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Nat Microbiol ; 4(12): 2101-2108, 2019 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31754273

RESUMO

The type II secretion system (T2SS) is a multiprotein envelope-spanning assembly that translocates a wide range of virulence factors, enzymes and effectors through the outer membrane of many Gram-negative bacteria1-3. Here, using electron cryotomography and subtomogram averaging methods, we reveal the in vivo structure of an intact T2SS imaged within the human pathogen Legionella pneumophila. Although the T2SS has only limited sequence and component homology with the evolutionarily related type IV pilus (T4P) system4,5, we show that their overall architectures are remarkably similar. Despite similarities, there are also differences, including, for example, that the T2SS-ATPase complex is usually present but disengaged from the inner membrane, the T2SS has a much longer periplasmic vestibule and it has a short-lived flexible pseudopilus. Placing atomic models of the components into our electron cryotomography map produced a complete architectural model of the intact T2SS that provides insights into the structure and function of its components, its position within the cell envelope and the interactions between its different subcomplexes.


Assuntos
Legionella pneumophila/química , Sistemas de Secreção Tipo II/química , Sistemas de Secreção Tipo II/ultraestrutura , Proteínas de Bactérias/química , Microscopia Crioeletrônica , Fímbrias Bacterianas/química , Fímbrias Bacterianas/ultraestrutura , Legionella pneumophila/ultraestrutura , Modelos Moleculares , Fatores de Virulência
2.
Nat Commun ; 10(1): 5437, 2019 11 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31780649

RESUMO

Bacterial type II secretion systems (T2SSs) translocate virulence factors, toxins and enzymes across the cell outer membrane. Here we use negative stain and cryo-electron microscopy to reveal the core architecture of an assembled T2SS from the pathogen Klebsiella pneumoniae. We show that 7 proteins form a ~2.4 MDa complex that spans the cell envelope. The outer membrane complex includes the secretin PulD, with all domains modelled, and the pilotin PulS. The inner membrane assembly platform components PulC, PulE, PulL, PulM and PulN have a relative stoichiometric ratio of 2:1:1:1:1. The PulE ATPase, PulL and PulM combine to form a flexible hexameric hub. Symmetry mismatch between the outer membrane complex and assembly platform is overcome by PulC linkers spanning the periplasm, with PulC HR domains binding independently at the secretin base. Our results show that the T2SS has a highly dynamic modular architecture, with implication for pseudo-pilus assembly and substrate loading.


Assuntos
Klebsiella pneumoniae/ultraestrutura , Sistemas de Secreção Tipo II/ultraestrutura , Proteínas da Membrana Bacteriana Externa/ultraestrutura , Proteínas de Bactérias/ultraestrutura , Microscopia Crioeletrônica , Proteínas de Membrana/ultraestrutura , Microscopia Eletrônica , Coloração Negativa
3.
J Bacteriol ; 200(5)2018 03 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29263097

RESUMO

Bacterial secretins are outer membrane proteins that provide a path for secreted proteins to access the cell exterior/surface. They are one of the core components of secretion machines and are found in type II and type III secretion systems (T2SS and T3SS, respectively). The secretins comprise giant ring-shaped homo-oligomers whose precise atomic organization was only recently deciphered thanks to spectacular developments in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) imaging techniques.


Assuntos
Proteínas da Membrana Bacteriana Externa/química , Sistemas de Secreção Bacterianos/química , Secretina/química , Proteínas da Membrana Bacteriana Externa/metabolismo , Proteínas da Membrana Bacteriana Externa/ultraestrutura , Sistemas de Secreção Bacterianos/metabolismo , Sistemas de Secreção Bacterianos/ultraestrutura , Microscopia Crioeletrônica/métodos , Klebsiella/química , Modelos Moleculares , Secretina/metabolismo , Sistemas de Secreção Tipo II/química , Sistemas de Secreção Tipo II/ultraestrutura , Vibrio/química
4.
mBio ; 8(5)2017 10 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29042496

RESUMO

Sophisticated nanomachines are used by bacteria for protein secretion. In Gram-negative bacteria, the type 2 secretion system (T2SS) is composed of a pseudopilus assembly platform in the inner membrane and a secretin complex in the outer membrane. The engagement of these two megadalton-sized complexes is required in order to secrete toxins, effectors, and hydrolytic enzymes. Pseudomonas aeruginosa has at least two T2SSs, with the ancestral nanomachine having a secretin complex composed of XcpQ. Until now, no high-resolution structural information was available to distinguish the features of this Pseudomonas-type secretin, which varies greatly in sequence from the well-characterized Klebsiella-type and Vibrio-type secretins. We have purified the ~1-MDa secretin complex and analyzed it by cryo-electron microscopy. Structural comparisons with the Klebsiella-type secretin complex revealed a striking structural homology despite the differences in their sequence characteristics. At 3.6-Å resolution, the secretin complex was found to have 15-fold symmetry throughout the membrane-embedded region and through most of the domains in the periplasm. However, the N1 domain and N0 domain were not well ordered into this 15-fold symmetry. We suggest a model wherein this disordering of the subunit symmetry for the periplasmic N domains provides a means to engage with the 6-fold symmetry in the inner membrane platform, with a metastable engagement that can be disrupted by substrate proteins binding to the region between XcpP, in the assembly platform, and the XcpQ secretin.IMPORTANCE How the outer membrane and inner membrane components of the T2SS engage each other and yet can allow for substrate uptake into the secretin chamber has challenged the protein transport field for some time. This vexing question is of significance because the T2SS collects folded protein substrates in the periplasm for transport out of the bacterium and yet must discriminate these few substrate proteins from all the other hundred or so folded proteins in the periplasm. The structural analysis here supports a model wherein substrates must compete against a metastable interaction between XcpP in the assembly platform and the XcpQ secretin, wherein only structurally encoded features in the T2SS substrates compete well enough to disrupt XcpQ-XcpP for entry into the XcpQ chamber, for secretion across the outer membrane.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias/ultraestrutura , Proteínas de Membrana/ultraestrutura , Proteínas de Membrana Transportadoras/ultraestrutura , Pseudomonas aeruginosa/enzimologia , Sistemas de Secreção Tipo II/ultraestrutura , Proteínas de Bactérias/isolamento & purificação , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Microscopia Crioeletrônica , Proteínas de Membrana/isolamento & purificação , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana Transportadoras/isolamento & purificação , Proteínas de Membrana Transportadoras/metabolismo , Modelos Moleculares , Ligação Proteica , Multimerização Proteica , Sistemas de Secreção Tipo II/isolamento & purificação , Sistemas de Secreção Tipo II/metabolismo
5.
Mol Microbiol ; 105(2): 211-226, 2017 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28486768

