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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2010

Identification of a conserved membrane localization domain within numerous large bacterial protein toxins.

Brett Geissler, Rehman Tungekar, Karla J F Satchell

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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3 authors.

Brett GeisslerDepartment of Microbiology-Immunology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.
Rehman Tungekar
Karla J F Satchell

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN IMMUNOLOGY &MOLECULAR PATHOGENESIST32AI007476 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Edward Benjamin Thorp · 1996 to 2026
$6.6M
Genetic and biochemical study ov V. cholerase RTX toxinR01AI051490 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI SATCHELL, KARLA J F · 2003 to 2012
$3.3M
Role of non-tuberculous mycobacteria in lung diseaseK23AI051409 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI STOUT, JASON E · 2003 to 2006
$503k
Functional characterization of Rho inactivation by Vibro cholerae RTX toxinF32AI075764 · NIAID · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI GEISSLER, BRETT L · 2009 to 2010
$106k
NIAID NIH HHS AI051409NIAID NIH HHS F32 AI075764NIAID NIH HHS F32-AI075764-01A2NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI051490NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007476NIAID NIH HHS T32-AI1007476-01
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Abstract

Vibrio cholerae is the causative agent of the diarrheal disease cholera. Many virulence factors contribute to intestinal colonization and disease including the Multifunctional Autoprocessing RTX toxin (MARTX(Vc)). The Rho-inactivation domain (RID) of MARTX(Vc) is responsible for inactivating the Rho-family of small GTPases, which leads to depolymerization of the actin cytoskeleton. Based on a deletion analysis of RID to determine the minimal functional domain, we have identified a subdomain at the N terminus of RID that is homologous to the membrane targeting C1 domain of Pasteurella multocida toxin. A GFP fusion to this subdomain from RID colocalized with a plasma membrane marker when transiently expressed within HeLa cells and can be found in the membrane fraction following subcellular fractionation. This C1-like subdomain is present in multiple families of bacterial toxins, including all of the clostridial glucosyltransferase toxins and various MARTX toxins. GFP-fusions to these homologous domains are also membrane associated, indicating that this is a conserved membrane localization domain (MLD). We have identified three residues (Y23, S68, R70) as necessary for proper localization of one but not all MLDs. In addition, we found that substitution of the RID MLD with the MLDs from two different effector domains from the Vibrio vulnificus MARTX toxin restored RID activity, indicating that there is functional overlap between these MLDs. This study describes the initial recognition of a family of conserved plasma membrane-targeting domains found in multiple large bacterial toxins.

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Amino Acid SequenceBacterial ToxinsCell MembraneConserved SequenceGenetic Complementation TestGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHeLa CellsHumansModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataProtein Structure, TertiaryRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSequence DeletionSequence Homology, Amino AcidStatic ElectricityVibrio choleraeBacterial ToxinsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRtxA protein, Vibrio cholerae

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PMID20212166
PMCPMC2851783

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