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Structure of FlgK reveals the divergence of the bacterial Hook-Filament Junction of Campylobacter. Sci Rep 2017; 7:15743. [PMID: 29147015 PMCID: PMC5691160 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-15837-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 11/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Evolution of a nano-machine consisting of multiple parts, each with a specific function, is a complex process. A change in one part should eventually result in changes in other parts, if the overall function is to be conserved. In bacterial flagella, the filament and the hook have distinct functions and their respective proteins, FliC and FlgE, have different three-dimensional structures. The filament functions as a helical propeller and the hook as a flexible universal joint. Two proteins, FlgK and FlgL, assure a smooth connectivity between the hook and the filament. Here we show that, in Campylobacter, the 3D structure of FlgK differs from that of its orthologs in Salmonella and Burkholderia, whose structures have previously been solved. Docking the model of the FlgK junction onto the structure of the Campylobacter hook provides some clues about its divergence. These data suggest how evolutionary pressure to adapt to structural constraints, due to the structure of Campylobacter hook, causes divergence of one element of a supra-molecular complex in order to maintain the function of the entire flagellar assembly.
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Design and Preparation of the Fragment Proteins of the Flagellar Components Suitable for X-Ray Crystal Structure Analysis. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1593:97-103. [PMID: 28389947 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6927-2_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Terminal disordering in a monomeric state is a common structural property among bacterial flagellar axial proteins. The conformational flexibility of disordered regions of a protein often disturbs its crystallization. Moreover, disordered regions sometimes cause the aggregation problem. Therefore, trimming disordered regions is essential for crystallization of this type of proteins. In this chapter, we describe a simple but powerful method to determine the stable core and metastable fragments of target proteins for crystallization. This method including limited proteolysis in combination with SDS-PAGE and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry can be applied to almost any proteins containing disordered regions.
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Biochemical Characterization of the Flagellar Rod Components of Rhodobacter sphaeroides: Properties and Interactions. J Bacteriol 2015; 198:544-52. [PMID: 26574514 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00836-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2015] [Accepted: 11/12/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED The flagellar basal body is a rotary motor that spans the cytoplasmic and outer membranes. The rod is a drive shaft that transmits torque generated by the motor through the hook to the filament that propels the bacterial cell. The assembly and structure of the rod are poorly understood. In a first attempt to characterize this structure in the alphaproteobacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides, we overexpressed and purified FliE and the four related rod proteins (FlgB, FlgC, FlgF, and FlgG), and we analyzed their ability to form homo-oligomers. We found that highly purified preparations of these proteins formed high-molecular-mass oligomers that tended to dissociate in the presence of NaCl. As predicted by in silico modeling, the four rod proteins share architectural features. Using affinity blotting, we detected the heteromeric interactions between these proteins. In addition, we observed that deletion of the N- and C-terminal regions of FlgF and FlgG severely affected heteromeric but not homomeric interactions. On the basis of our findings, we propose a model of rod assembly in this bacterium. IMPORTANCE Despite the considerable amount of research on the structure and assembly of other flagellar axial structures that has been conducted, the rod has been barely studied. An analysis of the biochemical characteristics of the flagellar rod components of the Fla1 system of R. sphaeroides is presented in this work. We also analyze the interactions of these proteins with each other and with their neighbors, and we propose a model for the order in which they are assembled.
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Saijo-Hamano Y, Matsunami H, Namba K, Imada K. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of a core fragment of FlgG, a bacterial flagellar rod protein. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2013; 69:547-50. [PMID: 23695574 PMCID: PMC3660898 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309113008075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 03/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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FlgG is a bacterial flagellar rod protein and constructs the distal rod connecting to the hook. FlgG of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is a 260-amino-acid protein composed of a folded core region and N- and C-terminal regions that are unfolded in solution. A core fragment of FlgG (FlgG47-227) was expressed, purified and crystallized. Crystals of native and SeMet-labelled FlgG47-227 were obtained by the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion technique with PEG MME 2000 as precipitant. The native crystal belonged to the primitive orthorhombic space group P212121, with unit-cell parameters a = 47.78, b = 68.94, c = 110.57 Å. The SeMet crystal also belonged to space group P212121, with unit-cell parameters a = 47.53, b = 67.04, c = 110.27 Å.
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- Yumiko Saijo-Hamano
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Trans-Membrane Trafficking Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna, Kunigami, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
- Riken Quantitative Biology Center, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Macromolecular Sciences, Graduate School of Sciences, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Kido Y, Yoon YH, Samatey FA. Crystallization of a 79 kDa fragment of the hook protein FlgE from Campylobacter jejuni. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2011; 67:1653-7. [PMID: 22139190 PMCID: PMC3232163 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309111043272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2011] [Accepted: 10/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A 79 kDa fragment of the bacterial flagellar hook protein FlgE from Campylobacter jejuni was cloned, overexpressed, purified and crystallized. Two different crystal forms were obtained. Synchrotron X-ray diffraction data showed that the first crystal form, which diffracted to 4.9 Å resolution, belonged to the tetragonal crystal system, with space group I4(1)22 and unit-cell parameters a = b = 186.2, c = 386.6 Å, α = β = γ = 90°. The second crystal form diffracted to 2.5 Å resolution and belonged to the monoclinic crystal system, with space group P2(1) and unit-cell parameters a = 75.7, b = 173.8, c = 150.8 Å, α = γ = 90, β = 106.5°. SeMet protein was also overexpressed, purified and crystallized, and a 2.6 Å resolution MAD data set was collected.
