Processing of TCP pilin by TcpJ typifies a common step intrinsic to a newly recognized pathway of extracellular protein secretion by gram-negative bacteria
| Autor: | R K Taylor, J M Seyer, M R Kaufman |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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Signal peptide
Protein Conformation Molecular Sequence Data Restriction Mapping Protein Sorting Signals medicine.disease_cause Pilus Gene product Protein structure Sequence Homology Nucleic Acid Endopeptidases Genetics medicine Escherichia coli Amino Acid Sequence Cloning Molecular Peptide sequence Vibrio cholerae biology Base Sequence Genetic Complementation Test Serine Endopeptidases Membrane Proteins DNA Models Structural Blotting Southern Mutagenesis Insertional Membrane protein Biochemistry Genes Bacterial Pilin Fimbriae Bacterial biology.protein bacteria Developmental Biology |
| Zdroj: | Genesdevelopment. 5(10) |
| ISSN: | 0890-9369 |
| Popis: | Biogenesis of the Vibrio cholerae toxin-coregulated pilus (TCP) requires the activities of at least seven accessory proteins. We demonstrate that a portion of this pathway involves a novel processing step in which a hydrophilic leader peptide is proteolytically removed from TcpA by the gene product characterized in this report, TcpJ, to yield the mature, export-competent form of the pilin. Cleavage of the pilin leader peptide is independent of known signal peptidases as demonstrated by pilin-processing profiles in Escherichia coli strains conditionally defective for production of leader peptidase or grown in the presence of the antibiotic globomycin. Additionally, pilin cleavage did not rely on the SecA protein, as evidenced by TcpA processing in azide-treated cells. These results suggest that TcpJ is representative of a new class of proteins involved in SecA-independent proteolytic cleavage of a set of atypical leader peptides during extracellular export. |
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