Akeda Yukihiro, Galán Jorge E
Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06536, USA.
J Bacteriol. 2004 Apr;186(8):2402-12. doi: 10.1128/JB.186.8.2402-2412.2004.
An essential component of all type III secretion systems is a highly conserved ATPase that shares significant amino acid sequence similarity to the beta subunit of the F(0)F(1) ATPases and is thought to provide the energy for the secretion process. We have performed a genetic and functional analysis of InvC, the ATPase associated with the Salmonella enterica type III secretion system encoded within its pathogenicity island 1. Through a mutagenesis analysis, we have identified amino acid residues that are essential for specific activities of InvC, such as nucleotide hydrolysis and membrane binding. This has allowed us to define discrete domains of InvC that are specifically associated with different essential activities of this protein.
所有III型分泌系统的一个重要组成部分是一种高度保守的ATP酶,它与F(0)F(1) ATP酶的β亚基具有显著的氨基酸序列相似性,被认为可为分泌过程提供能量。我们对InvC进行了遗传和功能分析,InvC是与肠道沙门氏菌III型分泌系统相关的ATP酶,编码于其1号致病岛中。通过诱变分析,我们确定了InvC特定活性(如核苷酸水解和膜结合)所必需的氨基酸残基。这使我们能够定义InvC的离散结构域,这些结构域与该蛋白的不同基本活性特异性相关。