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Accumulation of the Type IV prepilin triggers degradation of SecY and YidC and inhibits synthesis of Photosystem II proteins in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803

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    SYSNO ASEP0441078
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleAccumulation of the Type IV prepilin triggers degradation of SecY and YidC and inhibits synthesis of Photosystem II proteins in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803
    Author(s) Linhartová, Markéta (MBU-M) RID, ORCID
    Bučinská, Lenka (MBU-M) RID
    Halada, Petr (MBU-M) RID, ORCID
    Ječmen, T. (CZ)
    Šetlík, Jiří (MBU-M)
    Komenda, Josef (MBU-M) RID, ORCID
    Sobotka, Roman (MBU-M) RID, ORCID
    Number of authors7
    Source TitleMolecular Microbiology - ISSN 0950-382X
    Roč. 93, č. 6 (2014), s. 1207-1223
    Number of pages16 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryGB - United Kingdom
    Keywordsprepilin ; cab-like proteins ; Synechocystit
    Subject RIVEE - Microbiology, Virology
    R&D ProjectsCZ.2.16/3.1.00/24023 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
    GA14-13967S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    Institutional supportMBU-M - RVO:61388971
    UT WOS000342757200011
    AnnotationType IV pilins are bacterial proteins that are small in size but have a broad range of functions, including motility, transformation competence and secretion. Although pilins vary in sequence, they possess a characteristic signal peptide that has to be removed by the prepilin peptidase PilD during pilin maturation. We generated a pilD (slr1120) null mutant of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis 6803 that accumulates an unprocessed form of the major pilin PilA1 (pPilA1) and its non-glycosylated derivative (NpPilA1). Notably, the pilD strain had aberrant membrane ultrastructure and did not grow photoautotrophically because the synthesis of Photosystem II subunits was abolished. However, other membrane components such as Photosystem I and ATP synthase were synthesized at levels comparable to the control strain. Proliferation of the pilD strain was rescued by elimination of the pilA1 gene, demonstrating that PilA1 prepilin inhibited the synthesis of Photosystem II. Furthermore, NpPilA1 co-immunoprecipitated with the SecY translocase and the YidC insertase, and both of these essential translocon components were degraded in the mutant. We propose that unprocessed prepilins inactivate an identical pool of translocons that function in the synthesis of both pilins and the core subunits of Photosystem II.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Microbiology
    ContactEliška Spurná, eliska.spurna@biomed.cas.cz, Tel.: 241 062 231
    Year of Publishing2015
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