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Kinoshita M, Minamino T, Uchihashi T, Namba K. FliH and FliI help FlhA bring strict order to flagellar protein export in Salmonella. Commun Biol 2024; 7:366. [PMID: 38531947 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-024-06081-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
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The flagellar type III secretion system (fT3SS) switches substrate specificity from rod-hook-type to filament-type upon hook completion, terminating hook assembly and initiating filament assembly. The C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of FlhA (FlhAC) forms a homo-nonameric ring and is directly involved in substrate recognition, allowing the fT3SS to coordinate flagellar protein export with assembly. The highly conserved GYXLI motif (residues 368-372) of FlhAC induces dynamic domain motions of FlhAC required for efficient and robust flagellar protein export by the fT3SS, but it remains unknown whether this motif is also important for ordered protein export by the fT3SS. Here we analyzed two GYXLI mutants, flhA(GAAAA) and flhA(GGGGG), and provide evidence suggesting that the GYXLI motif in FlhAC requires the flagellar ATPase complex not only to efficiently remodel the FlhAC ring structure for the substrate specificity switching but also to correct substrate recognition errors that occur during flagellar assembly.
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- Miki Kinoshita
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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- Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
- JEOL YOKOGUSHI Research Alliance Laboratories, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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Singh PK, Cecchini G, Nakagawa T, Iverson TM. CryoEM structure of a post-assembly MS-ring reveals plasticity in stoichiometry and conformation. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0285343. [PMID: 37205674 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/21/2023] Open
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The flagellar motor supports bacterial chemotaxis, a process that allows bacteria to move in response to their environment. A central feature of this motor is the MS-ring, which is composed entirely of repeats of the FliF subunit. This MS-ring is critical for the assembly and stability of the flagellar switch and the entire flagellum. Despite multiple independent cryoEM structures of the MS-ring, there remains a debate about the stoichiometry and organization of the ring-building motifs (RBMs). Here, we report the cryoEM structure of a Salmonella MS-ring that was purified from the assembled flagellar switch complex (MSC-ring). We term this the 'post-assembly' state. Using 2D class averages, we show that under these conditions, the post-assembly MS-ring can contain 32, 33, or 34 FliF subunits, with 33 being the most common. RBM3 has a single location with C32, C33, or C34 symmetry. RBM2 is found in two locations with RBM2inner having C21 or C22 symmetry and an RBM2outer-RBM1 having C11 symmetry. Comparison to previously reported structures identifies several differences. Most strikingly, we find that the membrane domain forms 11 regions of discrete density at the base of the structure rather than a contiguous ring, although density could not be unambiguously interpreted. We further find density in some previously unresolved areas, and we assigned amino acids to those regions. Finally, we find differences in interdomain angles in RBM3 that affect the diameter of the ring. Together, these investigations support a model of the flagellum with structural plasticity, which may be important for flagellar assembly and function.
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- Prashant K Singh
- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States of America
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- Molecular Biology Division, San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, CA, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, United States of America
- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States of America
- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States of America
- Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States of America
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Minamino T, Kinoshita M, Morimoto YV, Namba K. Activation mechanism of the bacterial flagellar dual-fuel protein export engine. Biophys Physicobiol 2022; 19:e190046. [PMID: 36567733 PMCID: PMC9751260 DOI: 10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v19.0046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Bacteria employ the flagellar type III secretion system (fT3SS) to construct flagellum, which acts as a supramolecular motility machine. The fT3SS of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is composed of a transmembrane export gate complex and a cytoplasmic ATPase ring complex. The transmembrane export gate complex is fueled by proton motive force across the cytoplasmic membrane and is divided into four distinct functional parts: a dual-fuel export engine; a polypeptide channel; a membrane voltage sensor; and a docking platform. ATP hydrolysis by the cytoplasmic ATPase complex converts the export gate complex into a highly efficient proton (H+)/protein antiporter that couples inward-directed H+ flow with outward-directed protein export. When the ATPase ring complex does not work well in a given environment, the export gate complex will remain inactive. However, when the electric potential difference, which is defined as membrane voltage, rises above a certain threshold value, the export gate complex becomes an active H+/protein antiporter to a considerable degree, suggesting that the export gate complex has a voltage-gated activation mechanism. Furthermore, the export gate complex also has a sodium ion (Na+) channel to couple Na+ influx with flagellar protein export. In this article, we review our current understanding of the activation mechanism of the dual-fuel protein export engine of the fT3SS. This review article is an extended version of a Japanese article, Membrane voltage-dependent activation of the transmembrane export gate complex in the bacterial flagellar type III secretion system, published in SEIBUTSU BUTSURI Vol. 62, p165-169 (2022).
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- Tohru Minamino
- Graduate school of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate school of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Physics and Information Technology, Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820-8502, Japan,Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Graduate school of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan,RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan,JEOL YOKOGUSHI Research Alliance Laboratories, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Conserved GYXLI Motif of FlhA Is Involved in Dynamic Domain Motions of FlhA Required for Flagellar Protein Export. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0111022. [PMID: 35876582 PMCID: PMC9431611 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01110-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Flagellar structural subunits are transported via the flagellar type III secretion system (fT3SS) and assemble at the distal end of the growing flagellar structure. The C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of FlhA (FlhAC) serves as a docking platform for export substrates and flagellar chaperones and plays an important role in hierarchical protein targeting and export. FlhAC consists of domains D1, D2, D3, and D4 and adopts open and closed conformations. Gly-368 of Salmonella FlhA is located within the highly conserved GYXLI motif and is critical for the dynamic domain motions of FlhAC. However, it remains unclear how it works. Here, we report that periodic conformational changes of the GYXLI motif induce a remodeling of hydrophobic side chain interaction networks in FlhAC and promote the cyclic open-close domain motions of FlhAC. The temperature-sensitive flhA(G368C) mutation stabilized a completely closed conformation at 42°C through strong hydrophobic interactions between Gln-498 of domain D1 and Pro-667 of domain D4 and between Phe-459 of domain D2 and Pro-646 of domain D4, thereby inhibiting flagellar protein export by the fT3SS. Its intragenic suppressor mutations reorganized the hydrophobic interaction networks in the closed FlhAC structure, restoring the protein export activity of the fT3SS to a significant degree. Furthermore, the conformational flexibility of the GYXLI motif was critical for flagellar protein export. We propose that the conserved GYXLI motif acts as a structural switch to induce the dynamic domain motions of FlhAC required for efficient and rapid protein export by the fT3SS. IMPORTANCE Many motile bacteria employ the flagellar type III secretion system (fT3SS) to construct flagella beyond the cytoplasmic membrane. The C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of FlhA (FlhAC), a transmembrane subunit of the fT3SS, provides binding sites for export substrates and flagellar export chaperones to coordinate flagellar protein export with assembly. FlhAC undergoes cyclic open-close domain motions. The highly conserved Gly-368 residue of FlhA is postulated to be critical for dynamic domain motions of FlhAC. However, it remains unknown how it works. Here, we carried out mutational analysis of FlhAC combined with molecular dynamics simulation and provide evidence that the conformational flexibility of FlhAC by Gly-368 is important for remodeling hydrophobic side chain interaction networks in FlhAC to facilitate its cyclic open-close domain motions, allowing the fT3SS to transport flagellar structural subunits for efficient and rapid flagellar assembly.
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Minamino T, Kinoshita M, Namba K. Insight Into Distinct Functional Roles of the Flagellar ATPase Complex for Flagellar Assembly in Salmonella. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:864178. [PMID: 35602071 PMCID: PMC9114704 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.864178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Most motile bacteria utilize the flagellar type III secretion system (fT3SS) to construct the flagellum, which is a supramolecular motility machine consisting of basal body rings and an axial structure. Each axial protein is translocated via the fT3SS across the cytoplasmic membrane, diffuses down the central channel of the growing flagellar structure and assembles at the distal end. The fT3SS consists of a transmembrane export complex and a cytoplasmic ATPase ring complex with a stoichiometry of 12 FliH, 6 FliI and 1 FliJ. This complex is structurally similar to the cytoplasmic part of the FOF1 ATP synthase. The export complex requires the FliH12-FliI6-FliJ1 ring complex to serve as an active protein transporter. The FliI6 ring has six catalytic sites and hydrolyzes ATP at an interface between FliI subunits. FliJ binds to the center of the FliI6 ring and acts as the central stalk to activate the export complex. The FliH dimer binds to the N-terminal domain of each of the six FliI subunits and anchors the FliI6-FliJ1 ring to the base of the flagellum. In addition, FliI exists as a hetero-trimer with the FliH dimer in the cytoplasm. The rapid association-dissociation cycle of this hetero-trimer with the docking platform of the export complex promotes sequential transfer of export substrates from the cytoplasm to the export gate for high-speed protein transport. In this article, we review our current understanding of multiple roles played by the flagellar cytoplasmic ATPase complex during efficient flagellar assembly.
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- Tohru Minamino
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.,RIKEN SPring-8 Center and Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Osaka, Japan.,JEOL YOKOGUSHI Research Alliance Laboratories, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Native flagellar MS ring is formed by 34 subunits with 23-fold and 11-fold subsymmetries. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4223. [PMID: 34244518 PMCID: PMC8270960 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-24507-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The bacterial flagellar MS ring is a transmembrane complex acting as the core of the flagellar motor and template for flagellar assembly. The C ring attached to the MS ring is involved in torque generation and rotation switch, and a large symmetry mismatch between these two rings has been a long puzzle, especially with respect to their role in motor function. Here, using cryoEM structural analysis of the flagellar basal body and the MS ring formed by full-length FliF from Salmonella enterica, we show that the native MS ring is formed by 34 FliF subunits with no symmetry variation. Symmetry analysis of the C ring shows a variation with a peak at 34-fold, suggesting flexibility in C ring assembly. Finally, our data also indicate that FliF subunits assume two different conformations, contributing differentially to the inner and middle parts of the M ring and thus resulting in 23- and 11-fold subsymmetries in the inner and middle M ring, respectively. The internal core of the M ring, formed by 23 subunits, forms a hole of the right size to accommodate the protein export gate. The bacterial flagellar MS ring is a core transmembrane complex within the flagellar basal body. Here, cryoEM analysis suggests that the MS ring is formed by 34 full-length FliF subunits, with 23- and 11-fold subsymmetries in the inner and middle M ring, respectively.
