title: Repeat sequences in the Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase toxin can be recognized as alternative carboxy-proximal secretion signals by the Escherichia coli alpha-haemolysin translocator.
abstract: The 1706-residue adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA) of Bordetella pertussis is an RTX protein with extensive carboxy-proximal glycine and aspartate-rich repeats. CyaA does not have a cleavable amino-terminal signal peptide and can be secreted across both bacterial membranes of the Escherichia coli cell envelope by the alpha-haemolysin (HlyA) translocator (HlyBD/TolC). We performed deletion mapping of secretion signals recognized in CyaA by this heterologous translocator. Truncated proteins with N-terminal and internal deletions were secreted at levels up to 10 times higher than intact CyaA and similar to HlyA. A secretion signal recognized by HlyBD/TolC was found within the last 74 residues of CyaA. However, secretion of CyaA was reduced but not abolished upon deletion of the last 75 or 217 residues, indicating that at least two additional secretion signals recognized by HlyBD/TolC are within CyaA. One of them was localized to the repeat sequence between residues Asp-1587 to Ile-1631. Interestingly, a conserved 'acidic' motif (Glu/Asp)-(X)11-Asp-(X)3/5-(Glu/Asp)-(X)14-Asp was found in the C-terminal sequences of HlyA, CyaA and the two secreted CyaA derivatives. We speculate that the presence and spacing of acidic residues may be an important feature of secretion signals recognized by the haemolysin translocator.
authors.affiliation: Unité de Biochimie des Régulations Cellulaires, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sebo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ladant
mesh_terms: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D001886:Bordetella pertussis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D010957:Plasmids; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D037361:Adenylate Cyclase Toxin; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins; C036507:Hlya protein, E coli; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011498:Protein Precursors; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases