The S-layer Protein of Lactobacillus acidophilus ATCC 4356: Identification and Characterisation of Domains Responsible for S-protein Assembly and Cell Wall Binding
Autor: | Frank Oling, Peter H. Pouwels, Rudy A. Demel, Egbert Smit, Beatriz Martínez |
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Přispěvatelé: | Electron Microscopy |
Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Molecular crystallization domain Protein Structure Secondary Lactobacillus acidophilus Protein structure Cell Wall Sequence Analysis Protein Structural Biology NUCLEOTIDE-SEQUENCE Trypsin Peptide sequence Membrane Glycoproteins biology Lactobacillus crispatus Proteolytic enzymes food and beverages REGULAR ARRAYS Solutions Biochemistry CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION Electrophoresis Polyacrylamide Gel S-layer Protein Binding EXPRESSION Lactobacillus casei Recombinant Fusion Proteins Molecular Sequence Data Phosphatidylserines CLONING Bacterial Proteins Escherichia coli Amino Acid Sequence SURFACE-LAYERS Protein Structure Quaternary Molecular Biology Lactobacillus helveticus STRAINS Membrane Proteins AEROMONAS-SALMONICIDA biology.organism_classification GENE Molecular biology Peptide Fragments ATCC-4356 Protein Structure Tertiary Microscopy Electron cell wall binding Sequence Alignment S-layer protein |
Zdroj: | Journal of Molecular Biology, 305(2), 245-257. Academic Press |
ISSN: | 0022-2836 |
Popis: | Lactobacillus acidophilus, like many other bacteria, harbors a surface layer consisting of a protein (SA-protein) of 43 kDa. SA-protein could be readily extracted and crystallized in vitro into large crystalline patches on lipid monolayers with a net negative charge but not on lipids with a net neutral charge. Reconstruction of the S-layer from crystals grown on dioleoylphosphatidylserine indicated an oblique lattice with unit cell dimensions (a = 118 A; b = 53 A, and γ = 102°) resembling those determined for the S-layer of Lactobacillus helveticus ATCC 12046. Sequence comparison of SA-protein with S-proteins from L. helveticus, Lactobacillus crispatus and the S-proteins encoded by the silent S-protein genes from L. acidophilus and L. crispatus suggested the presence of two domains, one comprising the N-terminal two-thirds (SAN), and another made up of the C-terminal one-third (SAC) of SA-protein. The sequence of the N-terminal domains is variable, while that of the C-terminal domain is highly conserved in the S-proteins of these organisms and contains a tandem repeat. Proteolytic digestion of SA-protein showed that SAN was protease-resistant, suggesting a compact structure. SAC was rapidly degraded by proteases and therefore probably has a more accessible structure. DNA sequences encoding SAN or Green Fluorescent Protein fused to SAC (GFP-SAC) were efficiently expressed in Escherichia coli. Purified SAN could crystallize into mono and multi-layered crystals with the same lattice parameters as those found for authentic SA-protein. A calculated SA-protein minus SAN density-difference map revealed the probable location, in projection, of the SAC domain, which is missing from the truncated SAN peptide. The GFP-SAC fusion product was shown to bind to the surface of L. acidophilus, L. helveticus and L. crispatus cells from which the S-layer had been removed, but not to non-stripped cells or to Lactobacillus casei. © 2001 Academic Press. Chemicals/CAS: 1,2-dioleoylphosphatidylserine, 70614-14-1; Bacterial Proteins; Membrane Glycoproteins; Membrane Proteins; Peptide Fragments; Phosphatidylserines; Recombinant Fusion Proteins; Solutions; surface array protein, bacteria; Trypsin, EC 3.4.21.4 |
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