Periplasmic Transit and Disulfide Bond Formation of the Autotransported Shigella Protein IcsA

AUTOR(ES)

Brandon, Lauren D.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

The Shigella outer membrane protein IcsA belongs to the family of type V secreted (autotransported) virulence factors. Members of this family mediate their own translocation across the bacterial outer membrane: the carboxy-terminal β domain forms a β barrel channel in the outer membrane through which the amino-terminal α domain passes. IcsA, which is localized at one pole of the bacterium, mediates actin assembly by Shigella, which is essential for bacterial intracellular movement and intercellular dissemination. Here, we characterize the transit of IcsA across the periplasm during its secretion. We show that an insertion in the dsbB gene, whose gene product mediates disulfide bond formation of many periplasmic intermediates, does not affect the surface expression or unipolar targeting of IcsA. However, IcsA forms one disulfide bond in the periplasm in a DsbA/DsbB-dependent fashion. Furthermore, cellular fractionation studies reveal that IcsA has a transient soluble periplasmic intermediate. Our data also suggest that IcsA is folded in a proteinase K-resistant state in the periplasm. From these data, we propose a novel model for the secretion of IcsA that may be applicable to other autotransported proteins.

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