title: Analysis of functional domains present in the N-terminus of the SipB protein.
abstract: SipB (593 aa), one of the Salmonella invasion proteins (Sips), is secreted via the Salmonella pathogenicity island 1 (SPI-1) type III secretion system (T3SS). Here, we report the delineation of several functional regions present in the SipB protein. Our data show that residues 3-8 of the SipB protein are essential for its secretion from the bacterial cell and that the SicA chaperone, which is important to ensure stability of SipB and SipC in the bacterial cytosol, binds to SipB somewhere between amino acids 80 and100 of the SipB N-terminal region. Interestingly, the N-terminal region (residues 1-160) of SipB (SipB160) cannot be secreted via the SPI-1 T3SS, but fusion of the C-terminal amphipathic region (residues 300-593) to SipB160 can restore secretion via this system.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea.|Laboratory of Microbial Genetics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Bae Hoon
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbial Genetics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Hyeon Guk
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbial Genetics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbial Genetics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Im
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Microbial Genetics, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Yong Keun
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned / Q000737:chemistry; D005407:Flagella / Q000378:metabolism; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D044404:Genomic Islands / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C094577:SicA protein, Salmonella typhimurium; C094579:invasion protein B, Salmonella typhimurium; D005982:Glutathione Transferase