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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2015

Bacillus anthracis SlaQ Promotes S-Layer Protein Assembly.

Sao-Mai Nguyen-Mau, So-Young Oh, Daphne I Schneewind, Dominique Missiakas, Olaf Schneewind

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sao-Mai Nguyen-MauHoward Taylor Ricketts Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, USA Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
So-Young OhHoward Taylor Ricketts Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, USA Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Daphne I SchneewindHoward Taylor Ricketts Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, USA Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Dominique MissiakasHoward Taylor Ricketts Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, USA Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Olaf SchneewindHoward Taylor Ricketts Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois, USA Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA oschnee@bsd.uchicago.edu.
Argonne National Laboratory · USUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

Molecular And Cellular Biology Training ProgramT32GM007183 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GLICK, BENJAMIN S, RICE, PHOEBE A · 1985 to 2021
$23.9M
Surface Proteins of Bacillus anthracisR01AI069227 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Dominique Missiakas · 2007 to 2026
$6.5M
Surface Proteins of Bacillus anthracisR37AI069227 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI SCHNEEWIND, OLAF · 2017 to 2018
$809k
NIAID NIH HHS AI069227NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI069227NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI069227NIGMS NIH HHS GM007183NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007183
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledBacillus anthracis vegetative forms assemble an S-layer comprised of two S-layer proteins, Sap and EA1. A hallmark of S-layer proteins are their C-terminal crystallization domains, which assemble into a crystalline lattice once these polypeptides are deposited on the bacterial surface via association between their N-terminal S-layer homology domains and the secondary cell wall polysaccharide. Here we show that slaQ, encoding a small cytoplasmic protein conserved among pathogenic bacilli elaborating S-layers, is required for the efficient secretion and assembly of Sap and EA1. S-layer protein precursors cosediment with SlaQ, and SlaQ appears to facilitate Sap assembly. Purified SlaQ polymerizes and when mixed with purified Sap promotes the in vitro formation of tubular S-layer structures. A model is discussed whereby SlaQ, in conjunction with S-layer secretion factors SecA2 and SlaP, promotes localized secretion and S-layer assembly in B. anthracis. IMPORTANCE: S-layer proteins are endowed with the propensity for self-assembly into crystalline arrays. Factors promoting S-layer protein assembly have heretofore not been reported. We identified Bacillus anthracis SlaQ, a small cytoplasmic protein that facilitates S-layer protein assembly in vivo and in vitro.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, BacterialBacillus anthracisBacterial ProteinsChemical PrecipitationFemaleGene Expression Regulation, BacterialLuminescent ProteinsMembrane GlycoproteinsMutationRabbitsRed Fluorescent ProteinAntibodies, BacterialBacterial ProteinsLuminescent ProteinsMembrane GlycoproteinsRed Fluorescent ProteinS-layer proteins

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PMID26216847
PMCPMC4560277
OpenAlexW1917760793

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