Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 482, Issue 1-2, Pages 81-84Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(00)02040-8
Keywords
actin-binding protein; cytoskeleton; actin dynamics; Salmonella enterica
Funding
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM52543, GM22778] Funding Source: Medline
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An essential step in the pathogenesis of Salmonella enterica infections is bacterial entry into non-phagocytic cells of the intestinal epithelium. Proteins injected by Salmonella into host cells stimulate cellular responses that lead to extensive actin cytoskeleton reorganization and subsequent bacterial uptake, One of these proteins, SipA, modulates actin dynamics by directly binding to F-actin, We have biophysically, characterized a C-terminal fragment, SipA(446-684), which has previously been shown to retain activity, Our results show that SipA(446-684) exhibits an elongated shape with a predominantly helical conformation and predict the existence of a coiled-coil domain. We suggest that the protein is able to span two adjacent actin monomers in a filament and propose a model that is consistent with the observed effects of SipA(446-684) on actin dynamics and F-actin stability and morphology. (C) 2000 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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