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Inoue Y, Kinoshita M, Kida M, Takekawa N, Namba K, Imada K, Minamino T. The FlhA linker mediates flagellar protein export switching during flagellar assembly. Commun Biol 2021; 4:646. [PMID: 34059784 PMCID: PMC8166844 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02177-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The flagellar protein export apparatus switches substrate specificity from hook-type to filament-type upon hook assembly completion, thereby initiating filament assembly at the hook tip. The C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of FlhA (FlhAC) serves as a docking platform for flagellar chaperones in complex with their cognate filament-type substrates. Interactions of the flexible linker of FlhA (FlhAL) with its nearest FlhAC subunit in the FlhAC ring is required for the substrate specificity switching. To address how FlhAL brings the order to flagellar assembly, we analyzed the flhA(E351A/W354A/D356A) ΔflgM mutant and found that this triple mutation in FlhAL increased the secretion level of hook protein by 5-fold, thereby increasing hook length. The crystal structure of FlhAC(E351A/D356A) showed that FlhAL bound to the chaperone-binding site of its neighboring subunit. We propose that the interaction of FlhAL with the chaperon-binding site of FlhAC suppresses filament-type protein export and facilitates hook-type protein export during hook assembly.
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- Yumi Inoue
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.,Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.,RIKEN SPring-8 Center and Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Suita, Osaka, Japan.,JEOL YOKOGUSHI Research Alliance Laboratories, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
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Kojima S, Kajino H, Hirano K, Inoue Y, Terashima H, Homma M. Role of the N- and C-terminal regions of FliF, the MS ring component in Vibrio flagellar basal body. J Bacteriol 2021; 203:JB.00009-21. [PMID: 33619151 PMCID: PMC8092156 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00009-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The MS ring is a part of the flagellar basal body and formed by 34 subunits of FliF, which consists of a large periplasmic region and two transmembrane segments connected to the N- and C-terminal regions facing the cytoplasm. A cytoplasmic protein, FlhF, which determines the position and number of the basal body, supports MS ring formation in the membrane in Vibrio species. In this study, we constructed FliF deletion mutants that lack 30 or 50 residues from the N-terminus (ΔN30 and ΔN50), and 83 (ΔC83) or 110 residues (ΔC110) at the C-terminus. The N-terminal deletions were functional and conferred motility of Vibrio cells, whereas the C-terminal deletions were nonfunctional. The mutants were expressed in Escherichia coli to determine whether an MS ring could still be assembled. When co-expressing ΔN30FliF or ΔN50FliF with FlhF, fewer MS rings were observed than with the expression of wild-type FliF, in the MS ring fraction, suggesting that the N-terminus interacts with FlhF. MS ring formation is probably inefficient without FlhF. The deletion of the C-terminal cytoplasmic region did not affect the ability of FliF to form an MS ring because a similar number of MS rings were observed for ΔC83FliF as with wild-type FliF, although further deletion of the second transmembrane segment (ΔC110FliF) abolished it. These results suggest that the terminal regions of FliF have distinct roles; the N-terminal region for efficient MS ring formation and the C-terminal region for MS ring function. The second transmembrane segment is indispensable for MS ring assembly.ImportanceThe bacterial flagellum is a supramolecular architecture involved in cell motility. At the base of the flagella, a rotary motor that begins to construct an MS ring in the cytoplasmic membrane comprises 34 transmembrane proteins (FliF). Here, we investigated the roles of the N and C terminal regions of FliF, which are MS rings. Unexpectedly, the cytoplasmic regions of FliF are not indispensable for the formation of the MS ring, but the N-terminus appears to assist in ring formation through recruitment of FlhF, which is essential for flagellar formation. The C-terminus is essential for motor formation or function.
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- Seiji Kojima
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan.
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Takekawa N, Kawamoto A, Sakuma M, Kato T, Kojima S, Kinoshita M, Minamino T, Namba K, Homma M, Imada K. Two Distinct Conformations in 34 FliF Subunits Generate Three Different Symmetries within the Flagellar MS-Ring. mBio 2021; 12:e03199-20. [PMID: 33653894 PMCID: PMC8092281 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03199-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
The bacterial flagellum is a protein nanomachine essential for bacterial motility. The flagellar basal body contains several ring structures. The MS-ring is embedded in the cytoplasmic membrane and is formed at the earliest stage of flagellar formation to serve as the base for flagellar assembly as well as a housing for the flagellar protein export gate complex. The MS-ring is formed by FliF, which has two transmembrane helices and a large periplasmic region. A recent electron cryomicroscopy (cryoEM) study of the MS-ring formed by overexpressed FliF revealed a symmetry mismatch between the S-ring and inner part of the M-ring. However, the actual symmetry relation in the native MS-ring and positions of missing domains remain obscure. Here, we show the structure of the M-ring by combining cryoEM and X-ray crystallography. The crystal structure of the N-terminal half of the periplasmic region of FliF showed that it consists of two domains (D1 and D2) resembling PrgK D1/PrgH D2 and PrgK D2/PrgH D3 of the injectisome. CryoEM analysis revealed that the inner part of the M-ring shows a gear wheel-like density with the inner ring of C23 symmetry surrounded by cogs with C11 symmetry, to which 34 copies of FliFD1-D2 fitted well. We propose that FliFD1-D2 adopts two distinct orientations in the M-ring relative to the rest of FliF, with 23 chains forming the wheel and 11 chains forming the cogs, and the 34 chains come together to form the S-ring with C34 symmetry for multiple functions of the MS-ring.IMPORTANCE The bacterial flagellum is a motility organelle formed by tens of thousands of protein molecules. At the earliest stage of flagellar assembly, a transmembrane protein, FliF, forms the MS-ring in the cytoplasmic membrane as the base for flagellar assembly. Here, we solved the crystal structure of a FliF fragment. Electron cryomicroscopy (cryoEM) structural analysis of the MS-ring showed that the M-ring and S-ring have different rotational symmetries. By docking the crystal structure of the FliF fragment into the cryoEM density map of the entire MS-ring, we built a model of the whole periplasmic region of FliF and proposed that FliF adopts two distinct conformations to generate three distinct C11, C23, and C34 symmetries within the MS-ring for its multiple functions.
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- Norihiro Takekawa
- Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- RIKEN Spring-8 Center and Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- JEOL Yokogushi Research Alliance Laboratories, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
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Morimoto YV, Minamino T. Architecture and Assembly of the Bacterial Flagellar Motor Complex. Subcell Biochem 2021; 96:297-321. [PMID: 33252734 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-58971-4_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Abstract
One of the central systems responsible for bacterial motility is the flagellum. The bacterial flagellum is a macromolecular protein complex that is more than five times the cell length. Flagella-driven motility is coordinated via a chemosensory signal transduction pathway, and so bacterial cells sense changes in the environment and migrate towards more desirable locations. The flagellum of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is composed of a bi-directional rotary motor, a universal joint and a helical propeller. The flagellar motor, which structurally resembles an artificial motor, is embedded within the cell envelop and spins at several hundred revolutions per second. In contrast to an artificial motor, the energy utilized for high-speed flagellar motor rotation is the inward-directed proton flow through a transmembrane proton channel of the stator unit of the flagellar motor. The flagellar motor realizes efficient chemotaxis while performing high-speed movement by an ingenious directional switching mechanism of the motor rotation. To build the universal joint and helical propeller structures outside the cell body, the flagellar motor contains its own protein transporter called a type III protein export apparatus. In this chapter we summarize the structure and assembly of the Salmonella flagellar motor complex.
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- Yusuke V Morimoto
- Department of Physics and Information Technology, Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka, Fukuoka, 820-8502, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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Protein Export via the Type III Secretion System of the Bacterial Flagellum. Biomolecules 2021; 11:biom11020186. [PMID: 33572887 PMCID: PMC7911332 DOI: 10.3390/biom11020186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
The bacterial flagellum and the related virulence-associated injectisome system of pathogenic bacteria utilize a type III secretion system (T3SS) to export substrate proteins across the inner membrane in a proton motive force-dependent manner. The T3SS is composed of an export gate (FliPQR/FlhA/FlhB) located in the flagellar basal body and an associated soluble ATPase complex in the cytoplasm (FliHIJ). Here, we summarise recent insights into the structure, assembly and protein secretion mechanisms of the T3SS with a focus on energy transduction and protein transport across the cytoplasmic membrane.
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Hook JC, Blagotinsek V, Pané-Farré J, Mrusek D, Altegoer F, Dornes A, Schwan M, Schier L, Thormann KM, Bange G. A Proline-Rich Element in the Type III Secretion Protein FlhB Contributes to Flagellar Biogenesis in the Beta- and Gamma-Proteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:564161. [PMID: 33384667 PMCID: PMC7771051 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.564161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Flagella are bacterial organelles of locomotion. Their biogenesis is highly coordinated in time and space and relies on a specialized flagellar type III secretion system (fT3SS) required for the assembly of the extracellular hook, rod, and filament parts of this complex motor device. The fT3SS protein FlhB switches secretion substrate specificity once the growing hook reaches its determined length. Here we present the crystal structure of the cytoplasmic domain of the transmembrane protein FlhB. The structure visualizes a so-far unseen proline-rich region (PRR) at the very C-terminus of the protein. Strains lacking the PRR show a decrease in flagellation as determined by hook- and filament staining, indicating a role of the PRR during assembly of the hook and filament structures. Phylogenetic analysis shows that the PRR is a primary feature of FlhB proteins of flagellated beta- and gamma-proteobacteria. Taken together, our study adds another layer of complexity and organismic diversity to the process of flagella biogenesis.
