National Institutes of Health/National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH/NIGMS)
R35GM128777
United States
The Pew Charitable Trusts
00033055
United States
National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute (NIH/NCI)
P30CA016087
United States
Simons Foundation
SF349247
United States
Citation
Journal: bioRxiv / Year: 2026 Title: Interactions of outer membrane lipoproteins PA3214 and PqiC with their MCE protein binding partners, PA3213 and PqiB. Authors: Sabrina I Giacometti / Nicolas Coudray / Rachel L Redler / Gira Bhabha / Damian C Ekiert Abstract: Members of the Mammalian Cell Entry (MCE) superfamily interact with other proteins to form diverse architectures for the transport of hydrophobic molecules across the cell envelope in Gram-negative ...Members of the Mammalian Cell Entry (MCE) superfamily interact with other proteins to form diverse architectures for the transport of hydrophobic molecules across the cell envelope in Gram-negative bacteria. Some of these trans-envelope MCE protein complexes include a PqiC-like outer membrane (OM) lipoprotein component. The best-studied member of this group of OM lipoproteins is PqiC, from the PqiABC system, which can form an octameric ring. How PqiC-like lipoproteins interact with their MCE protein binding partners to facilitate transport is not well understood. Here we report the cryo-electron microscopy structures of PA3214, a homolog of PqiC, in the context of the full MCE transport PA3211-PA3214 system. Our structure provides insight into the biological assembly of the lipoprotein and interactions with its binding partner, MCE protein PA3213. We utilize deep mutational scanning to identify functionally important sites in PqiC in an unbiased manner. Through phenotypic and biochemical experiments, we characterize the interactions of the lipoproteins PqiC and PA3214 with their associated MCE proteins PqiB and PA3213, thus providing a model for how some MCE proteins employ a C-terminal peptide to mediate key interactions with their cognate lipoproteins at the OM.
Model: Quantifoil R2/2 / Material: COPPER / Mesh: 300 / Support film - Material: CARBON / Support film - topology: CONTINUOUS / Support film - Film thickness: 2 / Pretreatment - Type: GLOW DISCHARGE / Pretreatment - Time: 5 sec.
Vitrification
Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 277.15 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
TFS KRIOS
Software
Name: Leginon
Image recording
#0 - Image recording ID: 1 / #0 - Film or detector model: GATAN K3 BIOQUANTUM (6k x 4k) / #0 - Number grids imaged: 1 / #0 - Number real images: 6057 / #0 - Average electron dose: 51.51 e/Å2 / #1 - Image recording ID: 2 / #1 - Film or detector model: GATAN K3 BIOQUANTUM (6k x 4k) / #1 - Number grids imaged: 1 / #1 - Number real images: 3929 / #1 - Average electron dose: 51.43 e/Å2 / #1 - Details: collected at 30 degree tilt
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
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