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ArticlePloS one2013

LPS unmasking of Shigella flexneri reveals preferential localisation of tagged outer membrane protease IcsP to septa and new poles.

Elizabeth Ngoc Hoa Tran, Matthew Thomas Doyle, Renato Morona

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elizabeth Ngoc Hoa TranDiscipline of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Matthew Thomas Doyle
Renato Morona
University of Adelaide · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Shigella flexneri outer membrane (OM) protease IcsP (SopA) is a member of the enterobacterial Omptin family of proteases which cleaves the polarly localised OM protein IcsA that is essential for Shigella virulence. Unlike IcsA however, the specific localisation of IcsP on the cell surface is unknown. To determine the distribution of IcsP, a haemagglutinin (HA) epitope was inserted into the non-essential IcsP OM loop 5 using Splicing by Overlap Extension (SOE) PCR, and IcsP(HA) was characterised. Quantum Dot (QD) immunofluorescence (IF) surface labelling of IcsP(HA) was then undertaken. Quantitative fluorescence analysis of S. flexneri 2a 2457T treated with and without tunicaymcin to deplete lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O antigen (Oag) showed that IcsP(HA) was asymmetrically distributed on the surface of septating and non-septating cells, and that this distribution was masked by LPS Oag in untreated cells. Double QD IF labelling of IcsP(HA) and IcsA showed that IcsP(HA) preferentially localised to the new pole of non-septating cells and to the septum of septating cells. The localisation of IcsP(HA) in a rough LPS S. flexneri 2457T strain (with no Oag) was also investigated and a similar distribution of IcsP(HA) was observed. Complementation of the rough LPS strain with rmlD resulted in restored LPS Oag chain expression and loss of IcsP(HA) detection, providing further support for LPS Oag masking of surface proteins. Our data presents for the first time the distribution for the Omptin OM protease IcsP, relative to IcsA, and the effect of LPS Oag masking on its detection.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialAmino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsCell MembraneDNA-Binding ProteinsFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGenetic Complementation TestHemagglutininsModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, InsertionalO AntigensProtein EngineeringQuantum DotsSequence AlignmentSequence Homology, Amino AcidBacterial ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsHemagglutininsO AntigensSopA protein, BacteriaTranscription FactorsTunicamycinvirG protein, Shigella flexneri

Identifiers

PMID23936222
PMCPMC3723647
OpenAlexW2052389577

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