in the lipid membrane.
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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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- Christine L. Hagan
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544;
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; ,
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Quaternary structure of SecA in solution and bound to SecYEG probed at the single molecule level. Structure 2011; 19:430-9. [PMID: 21397193 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2010.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2010] [Revised: 12/17/2010] [Accepted: 12/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Dual-color fluorescence-burst analysis (DCFBA) was applied to measure the quaternary structure and high-affinity binding of the bacterial motor protein SecA to the protein-conducting channel SecYEG reconstituted into lipid vesicles. DCFBA is an equilibrium technique that enables the direct observation and quantification of protein-protein interactions at the single molecule level. SecA binds to SecYEG as a dimer with a nucleotide- and preprotein-dependent dissociation constant. One of the SecA protomers binds SecYEG in a salt-resistant manner, whereas binding of the second protomer is salt sensitive. Because protein translocation is salt sensitive, we conclude that the dimeric state of SecA is required for protein translocation. A structural model for the dimeric assembly of SecA while bound to SecYEG is proposed based on the crystal structures of the Thermotoga maritima SecA-SecYEG and the Escherichia coli SecA dimer.
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SecA, a remarkable nanomachine. Cell Mol Life Sci 2011; 68:2053-66. [PMID: 21479870 PMCID: PMC3101351 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-011-0681-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2011] [Revised: 03/22/2011] [Accepted: 03/28/2011] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Biological cells harbor a variety of molecular machines that carry out mechanical work at the nanoscale. One of these nanomachines is the bacterial motor protein SecA which translocates secretory proteins through the protein-conducting membrane channel SecYEG. SecA converts chemically stored energy in the form of ATP into a mechanical force to drive polypeptide transport through SecYEG and across the cytoplasmic membrane. In order to accommodate a translocating polypeptide chain and to release transmembrane segments of membrane proteins into the lipid bilayer, SecYEG needs to open its central channel and the lateral gate. Recent crystal structures provide a detailed insight into the rearrangements required for channel opening. Here, we review our current understanding of the mode of operation of the SecA motor protein in concert with the dynamic SecYEG channel. We conclude with a new model for SecA-mediated protein translocation that unifies previous conflicting data.
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Dresler J, Klimentova J, Stulik J. Bacterial protein complexes investigation using blue native PAGE. Microbiol Res 2011; 166:47-62. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2010.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2009] [Revised: 01/05/2010] [Accepted: 01/14/2010] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Tang Y, Pan X, Tai PC, Sui S. Electron microscopic visualization of asymmetric precursor translocation intermediates: SecA functions as a dimer. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2010; 53:1049-56. [PMID: 21104364 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-010-4061-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2010] [Accepted: 07/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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SecA, the ATPase of Sec translocase, mediates the post-translational translocation of preprotein through the protein-conducting channel SecYEG in the bacterial inner membrane. Here we report the structures of Escherichia coli Sec intermediates during preprotein translocation as visualized by electron microscopy to probe the oligomeric states of SecA during this process. We found that the translocase holoenzyme is symmetrically assembled by SecA and SecYEG on proteoliposomes, whereas the translocation intermediate 31 (I(31)) becomes asymmetric because of the presence of preprotein. Moreover, SecA is a dimer in these two translocation complexes. This work also shows surface topological changes in the components of translocation intermediates by immunogold labeling. The channel entry for preprotein translocation was found at the center of the I(31) structures. Our results indicate that the presence of preprotein introduces asymmetry into translocation intermediates, while SecA remains dimeric during the translocation process.
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- Ying Tang
- State-Key Laboratory of Biomembrane and Membrane Biotechnology, Center for Structural Biology, School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Deville K, Gold VAM, Robson A, Whitehouse S, Sessions RB, Baldwin SA, Radford SE, Collinson I. The oligomeric state and arrangement of the active bacterial translocon. J Biol Chem 2010; 286:4659-69. [PMID: 21056980 PMCID: PMC3039378 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.175638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Protein secretion in bacteria is driven through the ubiquitous SecYEG complex by the ATPase SecA. The structure of SecYEG alone or as a complex with SecA in detergent reveal a monomeric heterotrimer enclosing a central protein channel, yet in membranes it is dimeric. We have addressed the functional significance of the oligomeric status of SecYEG in protein translocation using single molecule and ensemble methods. The results show that while monomers are sufficient for the SecA- and ATP-dependent association of SecYEG with pre-protein, active transport requires SecYEG dimers arranged in the back-to-back conformation. Molecular modeling of this dimeric structure, in conjunction with the new functional data, provides a rationale for the presence of both active and passive copies of SecYEG in the functional translocon.
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- Karine Deville
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, United Kingdom
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du Plessis DJF, Nouwen N, Driessen AJM. The Sec translocase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2010; 1808:851-65. [PMID: 20801097 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 195] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2010] [Revised: 08/19/2010] [Accepted: 08/20/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The vast majority of proteins trafficking across or into the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane occur via the translocon. The translocon consists of the SecYEG complex that forms an evolutionarily conserved heterotrimeric protein-conducting membrane channel that functions in conjunction with a variety of ancillary proteins. For posttranslational protein translocation, the translocon interacts with the cytosolic motor protein SecA that drives the ATP-dependent stepwise translocation of unfolded polypeptides across the membrane. For the cotranslational integration of membrane proteins, the translocon interacts with ribosome-nascent chain complexes and membrane insertion is coupled to polypeptide chain elongation at the ribosome. These processes are assisted by the YidC and SecDF(yajC) complex that transiently interacts with the translocon. This review summarizes our current understanding of the structure-function relationship of the translocon and its interactions with ancillary components during protein translocation and membrane protein insertion. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Protein translocation across or insertion into membranes.
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- David J F du Plessis
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, 9751NN Haren, The Netherlands
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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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Cardiolipin is an ever-present component of the energy-conserving inner membranes of bacteria and mitochondria. Its modulation of the structure and dynamism of the bilayer impacts on the activity of their resident proteins, as a number of studies have shown. Here we analyze the consequences cardiolipin has on the conformation, activity, and localization of the protein translocation machinery. Cardiolipin tightly associates with the SecYEG protein channel complex, whereupon it stabilizes the dimer, creates a high-affinity binding surface for the SecA ATPase, and stimulates ATP hydrolysis. In addition to the effects on the structure and function, the subcellular distribution of the complex is modified by the cardiolipin content of the membrane. Together, the results provide rare and comprehensive insights into the action of a phospholipid on an essential transport complex, which appears to be relevant to a broad range of energy-dependent reactions occurring at membranes.
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Kohler R, Boehringer D, Greber B, Bingel-Erlenmeyer R, Collinson I, Schaffitzel C, Ban N. YidC and Oxa1 form dimeric insertion pores on the translating ribosome. Mol Cell 2009; 34:344-53. [PMID: 19450532 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2009] [Revised: 03/09/2009] [Accepted: 04/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The YidC/Oxa1/Alb3 family of membrane proteins facilitates the insertion and assembly of membrane proteins in bacteria, mitochondria, and chloroplasts. Here we present the structures of both Escherichia coli YidC and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Oxa1 bound to E. coli ribosome nascent chain complexes determined by cryo-electron microscopy. Dimers of YidC and Oxa1 are localized above the exit of the ribosomal tunnel. Crosslinking experiments show that the ribosome specifically stabilizes the dimeric state. Functionally important and conserved transmembrane helices of YidC and Oxa1 were localized at the dimer interface by cysteine crosslinking. Both Oxa1 and YidC dimers contact the ribosome at ribosomal protein L23 and conserved rRNA helices 59 and 24, similarly to what was observed for the nonhomologous SecYEG translocon. We suggest that dimers of the YidC and Oxa1 proteins form insertion pores and share a common overall architecture with the SecY monomer.
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- Rebecca Kohler
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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Mandon EC, Trueman SF, Gilmore R. Translocation of proteins through the Sec61 and SecYEG channels. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2009; 21:501-7. [PMID: 19450960 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2009.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2009] [Revised: 04/15/2009] [Accepted: 04/16/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The Sec61 and SecYEG translocation channels mediate the selective transport of proteins across the endoplasmic reticulum and bacterial inner membrane, respectively. These channels are also responsible for the integration of membrane proteins. To accomplish these two critical events in protein expression, the transport channels undergo conformational changes to permit the export of lumenal domains and the integration of transmembrane spans. Novel insight into how these channels open during protein translocation has been provided by a combination of the analysis of new channel structures, biochemical characterization of translocation intermediates, molecular dynamics simulations, and in vivo and in vitro analysis of structure-based Sec61 and SecY mutants.
