期刊
EMBO REPORTS
卷 18, 期 1, 页码 138-149出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.15252/embr.201643206
关键词
multiprotein assembly; peptidoglycan; protein complex; protein transport; secretion system
资金
- CNRS
- Aix-Marseille Universite [BIO99]
- Agence National de la Recherche [ANR-10-JCJC-1303-03, ANR-14-CE14-0006-02]
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-10-JCJC-1303, ANR-14-CE14-0006] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is an anti-bacterial weapon comprising a contractile tail anchored to the cell envelope by a membrane complex. The TssJ, TssL, and TssM proteins assemble a 1.7-MDa channel complex that spans the cell envelope, including the peptidoglycan layer. The electron microscopy structure of the TssJLM complex revealed that it has a diameter of similar to 18 nm in the periplasm, which is larger than the size of peptidoglycan pores (similar to 2 nm), hence questioning how the T6SS membrane complex crosses the peptidoglycan layer. Here, we report that the MltE housekeeping lytic transglycosylase (LTG) is required for T6SS assembly in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli. Protein-protein interaction studies further demonstrated that MltE is recruited to the periplasmic domain of TssM. In addition, we show that TssM significantly stimulates MltE activity in vitro and that MltE is required for the late stages of T6SS membrane complex assembly. Collectively, our data provide the first example of domestication and activation of a LTG encoded within the core genome for the assembly of a secretion system.
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