title: The secretion pathway of IgA protease-type proteins in gram-negative bacteria.
abstract: The pathogenic, Gram-negative bacteria, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae, secrete immunoglobulin A1 proteases into their extracellular surroundings. An extraordinary feature in the secretory pathway of these putative virulence factors is a self-directed outer membrane transport step allowing the proteins to be secreted autonomously, even from foreign Gram-negative host cells like Escherichia coli. Here we summarize recent achievements in the understanding of IgA protease outer membrane translocation.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie, Abteilung Infektionsbiologie, Tübingen, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Klauser
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pohlner
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Meyer
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D001692:Biological Transport; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D010447:Peptide Hydrolases; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; C021433:IgA-specific serine endopeptidase