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- Elisabet C Mandon
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
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Raunser S, Mathai JC, Abeyrathne PD, Rice AJ, Zeidel ML, Walz T. Oligomeric structure and functional characterization of the urea transporter from Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. J Mol Biol 2009; 387:619-27. [PMID: 19361419 PMCID: PMC2682783 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2008] [Revised: 01/28/2009] [Accepted: 02/02/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Urea transporters (UTs) facilitate urea permeation across cell membranes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Bacteria use urea as a means to survive in acidic environments and/or as a nitrogen source. The UT from Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, ApUT, the pathogen that causes porcine pleurisy and pneumonia, was expressed in Escherichia coli and purified. Analysis of the recombinant protein using cross-linking and blue-native gel electrophoresis established that ApUT is a dimer in detergent solution. Purified protein was reconstituted into proteoliposomes and urea efflux was measured by stopped-flow fluorometry to determine the urea transport kinetics of ApUT. The measured urea flux was saturable, could be inhibited by phloretin, and was not affected by pH. Two-dimensional crystals of the biologically active ApUT show that it is also dimeric in a lipid membrane and provide the first structural information on a member of the UT family.
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- Stefan Raunser
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Dalal K, Nguyen N, Alami M, Tan J, Moraes TF, Lee WC, Maurus R, Sligar SS, Brayer GD, Duong F. Structure, binding, and activity of Syd, a SecY-interacting protein. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:7897-902. [PMID: 19139097 PMCID: PMC2658082 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m808305200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2008] [Revised: 12/19/2008] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The Syd protein has been implicated in the Sec-dependent transport of polypeptides across the bacterial inner membrane. Using Nanodiscs, we here provide direct evidence that Syd binds the SecY complex, and we demonstrate that interaction involves the two electropositive and cytosolic loops of the SecY subunit. We solve the crystal structure of Syd and together with cysteine cross-link analysis, we show that a conserved concave and electronegative groove constitutes the SecY-binding site. At the membrane, Syd decreases the activity of the translocon containing loosely associated SecY-SecE subunits, whereas in detergent solution Syd disrupts the SecYEG heterotrimeric associations. These results support the role of Syd in proofreading the SecY complex biogenesis and point to the electrostatic nature of the Sec channel interaction with its cytosolic partners.
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- Kush Dalal
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T1Z3, Canada
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Boy D, Koch HG. Visualization of distinct entities of the SecYEG translocon during translocation and integration of bacterial proteins. Mol Biol Cell 2009; 20:1804-15. [PMID: 19158385 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e08-08-0886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The universally conserved SecYEG/Sec61 translocon constitutes the major protein-conducting channel in the cytoplasmic membrane of bacteria and the endoplasmic reticulum membrane of eukaryotes. It is engaged in both translocating secretory proteins across the membrane as well as in integrating membrane proteins into the lipid phase of the membrane. In the current study we have detected distinct SecYEG translocon complexes in native Escherichia coli membranes. Blue-Native-PAGE revealed the presence of a 200-kDa SecYEG complex in resting membranes. When the SecA-dependent secretory protein pOmpA was trapped inside the SecYEG channel, a smaller SecY-containing complex of approximately 140-kDa was observed, which probably corresponds to a monomeric SecYEG-substrate complex. Trapping the SRP-dependent polytopic membrane protein mannitol permease in the SecYEG translocon, resulted in two complexes of 250 and 600 kDa, each containing both SecY and the translocon-associated membrane protein YidC. The appearance of both complexes was correlated with the number of transmembrane domains that were exposed during targeting of mannitol permease to the membrane. These results suggest that the assembly or the stability of the bacterial SecYEG translocon is influenced by the substrate that needs to be transported.
