Colicin A hybrids: a genetic tool for selection of type II secretion-proficient Pseudomonas strains

AUTOR(ES)

Voulhoux, Romé

FONTE

Oxford University Press

RESUMO

The Gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa secretes the majority of its extracellular proteins by the type II secretion mechanism, a two-step process initiated by translocation of signal peptide-bearing exoproteins across the inner membrane. The periplasmic forms are transferred across the outer membrane by a machinery consisting of 12 xcp gene products. Although the type II secretion machinery is conserved among Gram-negative bacteria, interactions between the secreted proteins and the machinery are specific. The lack of a selectable phenotype has hampered the development of genetic strategies for studying type II secretion. We report a novel strategy to identify rare events, such as those that allow heterologous secretion or identification of extragenic suppressors correcting xcp defects. This is based on creating a host-vector system where the non-secretory phenotype is lethal. The original tool we designed is a hybrid protein containing elastase and the pore-forming domain of colicin A.

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