conjugation / VirB2 / type IV secretion system / pili / STRUCTURAL PROTEIN (タンパク質)
機能・相同性
Conjugal transfer TrbC/type IV secretion VirB2 / TrbC/VIRB2 pilin / type IV secretion system complex / protein secretion by the type IV secretion system / cell outer membrane / Protein virB2
ジャーナル: Structure / 年: 2023 タイトル: Cryo-EM structure of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens T-pilus reveals the importance of positive charges in the lumen. 著者: Jaafar Amro / Corbin Black / Zakaria Jemouai / Nathan Rooney / Caroline Daneault / Natalie Zeytuni / Matthieu Ruiz / Khanh Huy Bui / Christian Baron / 要旨: Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a natural genetic engineer that transfers DNA into plants, which is the most applied process for generation of genetically modified plants. DNA transfer is mediated by a ...Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a natural genetic engineer that transfers DNA into plants, which is the most applied process for generation of genetically modified plants. DNA transfer is mediated by a type IV secretion system in the cell envelope and extracellular T-pili. We here report the cryo-electron microscopic structures of the T-pilus at 3.2-Å resolution and of the plasmid pKM101-determined N-pilus at 3-Å resolution. Both pili contain a main pilus protein (VirB2 in A. tumefaciens, TraM in pKM101) and phospholipids arranged in a five-start helical assembly. They contain positively charged amino acids in the lumen, and the lipids are positively charged in the T-pilus (phosphatidylcholine) conferring overall positive charge. Mutagenesis of the lumen-exposed Arg91 in VirB2 results in protein destabilization and loss of pilus formation. Our results reveal that different phospholipids can be incorporated into type IV secretion pili and that the charge of the lumen may be of functional importance.
凍結剤: ETHANE / チャンバー内湿度: 100 % / チャンバー内温度: 277 K / 装置: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV 詳細: 3 uL of the sample was repeatedly applied and manually blotted three times using the multiple blotting technique prior to the Vitrobot step to increase the concentration of pili..