期刊
MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS
卷 266, 期 5, 页码 827-831出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-001-0601-1
关键词
Escherichia coli; proteolysis; trans-translation; Clp proteases; SspB
Trans-translation is a process that adds a hydrophobic peptide tag to the C-terminus of polypeptides, which causes them to become unstable. We designed a genetic screen to identify factors involved in the degradation of trans-translated products, using the green fluorescent protein (GFP) fused to the transtranslation tag as a reporter. Two screens were devised to identify insertional mutants that stabilize such substrates. Only disruption of the clpX or clpP gene resulted in stabilization of the tagged substrates. The sspB gene product was recently shown to be a specificity-enhancing factor for the ClpXP degradation machine. In the wildtype background, targeted inactivation of the sspB gene failed to stabilize the tagged substrate. These results indicate that the ATP-dependent ClpXP protease is probably the only main component involved in the degradation of cytoplasmic trans-translated proteins in Escherichia coli that can be completely inactivated.
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