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- John C Hook
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, Germany
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- SYNMIKRO Research Center, Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- SYNMIKRO Research Center, Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- SYNMIKRO Research Center, Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- SYNMIKRO Research Center, Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- SYNMIKRO Research Center, Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, Germany
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- SYNMIKRO Research Center, Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Giessen, Germany
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- SYNMIKRO Research Center, Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Veronica EK, Sara A O, Everardo CQ, Héctor Q, Oscar MC, Elizabeth FR, Irma RP, José AG, Bulmaro C, Rigoberto HC, Juan XC, Ariadnna CC. Proteomics profiles of Cronobacter sakazakii and a fliF mutant: Adherence and invasion in mouse neuroblastoma cells. Microb Pathog 2020; 149:104595. [PMID: 33157215 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2020.104595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Cronobacter sakazakii is an opportunistic foodborne pathogen associated with necrotizing enterocolitis, bacteremia, and meningitis in infants. A comparative proteomic study of C. sakazakii ATCC BAA-894 (CS WT) and a fliF::Tn5 mutant was performed, including the ability of both strains to adhere to and invade N1E-115 cells. To achieve this goal, a nonmotile C. sakazakii ATCC BAA-894 fliF::Tn5 (CS fliF::Tn5) strain was generated using an EZ-Tn5 <KAN-2>Tnp Transposome kit. Analysis of differential protein expression showed that 81.49% (361/443) of the proteins were expressed in both strains, 8.35% (37/443) were exclusively expressed in the CS WT strain, and 10.16% (45/443) were exclusively expressed in the CS fliF::Tn5 strain. The main exclusively expressed proteins in the CS WT strain were classified into the "cell motility" and "signal transduction mechanisms" subcategories. The proteins exclusively expressed in the CS fliF::Tn5 strain were classified into the following subcategories: "intracellular trafficking, secretion, and vesicular transport", "replication, recombination, and repair", "nucleotide transport and metabolism", "carbohydrate transport and metabolism", "coenzyme transport and metabolism", and "lipid transport and metabolism". Expression of the Cpa protein was detected in both strains, but Cpa was more abundant in the CS WT strain than in the CS fliF::Tn5 strain. A significant increase (p = 0.0001) in adherence to N1E-115 cells was observed in the nonmotile CS fliF::Tn5 strain (31.3 × 106 CFU/mL) compared to the CS WT strain (14.5 × 106 CFU/mL). Additionally, the CS WT strain showed a 0.17% invasion frequency in N1E-115 cells, which was significantly higher (p = 0.01) than that of the nonmotile CS fliF::Tn5 strain. In conclusion, the proteins involved in the motility were mainly identified by proteomic analysis in the CS WT strain compared to the CS fliF::Tn5 strain. Our data indicate that flagella are required to promote the invasion of N1E-115 cells and that the absence of flagella significantly increases the adherence to N1E-115 cells.
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- Esteban-Kenel Veronica
- Laboratorio de Investigación en Bacteriología Intestinal, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Ciudad de México, Mexico; Laboratorio de Ingeniería Genética, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Bacteriología Intestinal, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Ingeniería Genética, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación Epidemiológica en Endocrinología y Nutrición. Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación Epidemiológica en Endocrinología y Nutrición. Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Microbiología Sanitaria, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Aerobiología, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Área de Virología, Laboratorio de Infectología, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ecología de Agentes Patógenos. Hospital General "Dr. Manuel Gea González", Delegación Tlalpan, México D., 14080, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Bacteriología Intestinal, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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- Laboratorio de Investigación en Bacteriología Intestinal, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
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Structural Conservation and Adaptation of the Bacterial Flagella Motor. Biomolecules 2020; 10:biom10111492. [PMID: 33138111 PMCID: PMC7693769 DOI: 10.3390/biom10111492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Many bacteria require flagella for the ability to move, survive, and cause infection. The flagellum is a complex nanomachine that has evolved to increase the fitness of each bacterium to diverse environments. Over several decades, molecular, biochemical, and structural insights into the flagella have led to a comprehensive understanding of the structure and function of this fascinating nanomachine. Notably, X-ray crystallography, cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), and cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) have elucidated the flagella and their components to unprecedented resolution, gleaning insights into their structural conservation and adaptation. In this review, we focus on recent structural studies that have led to a mechanistic understanding of flagellar assembly, function, and evolution.
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Johnson S, Fong YH, Deme JC, Furlong EJ, Kuhlen L, Lea SM. Symmetry mismatch in the MS-ring of the bacterial flagellar rotor explains the structural coordination of secretion and rotation. Nat Microbiol 2020; 5:966-975. [PMID: 32284565 PMCID: PMC7320910 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-020-0703-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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The bacterial flagellum is a complex self-assembling nanomachine that confers motility to the cell. Despite great variation across species, all flagella are ultimately constructed from a helical propeller that is attached to a motor embedded in the inner membrane. The motor consists of a series of stator units surrounding a central rotor made up of two ring complexes, the MS-ring and the C-ring. Despite many studies, high-resolution structural information is still lacking for the MS-ring of the rotor, and proposed mismatches in stoichiometry between the two rings have long provided a source of confusion for the field. Here, we present structures of the Salmonella MS-ring, revealing a high level of variation in inter- and intrachain symmetry that provides a structural explanation for the ability of the MS-ring to function as a complex and elegant interface between the two main functions of the flagellum-protein secretion and rotation.
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- Steven Johnson
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Central Oxford Structural Molecular Imaging Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- Central Oxford Structural Molecular Imaging Centre, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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A Polar Flagellar Transcriptional Program Mediated by Diverse Two-Component Signal Transduction Systems and Basal Flagellar Proteins Is Broadly Conserved in Polar Flagellates. mBio 2020; 11:mBio.03107-19. [PMID: 32127455 PMCID: PMC7064773 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03107-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Relative to peritrichous bacteria, polar flagellates possess regulatory systems that order flagellar gene transcription differently and produce flagella in specific numbers only at poles. How transcriptional and flagellar biogenesis regulatory systems are interlinked to promote the correct synthesis of polar flagella in diverse species has largely been unexplored. We found evidence for many Gram-negative polar flagellates encoding two-component signal transduction systems with activity linked to the formation of flagellar type III secretion systems to enable production of flagellar rod and hook proteins at a discrete, subsequent stage during flagellar assembly. This polar flagellar transcriptional program assists, in some manner, the FlhF/FlhG flagellar biogenesis regulatory system, which forms specific flagellation patterns in polar flagellates in maintaining flagellation and motility when activity of FlhF or FlhG might be altered. Our work provides insight into the multiple regulatory processes required for polar flagellation. Bacterial flagella are rotating nanomachines required for motility. Flagellar gene expression and protein secretion are coordinated for efficient flagellar biogenesis. Polar flagellates, unlike peritrichous bacteria, commonly order flagellar rod and hook gene transcription as a separate step after production of the MS ring, C ring, and flagellar type III secretion system (fT3SS) core proteins that form a competent fT3SS. Conserved regulatory mechanisms in diverse polar flagellates to create this polar flagellar transcriptional program have not been thoroughly assimilated. Using in silico and genetic analyses and our previous findings in Campylobacter jejuni as a foundation, we observed a large subset of Gram-negative bacteria with the FlhF/FlhG regulatory system for polar flagellation to possess flagellum-associated two-component signal transduction systems (TCSs). We present data supporting a general theme in polar flagellates whereby MS ring, rotor, and fT3SS proteins contribute to a regulatory checkpoint during polar flagellar biogenesis. We demonstrate that Vibrio cholerae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa require the formation of this regulatory checkpoint for the TCSs to directly activate subsequent rod and hook gene transcription, which are hallmarks of the polar flagellar transcriptional program. By reprogramming transcription in V. cholerae to more closely follow the peritrichous flagellar transcriptional program, we discovered a link between the polar flagellar transcription program and the activity of FlhF/FlhG flagellar biogenesis regulators in which the transcriptional program allows polar flagellates to continue to produce flagella for motility when FlhF or FlhG activity may be altered. Our findings integrate flagellar transcriptional and biogenesis regulatory processes involved in polar flagellation in many species.
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FliK-Driven Conformational Rearrangements of FlhA and FlhB Are Required for Export Switching of the Flagellar Protein Export Apparatus. J Bacteriol 2020; 202:JB.00637-19. [PMID: 31712281 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00637-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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FlhA and FlhB are transmembrane proteins of the flagellar type III protein export apparatus, and their C-terminal cytoplasmic domains (FlhAC and FlhBC) coordinate flagellar protein export with assembly. FlhBC undergoes autocleavage between Asn-269 and Pro-270 in a well-conserved NPTH loop located between FlhBCN and FlhBCC polypeptides and interacts with the C-terminal domain of the FliK ruler when the length of the hook has reached about 55 nm in Salmonella As a result, the flagellar protein export apparatus switches its substrate specificity, thereby terminating hook assembly and initiating filament assembly. The mechanism of export switching remains unclear. Here, we report the role of FlhBC cleavage in the switching mechanism. Photo-cross-linking experiments revealed that the flhB(N269A) and flhB(P270A) mutations did not affect the binding affinity of FlhBC for FliK. Genetic analysis of the flhB(P270A) mutant revealed that the P270A mutation affects a FliK-dependent conformational change of FlhBC, thereby inhibiting the substrate specificity switching. The flhA(A489E) mutation in FlhAC suppressed the flhB(P270A) mutation, suggesting that an interaction between FlhBC and FlhAC is critical for the export switching. We propose that the interaction between FliKC and a cleaved form of FlhBC promotes a conformational change in FlhBC responsible for the termination of hook-type protein export and a structural remodeling of the FlhAC ring responsible for the initiation of filament-type protein export.IMPORTANCE The flagellar type III protein export apparatus coordinates protein export with assembly, which allows the flagellum to be efficiently built at the cell surface. Hook completion is an important morphological checkpoint for the sequential flagellar assembly process. The protein export apparatus switches its substrate specificity from the hook protein to the filament protein upon hook completion. FliK, FlhB, and FlhA are involved in the export-switching process, but the mechanism remains a mystery. By analyzing a slow-cleaving flhB(P270A) mutant, we provide evidence that an interaction between FliK and FlhB induces conformational rearrangements in FlhB, followed by a structural remodeling of the FlhA ring structure that terminates hook assembly and initiates filament formation.