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- Yasuji Kido
- Trans-membrane Trafficking Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan
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- Trans-membrane Trafficking Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan
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- Trans-membrane Trafficking Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan
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Trachtenberg S, Cohen-Krausz S. The archaeabacterial flagellar filament: a bacterial propeller with a pilus-like structure. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 2006; 11:208-20. [PMID: 16983196 DOI: 10.1159/000094055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Common prokaryotic motility modes are swimming by means of rotating internal or external flagellar filaments or gliding by means of retracting pili. The archaeabacterial flagellar filament differs significantly from the eubacterial flagellum: (1) Its diameter is 10-14 nm, compared to 18-24 nm for eubacterial flagellar filaments. (2) It has 3.3 subunits/turn of a 1.9 nm pitch left-handed helix compared to 5.5 subunits/turn of a 2.6 nm pitch right-handed helix for plain eubacterial flagellar filaments. (3) The archaeabacterial filament is glycosylated, which is uncommon in eubacterial flagella and is believed to be one of the key elements for stabilizing proteins under extreme conditions. (4) The amino acid composition of archaeabacterial flagellin, although highly conserved within the group, seems unrelated to the highly conserved eubacterial flagellins. On the other hand, the archaeabacterial flagellar filament shares some fundamental properties with type IV pili: (1) The hydrophobic N termini are largely homologous with the oligomerization domain of pilin. (2) The flagellin monomers follow a different mode of transport and assembly. They are synthesized as pre-flagellin and have a cleavable signal peptide, like pre-pilin and unlike eubacterial flagellin. (3) The archaeabacterial flagellin, like pilin, is glycosylated. (4) The filament lacks a central channel, consistent with polymerization occurring at the cell-proximal end. (5) The diameter of type IV pili, 6-9 nm, is closer to that of the archaeabacterial filament, 10-14 nm. A large body of data on the biochemistry and molecular biology of archaeabacterial flagella has accumulated in recent years. However, their structure and symmetry is only beginning to unfold. Here, we review the structure of the archaeabacterial flagellar filament in reference to the structures of type IV pili and eubacterial flagellar filaments, with which it shares structural and functional similarities, correspondingly.
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- Shlomo Trachtenberg
- Department of Membrane and Ultrastructure Research, The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Deane JE, Cordes FS, Roversi P, Johnson S, Kenjale R, Picking WD, Picking WL, Lea SM, Blocker A. Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of MxiH, a subunit of the Shigella flexneri type III secretion system needle. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2006; 62:302-5. [PMID: 16511329 PMCID: PMC1894743 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309106006555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2005] [Accepted: 02/21/2006] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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A monodisperse truncation mutant of MxiH, the subunit of the needle from the Shigella flexneri type III secretion system (TTSS), has been overexpressed and purified. Crystals were grown of native and selenomethionine-labelled MxiH(CDelta5) and diffraction data were collected to 1.9 A resolution. The crystals belong to space group C2, with unit-cell parameters a = 183.4, b = 28.1, c = 27.8 A, beta = 96.5 degrees. An anomalous difference Patterson map calculated with the data from the SeMet-labelled crystals revealed a single peak on the Harker section v = 0. Inspection of a uranyl derivative also revealed one peak in the isomorphous difference Patterson map on the Harker section v = 0. Analysis of the self-rotation function indicates the presence of a twofold non-crystallographic symmetry axis approximately along a. The calculated Matthews coefficient is 1.9 A3 Da(-1) for two molecules per asymmetric unit, corresponding to a solvent content of 33%.
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- Janet E. Deane
- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, England
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, England
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, England
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, England
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, England
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, England
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, England
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, England
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Samatey FA, Matsunami H, Imada K, Nagashima S, Shaikh TR, Thomas DR, Chen JZ, Derosier DJ, Kitao A, Namba K. Structure of the bacterial flagellar hook and implication for the molecular universal joint mechanism. Nature 2004; 431:1062-8. [PMID: 15510139 DOI: 10.1038/nature02997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2004] [Accepted: 09/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The bacterial flagellum is a motile organelle, and the flagellar hook is a short, highly curved tubular structure that connects the flagellar motor to the long filament acting as a helical propeller. The hook is made of about 120 copies of a single protein, FlgE, and its function as a nano-sized universal joint is essential for dynamic and efficient bacterial motility and taxis. It transmits the motor torque to the helical propeller over a wide range of its orientation for swimming and tumbling. Here we report a partial atomic model of the hook obtained by X-ray crystallography of FlgE31, a major proteolytic fragment of FlgE lacking unfolded terminal regions, and by electron cryomicroscopy and three-dimensional helical image reconstruction of the hook. The model reveals the intricate molecular interactions and a plausible switching mechanism for the hook to be flexible in bending but rigid against twisting for its universal joint function.
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- Fadel A Samatey
- Dynamic NanoMachine Project, ICORP, JST, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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