RESUMO

Nanomachines belonging to the type IV filament (Tff) superfamily serve a variety of cellular functions in prokaryotes, including motility, adhesion, electrical conductance, competence and secretion. The type 2 secretion system (T2SS) Tff member assembles a short filament called pseudopilus that promotes the secretion of folded proteins from the periplasm across the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. A combination of structural, biochemical, imaging, computational and in vivo approaches had led to a working model for the assembled nanomachine. High-resolution cryo-electron microscopy and tomography provided the first view of several homologous Tff nanomachines in the cell envelope and revealed the structure of the outer membrane secretin channel, challenging current models of the overall stoichiometry of the T2SS. In addition, recent insights into exoprotein substrate features and interactions with the T2SS have led to new questions about the dynamics of the system and the role of the plasma membrane in substrate presentation. This micro-review will highlight recent advances in the field of type 2 secretion and discuss approaches that can be used to reach a mechanistic understanding of exoprotein recognition, integration into the machine and secretion.


Assuntos
Sistemas de Secreção Tipo II/metabolismo , Sistemas de Secreção Tipo II/ultraestrutura , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Sistemas de Secreção Bacterianos/metabolismo , Sequência de Bases , Microscopia Crioeletrônica/métodos , Bactérias Gram-Negativas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Membrana/metabolismo , Modelos Moleculares , Periplasma/metabolismo , Ligação Proteica , Dobramento de Proteína , Secretina/química , Relação Estrutura-Atividade
6.
Nat Struct Mol Biol ; 24(2): 177-183, 2017 02.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28067918

RESUMO

The secretin GspD of the type II secretion system (T2SS) forms a channel across the outer membrane in Gram-negative bacteria to transport substrates from the periplasm to the extracellular milieu. The lack of an atomic-resolution structure of the GspD channel hinders the investigation of substrate translocation mechanism of T2SS. Here we report cryo-EM structures of two GspD channels (∼1 MDa), from Escherichia coli K12 and Vibrio cholerae, at ∼3 Å resolution. The structures reveal a pentadecameric channel architecture, wherein three rings of GspD N domains form the periplasmic channel. The secretin domain constitutes a novel double ß-barrel channel, with at least 60 ß-strands in each barrel, and is stabilized by S domains. The outer membrane channel is sealed by ß-strand-enriched gates. On the basis of the partially open state captured, we proposed a detailed gate-opening mechanism. Our structures provide a structural basis for understanding the secretin superfamily and the mechanism of substrate translocation in T2SS.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Escherichia coli/ultraestrutura , Porinas/ultraestrutura , Sistemas de Secreção Tipo II/ultraestrutura , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Sequência Conservada , Microscopia Crioeletrônica , Escherichia coli/ultraestrutura , Proteínas de Escherichia coli/química , Ativação do Canal Iônico , Modelos Moleculares , Conformação Proteica em Folha beta , Domínios e Motivos de Interação entre Proteínas , Estrutura Quaternária de Proteína , Secretina/química , Sistemas de Secreção Tipo II/química
7.
Biomed Res Int ; 2015: 817134, 2015.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26064954

RESUMO

Type IV pili (T4P) and T2SS (Type II Secretion System) pseudopili are filaments extending beyond microbial surfaces, comprising homologous subunits called "pilins." In this paper, we presented a new approach to predict pseudo atomic models of pili combining ambiguous symmetric constraints with sparse distance information obtained from experiments and based neither on electronic microscope (EM) maps nor on accurate a priori symmetric details. The approach was validated by the reconstruction of the gonococcal (GC) pilus from Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the type IVb toxin-coregulated pilus (TCP) from Vibrio cholerae, and pseudopilus of the pullulanase T2SS (the PulG pilus) from Klebsiella oxytoca. In addition, analyses of computational errors showed that subunits should be treated cautiously, as they are slightly flexible and not strictly rigid bodies. A global sampling in a wider range was also implemented and implied that a pilus might have more than one but fewer than many possible intact conformations.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Fímbrias/ultraestrutura , Fímbrias Bacterianas/ultraestrutura , Sistemas de Secreção Tipo II/ultraestrutura , Proteínas de Fímbrias/química , Fímbrias Bacterianas/química , Glicosídeo Hidrolases/química , Klebsiella oxytoca/química , Klebsiella oxytoca/ultraestrutura , Modelos Moleculares , Neisseria gonorrhoeae/química , Neisseria gonorrhoeae/ultraestrutura , Vibrio cholerae/química , Vibrio cholerae/ultraestrutura
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