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Inoue Y, Kinoshita M, Namba K, Minamino T. Mutational analysis of the C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of FlhB, a transmembrane component of the flagellar type III protein export apparatus in Salmonella. Genes Cells 2019; 24:408-421. [PMID: 30963674 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 04/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The flagellar protein export apparatus switches its substrate specificity when hook length has reached approximately 55 nm in Salmonella. The C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of FlhB (FlhBC ) is involved in this switching process. FlhBC consists of FlhBCN and FlhBCC polypeptides. FlhBCC has a flexible C-terminal tail (FlhBCCT ). FlhBCC is involved in substrate recognition, and conformational rearrangements of FlhBCN -FlhBCC boundary are postulated to be required for the export switching. However, it remains unknown how it occurs. To clarify this question, we carried out mutational analysis of highly conserved residues in FlhBC . The flhB(E230A) mutation reduced the FlhB function. The flhB(E11S) mutation restored the protein transport activity of the flhB(E230A) mutant to the wild-type level, suggesting that the interaction of FlhBCN with the extreme N-terminal region of FlhB is required for flagellar protein export. The flhB(R320A) mutation affected hydrophobic interaction networks in FlhBCC , thereby increasing insolubility of FlhBC . The R320A mutation also affected the export switching, thereby producing longer hooks with the filament attached. C-terminal truncations of FlhBCCT induced a conformational change of FlhBCN -FlhBCC boundary, resulting in a loose hook length control. We propose that FlhBCCT may control conformational arrangements of FlhBCN -FlhBCC boundary through the hydrophobic interaction networks of FlhBCC .
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- Yumi Inoue
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan.,RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamic Research & Spring-8 Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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Inoue Y, Ogawa Y, Kinoshita M, Terahara N, Shimada M, Kodera N, Ando T, Namba K, Kitao A, Imada K, Minamino T. Structural Insights into the Substrate Specificity Switch Mechanism of the Type III Protein Export Apparatus. Structure 2019; 27:965-976.e6. [PMID: 31031200 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2019.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Bacteria use a type III protein export apparatus for construction of the flagellum, which consists of the basal body, the hook, and the filament. FlhA forms a homo-nonamer through its C-terminal cytoplasmic domains (FlhAC) and ensures the strict order of flagellar assembly. FlhAC goes through dynamic domain motions during protein export, but it remains unknown how it occurs. Here, we report that the FlhA(G368C) mutation biases FlhAC toward a closed form, thereby reducing the binding affinity of FlhAC for flagellar export chaperones in complex with their cognate filament-type substrates. The G368C mutations also restrict the conformational flexibility of a linker region of FlhA (FlhAL), suppressing FlhAC ring formation. We propose that interactions of FlhAL with its neighboring subunit converts FlhAC in the ring from a closed conformation to an open one, allowing the chaperon/substrate complexes to bind to the FlhAC ring to form the filament at the hook tip.
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- Yumi Inoue
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan; RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research & SPring-8 Center, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan.
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- Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Molecular Organization and Assembly of the Export Apparatus of Flagellar Type III Secretion Systems. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2019; 427:91-107. [PMID: 31172377 DOI: 10.1007/82_2019_170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The bacterial flagellum is a supramolecular motility machine consisting of the basal body, the hook, and the filament. For construction of the flagellum beyond the cellular membranes, a type III protein export apparatus uses ATP and proton-motive force (PMF) across the cytoplasmic membrane as the energy sources to transport flagellar component proteins from the cytoplasm to the distal end of the growing flagellar structure. The protein export apparatus consists of a PMF-driven transmembrane export gate complex and a cytoplasmic ATPase complex. In addition, the basal body C ring acts as a sorting platform for the cytoplasmic ATPase complex that efficiently brings export substrates and type III export chaperone-substrate complexes from the cytoplasm to the export gate complex. In this book chapter, we will summarize our current understanding of molecular organization and assembly of the flagellar type III protein export apparatus.
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Terahara N, Inoue Y, Kodera N, Morimoto YV, Uchihashi T, Imada K, Ando T, Namba K, Minamino T. Insight into structural remodeling of the FlhA ring responsible for bacterial flagellar type III protein export. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2018; 4:eaao7054. [PMID: 29707633 PMCID: PMC5916509 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao7054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/09/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The bacterial flagellum is a supramolecular motility machine. Flagellar assembly begins with the basal body, followed by the hook and finally the filament. A carboxyl-terminal cytoplasmic domain of FlhA (FlhAC) forms a nonameric ring structure in the flagellar type III protein export apparatus and coordinates flagellar protein export with assembly. However, the mechanism of this process remains unknown. We report that a flexible linker of FlhAC (FlhAL) is required not only for FlhAC ring formation but also for substrate specificity switching of the protein export apparatus from the hook protein to the filament protein upon completion of the hook structure. FlhAL was required for cooperative ring formation of FlhAC. Alanine substitutions of residues involved in FlhAC ring formation interfered with the substrate specificity switching, thereby inhibiting filament assembly at the hook tip. These observations lead us to propose a mechanistic model for export switching involving structural remodeling of FlhAC.
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- Naoya Terahara
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Bio-AFM Frontier Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, 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
- Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Faculty of Computer Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820-8502, Japan
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- Bio-AFM Frontier Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
- Department of Physics, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
- Department of Physics, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602, Japan
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- Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Bio-AFM Frontier Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Goban-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0076, 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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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Fukumura T, Makino F, Dietsche T, Kinoshita M, Kato T, Wagner S, Namba K, Imada K, Minamino T. Assembly and stoichiometry of the core structure of the bacterial flagellar type III export gate complex. PLoS Biol 2017; 15:e2002281. [PMID: 28771466 PMCID: PMC5542437 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2002281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2017] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The bacterial flagellar type III export apparatus, which is required for flagellar assembly beyond the cell membranes, consists of a transmembrane export gate complex and a cytoplasmic ATPase complex. FlhA, FlhB, FliP, FliQ, and FliR form the gate complex inside the basal body MS ring, although FliO is required for efficient export gate formation in Salmonella enterica. However, it remains unknown how they form the gate complex. Here we report that FliP forms a homohexameric ring with a diameter of 10 nm. Alanine substitutions of conserved Phe-137, Phe-150, and Glu-178 residues in the periplasmic domain of FliP (FliPP) inhibited FliP6 ring formation, suppressing flagellar protein export. FliO formed a 5-nm ring structure with 3 clamp-like structures that bind to the FliP6 ring. The crystal structure of FliPP derived from Thermotoga maritia, and structure-based photo-crosslinking experiments revealed that Phe-150 and Ser-156 of FliPP are involved in the FliP–FliP interactions and that Phe-150, Arg-152, Ser-156, and Pro-158 are responsible for the FliP–FliO interactions. Overexpression of FliP restored motility of a ∆fliO mutant to the wild-type level, suggesting that the FliP6 ring is a functional unit in the export gate complex and that FliO is not part of the final gate structure. Copurification assays revealed that FlhA, FlhB, FliQ, and FliR are associated with the FliO/FliP complex. We propose that the assembly of the export gate complex begins with FliP6 ring formation with the help of the FliO scaffold, followed by FliQ, FliR, and FlhB and finally FlhA during MS ring formation. The bacterial flagellar type III export gate complex is a membrane-embedded nanomachine responsible for flagellar protein export and exits in a patch of membrane within the central pore of the basal body MS ring. In this work, we investigate how formation of the export gate complex is initiated. The export gate complex is composed of 5 highly conserved transmembrane proteins: FlhA, FlhB, FliP, FliQ, and FliR. Each subunit protein assembles into the gate during MS ring formation in a well-coordinated manner. The transmembrane protein FliO is required for efficient assembly of the export gate complex in S. enterica but is not essential for flagellar protein export. Here we carry out biochemical and structural analyses of FliP and provide direct evidence suggesting that FliP forms a trimer-of-dimer structure with a diameter of 10 nm. The assembly of the export gate complex begins with FliP6 ring formation with the help of the FliO scaffold, followed by FliQ, FliR, and FlhB and finally FlhA during MS ring formation. Given the structural and functional similarities between the flagellar and the virulence-factor-delivering injectisome machineries, we propose that the periplasmic domain of FliP homologues of the injectisome could be a good target for novel antibiotics.
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- Takuma Fukumura
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Interfactulty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Section of Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Interfactulty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Section of Cellular and Molecular Microbiology, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner-site Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Quantitative Biology Center, Riken, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- * E-mail: (KN); (KI); (TM)
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- Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
- * E-mail: (KN); (KI); (TM)
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- * E-mail: (KN); (KI); (TM)
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Erhardt M, Wheatley P, Kim EA, Hirano T, Zhang Y, Sarkar MK, Hughes KT, Blair DF. Mechanism of type-III protein secretion: Regulation of FlhA conformation by a functionally critical charged-residue cluster. Mol Microbiol 2017; 104:234-249. [PMID: 28106310 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The bacterial flagellum contains a specialized secretion apparatus in its base that pumps certain protein subunits through the growing structure to their sites of installation beyond the membrane. A related apparatus functions in the injectisomes of gram-negative pathogens to export virulence factors into host cells. This mode of protein export is termed type-III secretion (T3S). Details of the T3S mechanism are unclear. It is energized by the proton gradient; here, a mutational approach was used to identify proton-binding groups that might function in transport. Conserved proton-binding residues in all the membrane components were tested. The results identify residues R147, R154 and D158 of FlhA as most critical. These lie in a small, well-conserved cytoplasmic domain of FlhA, located between transmembrane segments 4 and 5. Two-hybrid experiments demonstrate self-interaction of the domain, and targeted cross-linking indicates that it forms a multimeric array. A mutation that mimics protonation of the key acidic residue (D158N) was shown to trigger a global conformational change that affects the other, larger cytoplasmic domain that interacts with the export cargo. The results are discussed in the framework of a transport model based on proton-actuated movements in the cytoplasmic domains of FlhA.
