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タイトル | CryoEM structure of the type IVa pilus secretin required for natural competence in Vibrio cholerae. |
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ジャーナル・号・ページ | Nat Commun, Vol. 11, Issue 1, Page 5080, Year 2020 |
掲載日 | 2020年10月8日 |
著者 | Sara J Weaver / Davi R Ortega / Matthew H Sazinsky / Triana N Dalia / Ankur B Dalia / Grant J Jensen / |
PubMed 要旨 | Natural transformation is the process by which bacteria take up genetic material from their environment and integrate it into their genome by homologous recombination. It represents one mode of ...Natural transformation is the process by which bacteria take up genetic material from their environment and integrate it into their genome by homologous recombination. It represents one mode of horizontal gene transfer and contributes to the spread of traits like antibiotic resistance. In Vibrio cholerae, a type IVa pilus (T4aP) is thought to facilitate natural transformation by extending from the cell surface, binding to exogenous DNA, and retracting to thread this DNA through the outer membrane secretin, PilQ. Here, we use a functional tagged allele of VcPilQ purified from native V. cholerae cells to determine the cryoEM structure of the VcPilQ secretin in amphipol to ~2.7 Å. We use bioinformatics to examine the domain architecture and gene neighborhood of T4aP secretins in Proteobacteria in comparison with VcPilQ. This structure highlights differences in the architecture of the T4aP secretin from the type II and type III secretion system secretins. Based on our cryoEM structure, we design a series of mutants to reversibly regulate VcPilQ gate dynamics. These experiments support the idea of VcPilQ as a potential druggable target and provide insight into the channel that DNA likely traverses to promote the spread of antibiotic resistance via horizontal gene transfer by natural transformation. |
リンク | Nat Commun / PubMed:33033258 / PubMed Central |
手法 | EM (単粒子) |
解像度 | 2.7 Å |
構造データ | EMDB-21559, PDB-6w6m: |
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キーワード | TRANSPORT PROTEIN / secretion system / outer membrane protein |