title: Processing of DNase domain during translocation of colicin E7 across the membrane of Escherichia coli.
abstract: Translocation of colicin across the membrane of sensitive cells has been studied extensively. However, processing of the toxicity domain of colicin during translocation has been the subject of much controversy. To investigate the final translocation product of colicin across the membrane of Escherichia coli, an endogenously expressed His-tagged Im7 protein was constructed to detect any translocation product containing the DNase domain traversed the inner membrane into cytoplasm of the E. coli cells. As a result, a final processed DNase domain of ColE7 was identified in the intracellular space of the cells treated with Col-Im complex. In the presence of periplasmic extracts, in vitro processing of DNase domain of ColE7 was also observed. These results suggest that the processing of ColE7 has occurred for translocation of the DNase-type colicin across the membrane and the process is probably taking place in the periplasmic space of the membrane.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, National Yang Ming University, Shih-Pai, Taipei, Taiwan 11221, Republic of China.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Hsiao
authors.forename: Y W
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Leng
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Yuen
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Chak
mesh_terms: D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D003087:Colicins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D019897:Periplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D021381:Protein Transport
chemical_list: D003087:Colicins; D003851:Deoxyribonucleases