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- Marc Erhardt
- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.,Junior Research Group Infection Biology of Salmonella, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstraβe 7, Braunschweig, 38124, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA.,Toshiba Medical Service Corporation, 1385 Shimoichigami, Otawara-shi, Tochigi, 324-8550, Japan
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112, USA
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Minamino T, Kinoshita M, Inoue Y, Morimoto YV, Ihara K, Koya S, Hara N, Nishioka N, Kojima S, Homma M, Namba K. FliH and FliI ensure efficient energy coupling of flagellar type III protein export in Salmonella. Microbiologyopen 2016; 5:424-35. [PMID: 26916245 PMCID: PMC4905995 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2015] [Revised: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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For construction of the bacterial flagellum, flagellar proteins are exported via its specific export apparatus from the cytoplasm to the distal end of the growing flagellar structure. The flagellar export apparatus consists of a transmembrane (TM) export gate complex and a cytoplasmic ATPase complex consisting of FliH, FliI, and FliJ. FlhA is a TM export gate protein and plays important roles in energy coupling of protein translocation. However, the energy coupling mechanism remains unknown. Here, we performed a cross‐complementation assay to measure robustness of the energy transduction system of the export apparatus against genetic perturbations. Vibrio FlhA restored motility of a Salmonella ΔflhA mutant but not that of a ΔfliH‐fliI flhB(P28T) ΔflhA mutant. The flgM mutations significantly increased flagellar gene expression levels, allowing Vibrio FlhA to exert its export activity in the ΔfliH‐fliI flhB(P28T) ΔflhA mutant. Pull‐down assays revealed that the binding affinities of Vibrio FlhA for FliJ and the FlgN–FlgK chaperone–substrate complex were much lower than those of Salmonella FlhA. These suggest that Vibrio FlhA requires the support of FliH and FliI to efficiently and properly interact with FliJ and the FlgN–FlgK complex. We propose that FliH and FliI ensure robust and efficient energy coupling of protein export during flagellar assembly.
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- Tohru Minamino
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.,Quantitative Biology Center, RIKEN, 6-2-3 Furuedai, Suita, Osaka, 565-0874, Japan
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- Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Departments of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Human life and Science, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts, Kyoto, 602-0893, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.,Center for Gene Research, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464-8602, Japan
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Barker CS, Inoue T, Meshcheryakova IV, Kitanobo S, Samatey FA. Function of the conserved FHIPEP domain of the flagellar type III export apparatus, protein FlhA. Mol Microbiol 2016; 100:278-88. [PMID: 26691662 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The Type III flagellar protein export apparatus of bacteria consists of five or six membrane proteins, notably FlhA, which controls the export of other proteins and is homologous to the large family of FHIPEP export proteins. FHIPEP proteins contain a highly-conserved cytoplasmic domain. We mutagenized the cloned Salmonella flhA gene for the 692 amino acid FlhA, changing a single, conserved amino acid in the 68-amino acid FHIPEP region. Fifty-two mutations at 30 positions mostly led to loss of motility and total disappearance of microscopically visible flagella, also Western blot protein/protein hybridization showed no detectable export of hook protein and flagellin. There were two exceptions: a D199A mutant strain, which produced short-stubby flagella; and a V151L mutant strain, which did not produce flagella and excreted mainly un-polymerized hook protein. The V151L mutant strain also exported a reduced amount of hook-cap protein FlgD, but when grown with exogenous FlgD it produced polyhooks and polyhook-filaments. A suppressor mutant in the cytoplasmic domain of the export apparatus membrane protein FlhB rescued export of hook-length control protein FliK and facilitated growth of full-length flagella. These results suggested that the FHIPEP region is part of the gate regulating substrate entry into the export apparatus pore.
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- Clive S Barker
- Trans-membrane Trafficking Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan
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- Trans-membrane Trafficking Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan
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- Trans-membrane Trafficking Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan
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- Trans-membrane Trafficking Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan
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- Trans-membrane Trafficking Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan
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Campos-Galvão MEM, Ribon AOB, Araújo EF, Vanetti MCD. Changes in the Salmonella enterica Enteritidis phenotypes in presence of acyl homoserine lactone quorum sensing signals. J Basic Microbiol 2015; 56:493-501. [PMID: 26662614 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201500471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2015] [Accepted: 11/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Quorum sensing is used by bacteria to coordinate gene expression in response to population density and involves the production, detection and response to extracellular signaling molecules known as autoinducers (AIs). Salmonella does not synthesize the AI-1, acyl homoserine lactone (AHL) common to gram-negative bacteria; however, it has a receptor for AI-1, the SdiA protein. The effect of SdiA in modulating phenotypes of Salmonella has not been elucidated. In this report, we provide evidence that the AIs-1 affect Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis behavior by enhancing the biofilm formation and expression of virulence genes under anaerobic conditions. Biofilm formation by Salmonella was detected by the crystal violet method and by scanning electron microscopy. The presence of AHLs, particularly C12-HSL, increased biofilm formation and promoted expression of biofilm formation genes (lpfA, fimF, fliF, glgC) and virulence genes (hilA, invA, invF). Our results demonstrated that AHLs produced by other organisms played an important role in virulence phenotypes of Salmonella Enteritidis.
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- Department of Microbiology, Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa-MG, Brazil
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Minamino T. [Structure and function of the bacterial flagellar type III protein export system in Salmonella
]. Nihon Saikingaku Zasshi 2015; 70:351-64. [PMID: 26310179 DOI: 10.3412/jsb.70.351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The bacterial flagellum is a filamentous organelle that propels the bacterial cell body in liquid media. For construction of the bacterial flagellum beyond the cytoplasmic membrane, flagellar component proteins are transported by its specific protein export apparatus from the cytoplasm to the distal end of the growing flagellar structure. The flagellar export apparatus consists of a transmembrane export gate complex and a cytoplasmic ATPase ring complex. Flagellar substrate-specific chaperones bind to their cognate substrates in the cytoplasm and escort the substrates to the docking platform of the export gate. The export apparatus utilizes ATP and proton motive force across the cytoplasmic membrane as the energy sources to drive protein export and coordinates protein export with assembly by ordered export of substrates to parallel with their order of assembly. In this review, we summarize our current understanding of the structure and function of the flagellar protein export system in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium.
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- Tohru Minamino
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University
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McMurry JL, Minamino T, Furukawa Y, Francis JW, Hill SA, Helms KA, Namba K. Weak Interactions between Salmonella enterica FlhB and Other Flagellar Export Apparatus Proteins Govern Type III Secretion Dynamics. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0134884. [PMID: 26244937 PMCID: PMC4526367 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The bacterial flagellum contains its own type III secretion apparatus that coordinates protein export with assembly at the distal end. While many interactions among export apparatus proteins have been reported, few have been examined with respect to the differential affinities and dynamic relationships that must govern the mechanism of export. FlhB, an integral membrane protein, plays critical roles in both export and the substrate specificity switching that occurs upon hook completion. Reported herein is the quantitative characterization of interactions between the cytoplasmic domain of FlhB (FlhBC) and other export apparatus proteins including FliK, FlhAC and FliI. FliK and FlhAC bound with micromolar affinity. KD for FliI binding in the absence of ATP was 84 nM. ATP-induced oligomerization of FliI induced kinetic changes, stimulating fast-on, fast-off binding and lowering affinity. Full length FlhB purified under solubilizing, nondenaturing conditions formed a stable dimer via its transmembrane domain and stably bound FliH. Together, the present results support the previously hypothesized central role of FlhB and elucidate the dynamics of protein-protein interactions in type III secretion.
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- Jonathan L. McMurry
- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, United States of America
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, United States of America
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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Helicobacter pylori FlhA Binds the Sensor Kinase and Flagellar Gene Regulatory Protein FlgS with High Affinity. J Bacteriol 2015; 197:1886-92. [PMID: 25802298 DOI: 10.1128/jb.02610-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2015] [Accepted: 03/13/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED Flagellar biogenesis is a complex process that involves multiple checkpoints to coordinate transcription of flagellar genes with the assembly of the flagellum. In Helicobacter pylori, transcription of the genes needed in the middle stage of flagellar biogenesis is governed by RpoN and the two-component system consisting of the histidine kinase FlgS and response regulator FlgR. In response to an unknown signal, FlgS autophosphorylates and transfers the phosphate to FlgR, initiating transcription from RpoN-dependent promoters. In the present study, export apparatus protein FlhA was examined as a potential signal protein. Deletion of its N-terminal cytoplasmic sequence dramatically decreased expression of two RpoN-dependent genes, flaB and flgE. Optical biosensing demonstrated a high-affinity interaction between FlgS and a peptide consisting of residues 1 to 25 of FlhA (FlhANT). The KD (equilibrium dissociation constant) was 21 nM and was characterized by fast-on (kon = 2.9 × 10(4) M(-1)s(-1)) and slow-off (koff = 6.2 × 10(-4) s(-1)) kinetics. FlgS did not bind peptides consisting of smaller fragments of the FlhANT sequence. Analysis of binding to purified fragments of FlgS demonstrated that the C-terminal portion of the protein containing the kinase domain binds FlhANT. FlhANT binding did not stimulate FlgS autophosphorylation in vitro, suggesting that FlhA facilitates interactions between FlgS and other structures required to stimulate autophosphorylation. IMPORTANCE The high-affinity binding of FlgS to FlhA characterized in this study points to an additional role for FlhA in flagellar assembly. Beyond its necessity for type III secretion, the N-terminal cytoplasmic sequence of FlhA is required for RpoN-dependent gene expression via interaction with the C-terminal kinase domain of FlgS.
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Barrero-Tobon AM, Hendrixson DR. Flagellar biosynthesis exerts temporal regulation of secretion of specific Campylobacter jejuni colonization and virulence determinants. Mol Microbiol 2014; 93:957-74. [PMID: 25041103 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The Campylobacter jejuni flagellum exports both proteins that form the flagellar organelle for swimming motility and colonization and virulence factors that promote commensal colonization of the avian intestinal tract or invasion of human intestinal cells respectively. We explored how the C. jejuni flagellum is a versatile secretory organelle by examining molecular determinants that allow colonization and virulence factors to exploit the flagellum for their own secretion. Flagellar biogenesis was observed to exert temporal control of secretion of these proteins, indicating that a bolus of secretion of colonization and virulence factors occurs during hook biogenesis with filament polymerization itself reducing secretion of these factors. Furthermore, we found that intramolecular and intermolecular requirements for flagellar-dependent secretion of these proteins were most reminiscent to those for flagellin secretion. Importantly, we discovered that secretion of one colonization and virulence factor, CiaI, was not required for invasion of human colonic cells, which counters previous hypotheses for how this protein functions during invasion. Instead, secretion of CiaI was essential for C. jejuni to facilitate commensal colonization of the natural avian host. Our work provides insight into the versatility of the bacterial flagellum as a secretory machine that can export proteins promoting diverse biological processes.
