title: Protein domain of unknown function 3233 is a translocation domain of autotransporter secretory mechanism in gamma proteobacteria.
abstract: Vibrio cholerae, the enteropathogenic gram negative bacteria is one of the main causative agents of waterborne diseases like cholera. About 1/3(rd) of the organism's genome is uncharacterised with many protein coding genes lacking structure and functional information. These proteins form significant fraction of the genome and are crucial in understanding the organism's complete functional makeup. In this study we report the general structure and function of a family of hypothetical proteins, Domain of Unknown Function 3233 (DUF3233), which are conserved across gram negative gammaproteobacteria (especially in Vibrio sp. and similar bacteria). Profile and HMM based sequence search methods were used to screen homologues of DUF3233. The I-TASSER fold recognition method was used to build a three dimensional structural model of the domain. The structure resembles the transmembrane beta-barrel with an axial N-terminal helix and twelve antiparallel beta-strands. Using a combination of amphipathy and discrimination analysis we analysed the potential transmembrane beta-barrel forming properties of DUF3233. Sequence, structure and phylogenetic analysis of DUF3233 indicates that this gram negative bacterial hypothetical protein resembles the beta-barrel translocation unit of autotransporter Va secretory mechanism with a gene organisation that differs from the conventional Va system.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology, Bangalore, India.
authors.forename: Ananth
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prakash
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yogeeshwari
authors.forename: Sanchari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sircar
authors.forename: Shipra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Agrawal
mesh_terms: D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D021381:Protein Transport; D020560:Proteobacteria / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins
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