期刊
ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY
卷 173, 期 5-6, 页码 339-345出版社
SPRINGER VERLAG
DOI: 10.1007/s002030000145
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mollicutes; spiroplasmas; spiralin; fatty acids; signal peptide; S-glycerylcysteine; lipoprotein
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The plasma membrane of Spiroplasma melliferum contains a major membrane-associated lipoprotein called spiralin. In this study, the processing pathway of spiralin was investigated by chemical analysis of the purified protein and by using [S-35]cysteine, [S-35]methionine, [C-14]myristic acid (C-14-14:0), [C-14]palmitic acid (C-14-16:0), and globomycin. SDS-PAGE analysis of membrane proteins showed the leader peptide cleavage of prospiralin and provided evidence for an apparent selectivity in the acylation: the unprocessed protein was labelled with C-14-16:0 only (O-ester-linked acyl chains), and the mature form with both C-14-labelled fatty acids (O-ester-linked + amide-linked chains). Chemical analysis of the purified protein revealed that spiralin contains S-glycerylcysteine and is covalently modified with two O-ester-linked acyl chains and one amide-linked fatty acid chain. However, a specific selectivity in the O- and the N-acylations was not confirmed; palmitate and stearate were the major components. The amounts of O-ester- and amide-linked acyl chains, the resistance to Edman degradation and the presence of S-glycerylcysteine together indicate that spiralin is a classical lipoprotein (i.e. is triacylated) and is probably processed by a mechanism similar to that described for gram-negative eubacteria. On the basis of these findings, a biogenesis pathway for spiralin is proposed.
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