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- Angelica M Barrero-Tobon
- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Room NL 4.138A, Dallas, TX, 75390-9048, USA
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Morimoto YV, Ito M, Hiraoka KD, Che YS, Bai F, Kami-ike N, Namba K, Minamino T. Assembly and stoichiometry of FliF and FlhA inSalmonellaflagellar basal body. Mol Microbiol 2014; 91:1214-26. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Yusuke V. Morimoto
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences; Osaka University; 1-3 Yamadaoka Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
- Quantitative Biology Center; RIKEN; 6-2-3 Furuedai Suita Osaka 565-0874 Japan
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition; Faculty of Human life and Science; Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts; Kyoto 602-0893 Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences; Osaka University; 1-3 Yamadaoka Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- Department of Frontier Bioscience; Hosei University; 3-7-2 Kajino-cho Koganei Tokyo 184-8584 Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences; Osaka University; 1-3 Yamadaoka Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
- Biodynamic Optical Imaging Center; Peking University; Beijing 100871 China
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences; Osaka University; 1-3 Yamadaoka Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences; Osaka University; 1-3 Yamadaoka Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
- Quantitative Biology Center; RIKEN; 6-2-3 Furuedai Suita Osaka 565-0874 Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences; Osaka University; 1-3 Yamadaoka Suita Osaka 565-0871 Japan
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Tsang J, Hoover TR. Themes and Variations: Regulation of RpoN-Dependent Flagellar Genes across Diverse Bacterial Species. SCIENTIFICA 2014; 2014:681754. [PMID: 24672734 PMCID: PMC3930126 DOI: 10.1155/2014/681754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2013] [Accepted: 12/16/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Flagellar biogenesis in bacteria is a complex process in which the transcription of dozens of structural and regulatory genes is coordinated with the assembly of the flagellum. Although the overall process of flagellar biogenesis is conserved among bacteria, the mechanisms used to regulate flagellar gene expression vary greatly among different bacterial species. Many bacteria use the alternative sigma factor σ (54) (also known as RpoN) to transcribe specific sets of flagellar genes. These bacteria include members of the Epsilonproteobacteria (e.g., Helicobacter pylori and Campylobacter jejuni), Gammaproteobacteria (e.g., Vibrio and Pseudomonas species), and Alphaproteobacteria (e.g., Caulobacter crescentus). This review characterizes the flagellar transcriptional hierarchies in these bacteria and examines what is known about how flagellar gene regulation is linked with other processes including growth phase, quorum sensing, and host colonization.
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- Jennifer Tsang
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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Minamino T. Protein export through the bacterial flagellar type III export pathway. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2013; 1843:1642-8. [PMID: 24064315 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Accepted: 09/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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For construction of the bacterial flagellum, which is responsible for bacterial motility, the flagellar type III export apparatus utilizes both ATP and proton motive force across the cytoplasmic membrane and exports flagellar proteins from the cytoplasm to the distal end of the nascent structure. The export apparatus consists of a membrane-embedded export gate made of FlhA, FlhB, FliO, FliP, FliQ, and FliR and a water-soluble ATPase ring complex consisting of FliH, FliI, and FliJ. FlgN, FliS, and FliT act as substrate-specific chaperones that do not only protect their cognate substrates from degradation and aggregation in the cytoplasm but also efficiently transfer the substrates to the export apparatus. The ATPase ring complex facilitates the initial entry of the substrates into the narrow pore of the export gate. The export gate by itself is a proton-protein antiporter that uses the two components of proton motive force, the electric potential difference and the proton concentration difference, for different steps of the export process. A specific interaction of FlhA with FliJ located in the center of the ATPase ring complex allows the export gate to efficiently use proton motive force to drive protein export. The ATPase ring complex couples ATP binding and hydrolysis to its assembly-disassembly cycle for rapid and efficient protein export cycle. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Protein trafficking and secretion in bacteria. Guest Editors: Anastassios Economou and Ross Dalbey.
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- Tohru Minamino
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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A regulatory checkpoint during flagellar biogenesis in Campylobacter jejuni initiates signal transduction to activate transcription of flagellar genes. mBio 2013; 4:e00432-13. [PMID: 24003178 PMCID: PMC3760246 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00432-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Many polarly flagellated bacteria require similar two-component regulatory systems (TCSs) and σ54 to activate transcription of genes essential for flagellar motility. Herein, we discovered that in addition to the flagellar type III secretion system (T3SS), the Campylobacter jejuni flagellar MS ring and rotor are required to activate the FlgSR TCS. Mutants lacking the FliF MS ring and FliG C ring rotor proteins were as defective as T3SS mutants in FlgSR- and σ54-dependent flagellar gene expression. Also, FliF and FliG required each other for stability, which is mediated by atypical extensions to the proteins. A FliF mutant that presumably does not interact with the T3SS protein FlhA did not support flagellar gene transcription, suggesting that FliF-T3SS interactions are essential to generate a signal sensed by the cytoplasmic FlgS histidine kinase. Furthermore, the flagellar T3SS was required for FlgS to immunoprecipitate with FliF and FliG. We propose a model whereby the flagellar T3SS facilitates FliF and FliG multimerization into the MS ring and rotor. As a result, these flagellar structures form a cytoplasmic complex that interacts with and is sensed by FlgS. The synthesis of these structures appears to be a regulatory checkpoint in flagellar biogenesis that the FlgS kinase monitors to initiate signal transduction that activates σ54 and expression of genes required for the next stage of flagellation. Given that other polar flagellates have flagellar transcriptional hierarchies that are organized similarly as in C. jejuni, this regulatory checkpoint may exist in a broad range of bacteria to influence similar TCSs and flagellar gene transcription. Despite the presence of numerous two-component regulatory systems (TCSs) in bacteria, direct signals sensed by TCSs to activate signal transduction are known for only a minority. Polar flagellates, including Pseudomonas, Vibrio, Helicobacter, and Campylobacter species, require a similar TCS and σ54 for flagellar gene transcription, but the activating signals for these TCSs are unknown. We explored signals that activate the Campylobacter jejuni FlgSR TCS to initiate σ54-dependent flagellar gene transcription. Our discoveries suggest that the FlgS histidine kinase monitors the formation of the flagellar type III secretion system and the surrounding MS and C rings. The synthesis of these structures creates a regulatory checkpoint in flagellar biogenesis that is sensed by FlgS to ensure proper transcription of the next set of genes for subsequent steps in flagellation. Given the conservation of flagellar-associated TCSs and transcriptional cascades in polar flagellates, this regulatory checkpoint in flagellar biogenesis likely impacts flagellation in a broad range of bacteria.
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Kim JN, Kwon YM. Identification of target transcripts regulated by small RNA RyhB homologs in Salmonella: RyhB-2 regulates motility phenotype. Microbiol Res 2013; 168:621-9. [PMID: 23831078 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2013.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2013] [Revised: 05/30/2013] [Accepted: 06/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Salmonella encodes numerous small RNAs that play important roles in the cellular regulatory network. Recently we have shown that two RyhB homologs of Salmonella Typhimurium, RyhB-1 and RyhB-2, have distinct sets of overlapping targets. In this study, we used microarrays for comprehensive identification of the target genes regulated by these sRNAs. Microarray analysis was conducted with cDNAs generated from total RNAs of three mutants (ΔryhB-1, ΔryhB-2, and ΔryhB-1ΔryhB-2) and wild type S. Typhimurium strain. Candidate targets were first identified by selecting genes with increased transcript signals in a double deletion strain as compared to the wild type. Then those candidates were clustered into the following 4 groups according to the patterns of increased transcript signals as compared to the wild type: (1) greater with both single deletions, (2) reduced or unchanged with both single deletions, and (3) greater only with either the ryhB-1 or (4) ryhB-2 deletion. We found that the transcripts of the three genes (flgJ, cheY, and fliF), involved in motility and chemotaxis, are down-regulated only by RyhB-2. Motility assay confirmed that the ryhB-2 deletion increased motility, which was then reduced back to wild type level by overexpression of ryhB-2 gene. Collectively, our results suggest the regulatory roles of RyhB-1 and RyhB-2 in Salmonella on multiple cellular pathways, including motility, at a post-transcriptional level.
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- Jeong Nam Kim
- Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, United States
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Barker CS, Samatey FA. Cross-complementation study of the flagellar type III export apparatus membrane protein FlhB. PLoS One 2012; 7:e44030. [PMID: 22952860 PMCID: PMC3430611 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2012] [Accepted: 08/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The bacterial type III export apparatus is found in the flagellum and in the needle complex of some pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria. In the needle complex its function is to secrete effector proteins for infection into Eukaryotic cells. In the bacterial flagellum it exports specific proteins for the building of the flagellum during its assembly. The export apparatus is composed of about five membrane proteins and three soluble proteins. The mechanism of the export apparatus is not fully understood. The five membrane proteins are well conserved and essential. Here a cross-complementation assay was performed: substituting in the flagellar system of Salmonella one of these membrane proteins, FlhB, by the FlhB ortholog from Aquifex aeolicus (an evolutionary distant hyperthermophilic bacteria) or a chimeric protein (AquSalFlhB) made by the combination of the trans-membrane domain of A. aeolicus FlhB with the cytoplasmic domain of Salmonella FlhB dramatically reduced numbers of flagella and motility. From cells expressing the chimeric AquSalFlhB protein, suppressor mutants with enhanced motility were isolated and the mutations were identified using whole genome sequencing. Gain-of-function mutations were found in the gene encoding FlhA, another membrane protein of the type III export apparatus. Also, mutations were identified in genes encoding 4-hydroxybenzoate octaprenyltransferase, ubiquinone/menaquinone biosynthesis methyltransferase, and 4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-en-1-yl diphosphate synthase, which are required for ubiquinone biosynthesis. The mutations were shown by reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography to reduce the quinone pool of the cytoplasmic membrane. Ubiquinone biosynthesis could be restored for the strain bearing a mutated gene for 4-hydroxybenzoate octaprenyltransferase by the addition of excess exogenous 4-hydroxybenzoate. Restoring the level of ubiquinone reduced flagella biogenesis with the AquSalFlhB chimera demonstrating that the respiratory chain quinone pool is responsible for this phenomenon.
