title: A TatABC-type Tat translocase is required for unimpaired aerobic growth of Corynebacterium glutamicum ATCC13032.
abstract: The twin-arginine translocation (Tat) system transports folded proteins across the cytoplasmic membrane of bacteria and the thylakoid membrane of plant chloroplasts. Escherichia coli and other Gram-negative bacteria possess a TatABC-type Tat translocase in which each of the three inner membrane proteins TatA, TatB, and TatC performs a mechanistically distinct function. In contrast, low-GC Gram-positive bacteria, such as Bacillus subtilis, use a TatAC-type minimal Tat translocase in which the TatB function is carried out by a bifunctional TatA. In high-GC Gram-positive Actinobacteria, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Corynebacterium glutamicum, tatA, tatB, and tatC genes can be identified, suggesting that these organisms, just like E. coli, might use TatABC-type Tat translocases as well. However, since contrary to this view a previous study has suggested that C. glutamicum might in fact use a TatAC translocase with TatB only playing a minor role, we reexamined the requirement of TatB for Tat-dependent protein translocation in this microorganism. Under aerobic conditions, the misassembly of the Rieske iron-sulfur protein QcrA was identified as a major reason for the severe growth defect of Tat-defective C. glutamicum mutant strains. Furthermore, our results clearly show that TatB, besides TatA and TatC, is strictly required for unimpaired aerobic growth. In addition, TatB was also found to be essential for the secretion of a heterologous Tat-dependent model protein into the C. glutamicum culture supernatant. Together with our finding that expression of the C. glutamicum TatB in an E. coli ΔtatB mutant strain resulted in the formation of an active Tat translocase, our results clearly indicate that a TatABC translocase is used as the physiologically relevant functional unit for Tat-dependent protein translocation in C. glutamicum and, most likely, also in other TatB-containing Actinobacteria.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften 1, IBG1: Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany.
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oertel
authors.affiliation: Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften 1, IBG1: Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany.
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.affiliation: Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften 1, IBG1: Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany.
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Freudl
mesh_terms: D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D048230:Corynebacterium glutamicum / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017510:Protein Folding; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000502:physiology; D000069294:Twin-Arginine-Translocation System / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D007506:Iron-Sulfur Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; C499697:TatA protein, E coli; C473116:TatB protein, E coli; C461379:TatC protein, E coli; D000069294:Twin-Arginine-Translocation System
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