title: Xcp-mediated protein secretion in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: identification of two additional genes and evidence for regulation of xcp gene expression.
abstract: In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, several exoproteins synthesized with a signal sequence (elastase, lipase, phospholipases, alkaline phosphatase and exotoxin A) are secreted by a two-step mechanism. They first cross the inner membrane in a signal sequence-dependent way, and are further translocated across the outer membrane in a second step requiring secretion functions encoded by several xcp genes. Ten xcp genes have already been characterized (Bally et al., 1992a). In this study, two additional xcp genes, xcpP and xcpQ, are described. They are located in the 40 min region of the chromosome where they probably define an operon, divergent from the xcpR-Z operon previously characterized in this region. These two genes encode two proteins, XcpP and XcpQ, similar to PulC and PulD of the pul system of Klebsiella oxytoca. Moreover, the two divergent operons share a common regulation which is growth-phase dependent.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Ingéniérie et Dynamique des Systèmes Membranaires, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akrim
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bally
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tommassen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Teerink
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Filloux
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lazdunski
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C089840:XcpP protein, Pseudomonas aeruginosa; C089841:XcpQ protein, Pseudomonas aeruginosa; C061378:PulC protein, Klebsiella pneumoniae; C061377:PulD protein, Klebsiella pneumoniae