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- Clive S. Barker
- Trans-membrane Trafficking Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna, Kunigami, Okinawa, Japan
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- Trans-membrane Trafficking Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna, Kunigami, Okinawa, Japan
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Shimada M, Saijo-Hamano Y, Furukawa Y, Minamino T, Imada K, Namba K. Functional defect and restoration of temperature-sensitive mutants of FlhA, a subunit of the flagellar protein export apparatus. J Mol Biol 2011; 415:855-65. [PMID: 22178139 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2011] [Revised: 12/02/2011] [Accepted: 12/05/2011] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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The flagellar axial component proteins are exported to the distal end of the growing flagellum for self-assembly by the flagellar type III export apparatus. FlhA is a key membrane protein of the export apparatus, and its C-terminal cytoplasmic domain (FlhA(C)) is a part of an assembly platform for the three soluble export components, FliH, FliI, and FliJ, as well as export substrates and chaperone-substrate complexes. FlhA(C) is composed of a flexible linker region and four compact domains (A(C)D1-A(C)D4). At 42 °C, a temperature-sensitive (TS) G368C mutation in FlhA(C) blocks the export process after the FliH-FliI-FliJ-substrate complex binds to the assembly platform, but it remains unknown how it does so. In this study, we analyzed a TS mutant variant, FlhA(C)(G368C), and its pseudorevertant variants FlhA(C)(G368C/L359F), FlhA(C)(G368C/G364R), FlhA(C)(G368C/R370S), and FlhA(C)(G368C/P550S) using far-ultraviolet circular dichroism. Whereas the denaturation of the wild-type FlhA(C) occurs in a single step, FlhA(C)(G368C) and its pseudorevertant variants showed thermal transitions, at least, in two steps. The first transition of FlhA(C)(G368C) can further be divided into reversible and following irreversible transitions, which correspond to the denaturation of A(C)D2 and A(C)D1, respectively. We show the relation between the reversible transition and the TS defect in the exporting function of FlhA(C)(G368C) and that the loss of function is caused by denaturation of A(C)D2. We suggest that A(C)D2 is directly involved in the translocation of export substrates.
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- Masafumi Shimada
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Hara N, Namba K, Minamino T. Genetic characterization of conserved charged residues in the bacterial flagellar type III export protein FlhA. PLoS One 2011; 6:e22417. [PMID: 21811603 PMCID: PMC3139655 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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For assembly of the bacterial flagellum, most of flagellar proteins are transported to the distal end of the flagellum by the flagellar type III protein export apparatus powered by proton motive force (PMF) across the cytoplasmic membrane. FlhA is an integral membrane protein of the export apparatus and is involved in an early stage of the export process along with three soluble proteins, FliH, FliI, and FliJ, but the energy coupling mechanism remains unknown. Here, we carried out site-directed mutagenesis of eight, highly conserved charged residues in putative juxta- and trans-membrane helices of FlhA. Only Asp-208 was an essential acidic residue. Most of the FlhA substitutions were tolerated, but resulted in loss-of-function in the ΔfliH-fliI mutant background, even with the second-site flhB(P28T) mutation that increases the probability of flagellar protein export in the absence of FliH and FliI. The addition of FliH and FliI allowed the D45A, R85A, R94K and R270A mutant proteins to work even in the presence of the flhB(P28T) mutation. Suppressor analysis of a flhA(K203W) mutation showed an interaction between FlhA and FliR. Taken all together, we suggest that Asp-208 is directly involved in PMF-driven protein export and that the cooperative interactions of FlhA with FlhB, FliH, FliI, and FliR drive the translocation of export substrate.
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- Noritaka Hara
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
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Barker CS, Meshcheryakova IV, Kostyukova AS, Samatey FA. FliO regulation of FliP in the formation of the Salmonella enterica flagellum. PLoS Genet 2010; 6:e1001143. [PMID: 20941389 PMCID: PMC2947984 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2010] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The type III secretion system of the Salmonella flagellum consists of 6 integral membrane proteins: FlhA, FlhB, FliO, FliP, FliQ, and FliR. However, in some other type III secretion systems, a homologue of FliO is apparently absent, suggesting it has a specialized role. Deleting the fliO gene from the chromosome of a motile strain of Salmonella resulted in a drastic decrease of motility. Incubation of the ΔfliO mutant strain in motility agar, gave rise to pseudorevertants containing extragenic bypass mutations in FliP at positions R143H or F190L. Using membrane topology prediction programs, and alkaline phosphatase or GFPuv chimeric protein fusions into the FliO protein, we demonstrated that FliO is bitopic with its N-terminus in the periplasm and C-terminus in the cytoplasm. Truncation analysis of FliO demonstrated that overexpression of FliO43–125 or FliO1–95 was able to rescue motility of the ΔfliO mutant. Further, residue leucine 91 in the cytoplasmic domain was identified to be important for function. Based on secondary structure prediction, the cytoplasmic domain, FliO43–125, should contain beta-structure and alpha-helices. FliO43–125-Ala was purified and studied using circular dichroism spectroscopy; however, this domain was disordered, and its structure was a mixture of beta-sheet and random coil. Coexpression of full-length FliO with FliP increased expression levels of FliP, but coexpression with the cytoplasmic domain of FliO did not enhance FliP expression levels. Overexpression of the cytoplasmic domain of FliO further rescued motility of strains deleted for the fliO gene expressing bypass mutations in FliP. These results suggest FliO maintains FliP stability through transmembrane domain interaction. The results also demonstrate that the cytoplasmic domain of FliO has functionality, and it presumably becomes structured while interacting with its binding partners. The propeller-like flagella, which some bacteria use to swim, possess a specialized secretion apparatus, which is imbedded in the cell membrane for their formation. The components are highly conserved among flagella systems and also to the Type III secretion apparatus used by some bacteria in conjunction with virulence-associated needle complexes. The ubiquity of these secretion apparatuses and their function as intricate nanomachines has made them fascinating for biologists. The most studied flagellar system is that of Salmonella enterica, which consists of 6 integral membrane proteins: FlhA, FlhB, FliO, FliP, FliQ, and FliR. Among these proteins, FliO shows a sporadic distribution in bacteria, and its function is unknown, suggesting it might have a specialized role to play where it is present. In this study, we show that FliO has an important role in maintaining stability of FliP, which is a highly conserved member of the secretion apparatus. We have characterized the important regions of FliO through mutagenesis. We have shown that it is possible to bypass the effect of not producing the FliO protein, by encoding mutations within FliP or by overexpressing the cytoplasmic domain of FliO only.
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- Clive S. Barker
- Trans-Membrane Trafficking Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan
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- Trans-Membrane Trafficking Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Trans-Membrane Trafficking Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan
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Moore SA, Jia Y. Structure of the cytoplasmic domain of the flagellar secretion apparatus component FlhA from Helicobacter pylori. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:21060-9. [PMID: 20442410 PMCID: PMC2898369 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.119412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2010] [Revised: 04/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Using x-ray crystallography we have determined the structure of the cytoplasmic fragment (residues 384-732) of the flagellum secretion system protein FlhA from Helicobacter pylori at 2.4-A resolution (r = 0.224; R(free) = 0.263). FlhA proteins and their type III secretion homologues contain an N-terminal integral membrane domain (residues 1-350), a linker segment, and a globular C-terminal cytoplasmic region. The tertiary structure of the cytoplasmic fragment contains a thioredoxin-like domain, an RNA recognition motif-like domain inserted within the thioredoxin-fold, a helical domain, and a C-terminal beta/alpha domain. Inter-domain contacts are extensive and the H. pylori FlhA structure appears to be in a closed conformation where the C-terminal domain closes against the RNA recognition motif-fold domain. Highly conserved surface residues in FlhA proteins are concentrated on a narrow surface strip comprising the thioredoxin-like and helical domains, possibly close to the export channel opening. The conformation of the FlhA N-terminal linker segment suggests a likely orientation for the FlhA cytoplasmic fragment relative to the membrane-embedded export pore. Comparison with the recently published structures of the Salmonella FlhA cytoplasmic fragment and its type III secretion counterpart InvA highlight a conformational change where the C-terminal beta/alpha domain in H. pylori FlhA moves 15 A relative to Salmonella FlhA. The conformational change is complex but primarily involves hinge-like movements of the helical and C-terminal domains. Interpretation of previous mutational screens suggest that the C-terminal domain of FlhA(C) plays a regulatory role in substrate class switching in flagellum export.
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- Stanley A Moore
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5, Canada.
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FlhA provides the adaptor for coordinated delivery of late flagella building blocks to the type III secretion system. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010; 107:11295-300. [PMID: 20534509 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1001383107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Flagella are the bacterial organelles of motility and can play important roles in pathogenesis. Flagella biosynthesis requires the coordinated export of huge protein amounts from the cytosol to the nascent flagellar structure at the cell surface and employs a type III secretion system (T3SS). Here we show that the integral membrane protein FlhA from the gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis acts as an adaptor for late export substrates at the T3SS. The major filament protein (flagellin) and the filament-cap protein (FliD) bind to the FlhA cytoplasmic domain (FlhA-C) only in complex with their cognate chaperones (FliS and FliT). To understand the molecular details of these interactions we determined the FlhA-C crystal structure at 2.3 A resolution. FlhA-C consists of an N-terminal linker region, three subdomains with a novel fold, and a disordered region essential for the adaptor function. We show that the export protein FliJ associates with the linker region and modulates the binding properties of FlhA-C. While the interaction of FliD/FliT is enhanced, flagellin/FliS is not affected. FliJ also keeps FliT associated with FlhA-C and excess of FliT inhibits binding of FliD/FliT, suggesting that empty FliT chaperones stay associated with FliJ after export of FliD. Taken together, these results allow to propose a model that explains how the T3SS may switch from the stoichiometric export of FliD to the high-throughput secretion of flagellin.
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Role of the C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of FlhA in bacterial flagellar type III protein export. J Bacteriol 2010; 192:1929-36. [PMID: 20118266 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01328-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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For construction of the bacterial flagellum, many of the flagellar proteins are exported into the central channel of the flagellar structure by the flagellar type III protein export apparatus. FlhA and FlhB, which are integral membrane proteins of the export apparatus, form a docking platform for the soluble components of the export apparatus, FliH, FliI, and FliJ. The C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of FlhA (FlhA(C)) is required for protein export, but it is not clear how it works. Here, we analyzed a temperature-sensitive Salmonella enterica mutant, the flhA(G368C) mutant, which has a mutation in the sequence encoding FlhA(C). The G368C mutation did not eliminate the interactions with FliH, FliI, FliJ, and the C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of FlhB, suggesting that the mutation blocks the export process after the FliH-FliI-FliJ-export substrate complex binds to the FlhA-FlhB platform. Limited proteolysis showed that FlhA(C) consists of at least three subdomains, a flexible linker, FlhA(CN), and FlhA(CC), and that FlhA(CN) becomes sensitive to proteolysis by the G368C mutation. Intragenic suppressor mutations were identified in these subdomains and restored flagellar protein export to a considerable degree. However, none of these suppressor mutations suppressed the protease sensitivity. We suggest that FlhA(C) not only forms part of the docking platform for the FliH-FliI-FliJ-export substrate complex but also is directly involved in the translocation of the export substrate into the central channel of the growing flagellar structure.
