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Archaeal homolog of bacterial type IV prepilin signal peptidases with broad substrate specificity.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12813086     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A large number of secretory proteins in the thermoacidophile Sulfolobus solfataricus are synthesized as a precursor with an unusual leader peptide that resembles bacterial type IV prepilin signal sequences. This set of proteins includes the flagellin subunit but also various solute binding proteins. Here we describe the identification of the S. solfataricus homolog of bacterial type IV prepilin peptidases, termed PibD. PibD is an integral membrane protein that is phylogenetically related to the bacterial enzymes. When heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli, PibD is capable of processing both the flagellin and glucose-binding protein (GlcS) precursors. Site-directed mutagenesis of the GlcS signal peptide shows that the substrate specificity of PibD is consistent with the variations found in proteins with type IV prepilin-like signal sequences of S. solfataricus. We conclude that PibD is responsible for the processing of these secretory proteins in S. solfataricus.
Authors:
Sonja-Verena Albers; Zalán Szabó; Arnold J M Driessen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of bacteriology     Volume:  185     ISSN:  0021-9193     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Bacteriol.     Publication Date:  2003 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2003-06-18     Completed Date:  2003-07-10     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985120R     Medline TA:  J Bacteriol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  3918-25     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, 9751 NN Haren, The Netherlands.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amino Acid Sequence
Archaeal Proteins / chemistry,  genetics,  metabolism*
Bacterial Proteins / chemistry,  genetics*,  metabolism
Endopeptidases / chemistry,  genetics,  metabolism*
Escherichia coli / enzymology,  genetics
Membrane Proteins / chemistry,  genetics,  metabolism
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
Protein Precursors / metabolism
Protein Sorting Signals / genetics
Sequence Alignment
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid*
Substrate Specificity
Sulfolobus / enzymology*,  genetics
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Archaeal Proteins; 0/Bacterial Proteins; 0/Membrane Proteins; 0/Protein Precursors; 0/Protein Sorting Signals; EC 3.4.-/Endopeptidases; EC 3.4.99.-/type IV prepilin peptidase
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