Functional characterization of the Helicobacter pylori chaperone protein HP0795
Functional characterization of the Helicobacter pylori chaperone protein HP0795
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幽门螺杆菌伴侣蛋白 HP0795 的功能表征
DOI：
10.1016/j.micres.2016.08.012
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
Zhang, Jianzhong
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作者：
Fan, Dongjie;Zhou, Qiming;Zhang, Jianzhong
Trigger factor (TF) is one of the multiple bacterial chaperone proteins interacting with nascent peptides and facilitating their folding in bacteria. While TF is well-characterized in E. coli, HP0795, a TF-like homologue gene identified earlier in the pathogenic Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), has not been studied biochemically to date. To characterize its function as a chaperone, we performed 3D-modeling, cross linking and in vitro enzyme assays to HP0795 in vitro. Our results show that HP0795 possesses peptidyl prolyl cis-trans isomerase activity and exhibits a dimeric structure in solution. In addition, stable expression of HP0795 in a series of well-characterized E. coli chaperone-deficient strains rescued the growth defects in these mutants. Furthermore, we showed that the presence of HP0795 greatly reduced protein aggregation caused by deficiencies of chaperones in these strains. In contrast to other chaperone genes in H. pylori, gene expression of HP0795 displays little induction under acidic pH conditions. Together, our results suggest that HP0795 is a constitutively expressed TF-like protein of the prokaryotic chaperone family that may not play a major role in acid response. Given the pathogenic properties of H. pylori, our insights might provide new avenues for potential future medical intervention for H. pylori-related conditions. (C) 2016 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