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- Diana Boy
- Institut für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie, ZBMZ, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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A single Sec61-complex functions as a protein-conducting channel. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2008; 1783:2375-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2008] [Revised: 08/06/2008] [Accepted: 08/06/2008] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Karamanou S, Bariami V, Papanikou E, Kalodimos CG, Economou A. Assembly of the translocase motor onto the preprotein-conducting channel. Mol Microbiol 2008; 70:311-22. [PMID: 18761620 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06402.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Bacterial protein secretion is catalysed by the SecYEG protein-conducting channel complexed with the SecA ATPase motor. To gain insight into the SecA-SecYEG interaction we used peptide arrays, thermodynamic quantification, mutagenesis and functional assays. Our data reveal that: (i) SecA binds with low affinity on several, peripheral, exposed SecYEG sites. This largely electrostatic association is modulated by temperature and nucleotides. (ii) Binding sites cluster in five major binding 'regions': three that are exclusively cytoplasmic and two that reach the periplasm. (iii) Both the N-terminal and c-terminal regions of SecA participate in binding interactions and share some sites. (iv) Several of these sites are essential for translocase catalysis. Our data provide residue-level dissection of the SecYEG-SecA interaction. Two models of assembly of SecA on dimeric SecYEG are discussed.
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- Spyridoula Karamanou
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology-FoRTH, PO Box 1385, Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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Structure of the oligosaccharyl transferase complex at 12 A resolution. Structure 2008; 16:432-40. [PMID: 18334218 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2007.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2007] [Revised: 11/30/2007] [Accepted: 12/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Oligosaccharyl transferase (OT) catalyzes the transfer of a lipid-linked oligosaccharide to the nascent polypeptide emerging from the translocon. Currently, there is no structural information on the membrane-embedded OT complex, which consists of eight different polypeptide chains. We report a 12 A resolution cryo-electron microscopy structure of OT from yeast. We mapped the locations of four essential OT subunits through a maltose-binding protein fusion strategy. OT was found to have a large domain in the lumenal side of endoplasmic reticulum where the catalysis occurs. The lumenal domain mainly comprises the catalytic Stt3p, the donor substrate-recognizing Wbp1p, and the acceptor substrate-recognizing Ost1p. A prominent groove was observed between these subunits, and we propose that the nascent polypeptide from the translocon threads through this groove while being scanned by the Ost1p subunit for the presence of the glycosylation sequon.
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Feldman AR, Shapova YA, Wu SS, Oliver DC, Heller M, McIntosh LP, Scott JK, Paetzel M. Phage Display and Crystallographic Analysis Reveals Potential Substrate/Binding Site Interactions in the Protein Secretion Chaperone CsaA from Agrobacterium tumefaciens. J Mol Biol 2008; 379:457-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.03.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2007] [Revised: 03/15/2008] [Accepted: 03/20/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- Arnold J.M. Driessen
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, 9751 NN, Haren, The Netherlands; ,
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute and the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, 9751 NN, Haren, The Netherlands; ,
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Effects of SecE depletion on the inner and outer membrane proteomes of Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:3505-25. [PMID: 18296516 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01631-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Sec translocon is a protein-conducting channel that allows polypeptides to be transferred across or integrated into a membrane. Although protein translocation and insertion in Escherichia coli have been studied using only a small set of specific model substrates, it is generally assumed that most secretory proteins and inner membrane proteins use the Sec translocon. Therefore, we have studied the role of the Sec translocon using subproteome analysis of cells depleted of the essential translocon component SecE. The steady-state proteomes and the proteome dynamics were evaluated using one- and two-dimensional gel analysis, followed by mass spectrometry-based protein identification and extensive immunoblotting. The analysis showed that upon SecE depletion (i) secretory proteins aggregated in the cytoplasm and the cytoplasmic sigma(32) stress response was induced, (ii) the accumulation of outer membrane proteins was reduced, with the exception of OmpA, Pal, and FadL, and (iii) the accumulation of a surprisingly large number of inner membrane proteins appeared to be unaffected or increased. These proteins lacked large translocated domains and/or consisted of only one or two transmembrane segments. Our study suggests that several secretory and inner membrane proteins can use Sec translocon-independent pathways or have superior access to the remaining Sec translocons present in SecE-depleted cells.
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