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| タイトル | H pilin cyclisation and pilus biogenesis are promiscuous but electrostatic perturbations impair conjugation efficiency. |
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| ジャーナル・号・ページ | Nat Commun, Vol. 17, Issue 1, Year 2026 |
| 掲載日 | 2026年2月18日 |
著者 | Shan He / Naito Ishimoto / Joshua L C Wong / Sophia David / Julia Sanchez-Garrido / Mikhail Bogdanov / Konstantinos Beis / Gad Frankel / ![]() |
| PubMed 要旨 | During conjugation, plasmid DNA is transferred from donor to recipient bacteria via the plasmid-encoded mating pilus, formed as thin helical assemblies of polymerised pilin subunits. In the IncHI1 ...During conjugation, plasmid DNA is transferred from donor to recipient bacteria via the plasmid-encoded mating pilus, formed as thin helical assemblies of polymerised pilin subunits. In the IncHI1 R27 plasmid-encoded pilus, the TrhA pilin undergoes cyclisation (via a peptide bond between Gly1 and Asp69), essential for conjugation. Gly1 and Asp69 are exposed on the pilus surface and conserved in all TrhA pilins in the Plascad database. Substituting Asp69 with Asn, Ala, Gly, or Arg does not prevent cyclisation or pilus formation, which remains structurally indistinguishable from the wild type. Conjugation efficiency of the Asp69 substitutions across multiple recipient species correlates with side chain size, in the order Asp69Asn > Asp69Ala > Asp69Gly. However, Asp69Arg, as well as Asp69Lys and Gly1Lys substitutions abolish conjugation, likely due to the positively charged pilus surface (opposite to the wild-type negative charge) forming unfavourable electrostatic interactions with the recipient outer membrane's inner leaflet, composed solely of zwitterionic phosphatidylethanolamine (PE). Consistently, conjugation is rescued in recipients lacking PE. These findings indicate strong selective pressure to maintain Gly1 and Asp69, as efficient DNA transfer depends on precise electrostatic and steric constraints of the pilus surface. |
リンク | Nat Commun / PubMed:41708604 / PubMed Central |
| 手法 | EM (らせん対称) |
| 解像度 | 2.88 - 3.15 Å |
| 構造データ | EMDB-65234, PDB-9vp2: EMDB-65235, PDB-9vp3: EMDB-65236, PDB-9vp4: EMDB-65250, PDB-9vpe: |
| 化合物 | ![]() ChemComp-LHG: |
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キーワード | PROTEIN FIBRIL / pilus / conjugation / filament |
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