期刊
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 428, 期 22, 页码 4424-4437出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.08.032
关键词
protein transport; protein secretion; type VI secretion; bacterial competition; membrane complex
资金
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Aix-Marseille Universite
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche [ANR-10-JCJC-1303-03, ANR-14-CE14-0006-02]
- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
- French Ministry of Research
- Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale [FDT20160435498]
- EMBO short-term fellowship [ASTF-417-2015]
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a multiprotein complex that catalyses toxin secretion through the bacterial cell envelope of various Gram-negative bacteria including important human pathogens. This machine uses a bacteriophage-like contractile tail to puncture the prey cell and inject harmful toxins. The T6SS tail comprises an inner tube capped by the cell-puncturing spike and wrapped by the contractile sheath. This structure is built on an assembly platform, the baseplate, which is anchored to the bacterial cell envelope by the TssJLM membrane complex (MC). This MC serves as both a tail docking station and a channel for the passage of the inner tube. The TssM transmembrane protein is a key component of the MC as it connects the inner and outer membranes. In this study, we define the TssM topology, highlighting a large but poorly studied 35-kDa cytoplasmic domain, TssM(Cyto), located between two transmembrane segments. Protein-protein interaction assays further show that TssM(Cyto) oligomerises and makes contacts with several baseplate components. Using computer predictions, we delineate two subdomains in TssM(Cyto), including a nucleotide triphosphatase (NTPase) domain, followed by a 110-aa extension. Finally, site-directed mutagenesis coupled to functional assays reveals the contribution of these subdomains and conserved motifs to the interaction with T6SS partners and to the function of the secretion apparatus. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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