Structural and Functional Characterization of the Bacterial Type III Secretion Export Apparatus.
Structural and Functional Characterization of the Bacterial Type III Secretion Export Apparatus.
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10.1371/journal.ppat.1006071
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发表时间:
2016-12
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影响因子:
6.7
通讯作者:
Wagner S
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Dietsche T;Tesfazgi Mebrhatu M;Brunner MJ;Abrusci P;Yan J;Franz-Wachtel M;Schärfe C;Zilkenat S;Grin I;Galán JE;Kohlbacher O;Lea S;Macek B;Marlovits TC;Robinson CV;Wagner S
Bacterial type III protein secretion systems inject effector proteins into eukaryotic host cells in order to promote survival and colonization of Gram-negative pathogens and symbionts. Secretion across the bacterial cell envelope and injection into host cells is facilitated by a so-called injectisome. Its small hydrophobic export apparatus components SpaP and SpaR were shown to nucleate assembly of the needle complex and to form the central “cup” substructure of a Salmonella Typhimurium secretion system. However, the in vivo placement of these components in the needle complex and their function during the secretion process remained poorly defined. Here we present evidence that a SpaP pentamer forms a 15 Å wide pore and provide a detailed map of SpaP interactions with the export apparatus components SpaQ, SpaR, and SpaS. We further refine the current view of export apparatus assembly, consolidate transmembrane topology models for SpaP and SpaR, and present intimate interactions of the periplasmic domains of SpaP and SpaR with the inner rod protein PrgJ, indicating how export apparatus and needle filament are connected to create a continuous conduit for substrate translocation. Many Gram-negative bacteria use type III secretion systems to inject bacterial proteins into eukaryotic host cells in order to promote their own survival and colonization. These systems are large molecular machines with the ability to transport proteins across three cell membranes in one step. It is believed that the only gated barrier of these systems lies in the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane but it was unclear so far how this gate looks like and of which components it is composed. Here we present evidence based on in depth biochemical and genetic characterization that an assembly of five SpaP proteins forms this gate in the cytoplasmic membrane of the type III secretion system of Salmonella pathogenicity island 1. We further show that one subunit each of the proteins SpaQ, SpaR, and SpaS are closely associated to the SpaP gate and may function in the gating mechanism, and that the protein PrgJ is attached to this gate on the outside to connect it to the hollow needle filament projecting towards the host cell. Our findings elucidate a hitherto ill-defined aspect of type III secretion systems and may help to develop novel antiinfective therapies targeting these virulence-associated molecular devices.
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