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Flagellated but not hyperfimbriated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium attaches to and forms biofilms on cholesterol-coated surfaces. J Bacteriol 2010; 192:2981-90. [PMID: 20118264 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01620-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The asymptomatic, chronic carrier state of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi occurs in the bile-rich gallbladder and is frequently associated with the presence of cholesterol gallstones. We have previously demonstrated that salmonellae form biofilms on human gallstones and cholesterol-coated surfaces in vitro and that bile-induced biofilm formation on cholesterol gallstones promotes gallbladder colonization and maintenance of the carrier state. Random transposon mutants of S. enterica serovar Typhimurium were screened for impaired adherence to and biofilm formation on cholesterol-coated Eppendorf tubes but not on glass and plastic surfaces. We identified 49 mutants with this phenotype. The results indicate that genes involved in flagellum biosynthesis and structure primarily mediated attachment to cholesterol. Subsequent analysis suggested that the presence of the flagellar filament enhanced binding and biofilm formation in the presence of bile, while flagellar motility and expression of type 1 fimbriae were unimportant. Purified Salmonella flagellar proteins used in a modified enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) showed that FliC was the critical subunit mediating binding to cholesterol. These studies provide a better understanding of early events during biofilm development, specifically how salmonellae bind to cholesterol, and suggest a target for therapies that may alleviate biofilm formation on cholesterol gallstones and the chronic carrier state.
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Stone CB, Bulir DC, Gilchrist JD, Toor RK, Mahony JB. Interactions between flagellar and type III secretion proteins in Chlamydia pneumoniae. BMC Microbiol 2010; 10:18. [PMID: 20096108 PMCID: PMC2830194 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2009] [Accepted: 01/22/2010] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background Flagellar secretion systems are utilized by a wide variety of bacteria to construct the flagellum, a conserved apparatus that allows for migration towards non-hostile, nutrient rich environments. Chlamydia pneumoniae is an obligate, intracellular pathogen whose genome contains at least three orthologs of flagellar proteins, namely FliI, FlhA and FliF, but the role of these proteins remains unknown. Results Full length FliI, and fragments of FlhA, FliF, and FliI, were cloned and expressed as either GST or His tagged proteins in E. coli. The GST-tagged full length FliI protein was shown to possess ATPase activity, hydrolyzing ATP at a rate of 0.15 ± .02 μmol min-1 mg-1 in a time- and dose-dependant manner. Using bacterial-2-hybrid and GST pull-down assays, the N-terminal domain of FliI was shown to interact with the cytoplasmic domain of FlhA, but not with FliF, and the cytoplasmic domain of FlhA was shown to interact with the C-terminus of FliF. The absence of other flagellar orthologs led us to explore cross-reaction of flagellar proteins with type III secretion proteins, and we found that FliI interacted with CdsL and CopN, while FlhA interacted with CdsL and Cpn0322 (YscU ortholog CdsU). Conclusions The specific interaction of the four orthologous flagellar proteins in C. pneumoniae suggests that they interact in vivo and, taken together with their conservation across members of the chlamydiae sps., and their interaction with T3S components, suggests a role in bacterial replication and/or intracellular survival.
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- Chris B Stone
- M,G, DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, Faculty of Health Sciences and the Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Minamino T, Yoshimura SDJ, Morimoto YV, González-Pedrajo B, Kami-ike N, Namba K. Roles of the extreme N-terminal region of FliH for efficient localization of the FliHâFliI complex to the bacterial flagellar type III export apparatus. Mol Microbiol 2009; 74:1471-83. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06946.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Evans TJ, Trauner A, Komitopoulou E, Salmond GPC. Exploitation of a new flagellatropic phage of Erwinia for positive selection of bacterial mutants attenuated in plant virulence: towards phage therapy. J Appl Microbiol 2009; 108:676-85. [PMID: 19674185 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04462.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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AIMS To isolate and characterize novel bacteriophages for the phytopathogen, Erwinia carotovora ssp. atroseptica (Eca), and to isolate phage-resistant mutants attenuated in virulence. METHODS AND RESULTS A novel flagellatropic phage was isolated on the potato-rotting bacterial species, Eca, and characterized using electron microscopy and restriction analysis. The phage, named PhiAT1, has an icosahedral head and a long, contractile tail; it belongs to the Myoviridae family. Partial sequencing revealed the presence of genes with homology to those of coliphages T4, T7 and Mu. Phage-resistant transposon mutants of Eca were isolated and studied in vitro for a number of virulence-related phenotypes; only motility was found to be affected. In vivo tuber rotting assays showed that these mutants were attenuated in virulence, presumably because the infection is unable to spread from the initial site of inoculation. CONCLUSIONS The Eca flagellum can act as a receptor for PhiAT1 infection, and resistant mutants are enriched for motility and virulence defects. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY PhiAT1 is the first reported flagellatropic phage found to infect Eca and has enabled further study of the virulence of this economically important phytopathogen.
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- T J Evans
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Flagellar biogenesis of Xanthomonas campestris requires the alternative sigma factors RpoN2 and FliA and is temporally regulated by FlhA, FlhB, and FlgM. J Bacteriol 2009; 191:2266-75. [PMID: 19136588 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01152-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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In prokaryotes, flagellar biogenesis is a complicated process involving over 40 genes. The phytopathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris possesses a single polar flagellum, which is essential for the swimming motility. A sigma54 activator, FleQ, has been shown to be required for the transcriptional activation of the flagellar type III secretion system (F-T3SS), rod, and hook proteins. One of the two rpoN genes, rpoN2, encoding sigma54, is essential for flagellation. RpoN2 and FleQ direct the expression of a second alternative sigma FliA (sigma28) that is essential for the expression of the flagellin FliC. FlgM interacts with FliA and represses the FliA regulons. An flgM mutant overexpressing FliC generates a deformed flagellum and displays an abnormal motility. Mutation in the two structural genes of F-T3SS, flhA and flhB, suppresses the production of FliC. Furthermore, FliA protein levels are decreased in an flhB mutant. A mutant defective in flhA, but not flhB, exhibits a decreased infection rate. In conclusion, the flagellar biogenesis of Xanthomonas campestris requires alternative sigma factors RpoN2 and FliA and is temporally regulated by FlhA, FlhB, and FlgM.
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Minamino T, Imada K, Namba K. Mechanisms of type III protein export for bacterial flagellar assembly. MOLECULAR BIOSYSTEMS 2008; 4:1105-15. [PMID: 18931786 DOI: 10.1039/b808065h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Flagellar type III protein export is highly organized and well controlled in a timely manner by dynamic, specific and cooperative interactions among components of the export apparatus, allowing the huge and complex macromolecular assembly to be built efficiently. The bacterial flagellum, which is required for motility, consists of a rotary motor, a universal joint and a helical propeller. Most of the flagellar components are translocated to the distal, growing end of the flagellum for assembly through the central channel of the flagellum itself by the flagellar type III protein export apparatus, which is postulated to be located on the cytoplasmic side of the flagellar basal body. The export specificity switching machinery, which consists of at least two proteins that function as a molecular ruler and an export switch, respectively, monitors the state of hook-basal body assembly in the cell exterior and switches export specificity, thereby coupling sequential flagellar gene expression with the flagellar assembly process. The export ATPase complex composed of an ATPase and its regulator acts as a pilot to deliver its export substrate to the export gate and helps initial entry of the substrate N-terminal chain into a narrow pore of the export gate. The energy of ATP hydrolysis appears to be used to disassemble and release the ATPase complex from the protein about to be exported, and the rest of the successive unfolding/translocation process of the long polypeptide chain is driven solely by proton motive force (PMF), perhaps through biased one-dimensional Brownian diffusion. Interestingly, the subunits of the ATPase complex have significant sequence similarities to subunits of F(0)F(1)-ATP synthase, a rotary motor that drives the chemical reaction of ATP synthesis using PMF, and the entire crystal structure of the export ATPase is extremely similar to the alpha/beta subunits of F(0)F(1)-ATP synthase, suggesting that the flagellar export apparatus and F(0)F(1)-ATP synthase share the mechanism for their two distinct functions.
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- Tohru Minamino
- Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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A channel connecting the mother cell and forespore during bacterial endospore formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:15100-5. [PMID: 18812514 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806301105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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At an early stage during Bacillus subtilis endospore development the bacterium divides asymmetrically to produce two daughter cells. The smaller cell (forespore) differentiates into the endospore, while the larger cell (mother cell) becomes a terminally differentiated cell that nurtures the developing forespore. During development the mother cell engulfs the forespore to produce a protoplast, surrounded by two bilayer membranes, which separate it from the cytoplasm of the mother cell. The activation of sigma(G), which drives late gene expression in the forespore, follows forespore engulfment and requires expression of the spoIIIA locus in the mother cell. One of the spoIIIA-encoded proteins SpoIIIAH is targeted specifically to the membrane surrounding the forespore, through an interaction of its C-terminal extracellular domain with the C-terminal extracellular domain of the forespore membrane protein SpoIIQ. We identified a homologous relationship between the C-terminal domain of SpoIIIAH and the YscJ/FliF protein family, members of which form multimeric rings involved in type III secretion systems and flagella. If SpoIIIAH forms a similar ring structure, it may also form a channel between the mother cell and forespore membranes. To test this hypothesis we developed a compartmentalized biotinylation assay, which we used to show that the C-terminal extracellular domain of SpoIIIAH is accessible to enzymatic modification from the forespore cytoplasm. These and other results lead us to suggest that SpoIIIAH forms part of a channel between the forespore and mother cell that is required for the activation of sigma(G).
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