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dc.contributor.authorRehman, Zahid U
dc.contributor.authorRehm, Bernd HA
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-31T06:25:44Z
dc.date.available2017-07-31T06:25:44Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.issn0099-2240
dc.identifier.doi10.1128/AEM.03960-12
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/342871
dc.description.abstractAlgE is a monomeric 18-stranded β-barrel protein required for secretion of the extracellular polysaccharide alginate in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. To assess the molecular mechanism of alginate secretion, AlgE was subjected to site-specific and FLAG epitope insertion mutagenesis. Except for β-strands 6 and 10, epitope insertions into the transmembrane β-strands abolished localization of AlgE to the outer membrane. Interestingly, an epitope insertion into β-strand 10 produced alginate and was only detectable in outer membranes isolated from cells grown on solid media. The deletion of nine C-terminal amino acid residues destabilized AlgE. Replacement of amino acids that constitute the highly electropositive pore constriction showed that individual amino acid residues have a specific function in alginate secretion. Two of the triple mutants (K47E+R353A+R459E and R74E+R362A+R459E) severely reduced alginate production. Mutual stability analysis using the algE deletion mutant PDO300ΔalgE(miniCTX) showed the periplasmic alginate biosynthesis proteins AlgK and AlgX were completely destabilized, while the copy number of the inner membrane c-di-GMP receptor Alg44 was reduced. Chromosomal integration of algE restored AlgK, AlgX, and Alg44, providing evidence for a multiprotein complex that spans the cell envelope. Periplasmic turn 4 of AlgE was identified as an important region for maintaining the stability of the putative multiprotein complex.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmerican Society for Microbiology
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom2002
dc.relation.ispartofpageto2011
dc.relation.ispartofissue6
dc.relation.ispartofjournalApplied and Environmental Microbiology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume79
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiochemistry and cell biology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode310199
dc.titleDual roles of Pseudomonas aeruginosa AlgE in secretion of the virulence factor alginate and formation of the secretion complex
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
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gro.griffith.authorRehm, Bernd


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