title: The N terminus of the HasA protein and the SecB chaperone cooperate in the efficient targeting and secretion of HasA via the ATP-binding cassette transporter.
abstract: Secretion of the HasA hemophore is mediated by a C-terminal secretion signal as part of an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) pathway in the Gram-negative bacterium Serratia marcescens. We reconstituted the HasA secretion pathway in Escherichia coli. In E. coli, this pathway required three specific secretion functions and SecB, the general chaperone of the Sec pathway that recognizes HasA. The secretion of the isolated C-terminal secretion signal was not SecB-dependent. We have previously shown that intracellular folded HasA can no longer be secreted, and we proposed a step in the secretion process before the recognition of the secretion signal. Here we show that the secretion of a fully functional HasA variant, lacking the first 10 N-terminal amino acids, was less efficient than that of HasA and was SecB-independent. The N terminus of HasA was required, along with SecB, for the efficient secretion of the whole protein. We have also previously shown that HasA inhibits the secretion of metalloproteases from Erwinia chrysanthemi by their specific ABC transporter. Here we show that this abortive interaction between HasA and the E. chrysanthemi metalloprotease ABC transporter required both SecB and the N terminus of HasA. N-terminal fragments of HasA displayed this abortive interaction in vivo and also interacted specifically in vitro with the ABC protein of the Prt system. SecB also interacted specifically in vitro with the ABC protein of the Prt system. Finally, the HasA variant, lacking the first 10 N-terminal amino acids did not display this abortive interaction with the Prt system. We suggest that the N-terminal domain of HasA specifically recognizes the ABC protein in a SecB-dependent fashion, facilitating functional interaction with the C-terminal secretion signal leading to efficient secretion.
authors.affiliation: Unité des Membranes Bactériennes, CNRS URA 2172, Dpt des Biotechnologies, Institut Pasteur, 25-28, rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France. gsapriel@pasteur.fr
authors.forename: Guillaume
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sapriel
authors.forename: Cécile
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wandersman
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Delepelaire
mesh_terms: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D010957:Plasmids; D011480:Protease Inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism; D011486:Protein C / Q000378:metabolism; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
chemical_list: D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011480:Protease Inhibitors; D011486:Protein C; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; C093956:HasA protein, Serratia marcescens; C057842:SecB protein, Bacteria; C023302:yeast proteinase B; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins