期刊
BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS
卷 41, 期 -, 页码 436-442出版社
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BST20120293
关键词
Archaea; extracellular membrane vesicle; hyperthermophile; nanopod; nanotube; oligopeptide-binding protein A (OppA); stomatin; Thermococcus
资金
- 'Marine Genome-Marine Biotechnologie' of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Japan Science and Technology Agency
Thermococcus species produce MVs (membrane vesicles) into their culture medium. These MVs are formed by a budding process from the cell envelope, similar to ectosome formation in eukaryotic cells. The major protein present in MVs of Thermococci is a peptide-binding receptor of the OppA (oligopeptide-binding protein A) family. In addition, some of them contain a homologue of stomatin, a universal membrane protein involved in vesiculation. MVs produced by Thermococcus species can recruit endogenous or exogenous plasmids and plasmid transfer through MVs has been demonstrated in Thermococcus kodakaraensis. MVs are frequently secreted in clusters surrounded by S-layer, producing either big protuberances (nanosphere) or tubular structures (nanotubes). Thermococcus gammatolerans and T. kodakaraensis produce nanotubes containing strings of MVs, resembling the recently described nanopods in bacteria, whereas Thermococcus sp. 5-4 produces filaments whose internal membrane is continuous. These nanotubes can bridge neighbouring cells, forming cellular networks somehow resembling nanotubes recently observed in Firmicutes. As suggested for bacteria, archaeal nanopods and/or nanotubes could be used to expand the metabolic sphere around cells and/or to promote intercellular communication.
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