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ArticleNature communications2019

The cryo-electron microscopy supramolecular structure of the bacterial stressosome unveils its mechanism of activation.

Allison H Williams, Adam Redzej, Nathalie Rolhion, Tiago R D Costa, Aline Rifflet, Gabriel Waksman, Pascale Cossart

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Article in Nature communications, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Allison H WilliamsUnité Biologie et Génétique de la Paroi Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Groupe Avenir, INSERM, 75015, Paris, France. awilliam@pasteur.fr.
Adam RedzejInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London and Birkbeck, London, WC1E 7HX, UK.
Nathalie RolhionDépartement de Biologie Cellulaire et Infection, Institut Pasteur, Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules, 75015, Paris, France.
Tiago R D CostaInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London and Birkbeck, London, WC1E 7HX, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2716-9669
Aline RiffletUnité Biologie et Génétique de la Paroi Bactérienne, Institut Pasteur, Groupe Avenir, INSERM, 75015, Paris, France.
Gabriel WaksmanInstitute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London and Birkbeck, London, WC1E 7HX, UK. g.waksman@mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk.
Pascale CossartDépartement de Biologie Cellulaire et Infection, Institut Pasteur, Unité des Interactions Bactéries-Cellules, 75015, Paris, France. pascale.cossart@pasteur.fr.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilMedical Research Council MR/P028225/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

How the stressosome, the epicenter of the stress response in bacteria, transmits stress signals from the environment has remained elusive. The stressosome consists of multiple copies of three proteins RsbR, RsbS and RsbT, a kinase that is important for its activation. Using cryo-electron microscopy, we determined the atomic organization of the Listeria monocytogenes stressosome at 3.38 Å resolution. RsbR and RsbS are organized in a 60-protomers truncated icosahedron. A key phosphorylation site on RsbR (T209) is partially hidden by an RsbR flexible loop, whose "open" or "closed" position could modulate stressosome activity. Interaction between three glutamic acids in the N-terminal domain of RsbR and the membrane-bound mini-protein Prli42 is essential for Listeria survival to stress. Together, our data provide the atomic model of the stressosome core and highlight a loop important for stressosome activation, paving the way towards elucidating the mechanism of signal transduction by the stressosome in bacteria.

Indexed as

Stress, PhysiologicalCryoelectron MicroscopyGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGlutamic AcidListeria monocytogenesMultienzyme ComplexesPhosphoproteinsPhosphorylationProtein DomainsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProtein Structure, SecondarySigma FactorSignal TransductionGlutamic AcidMultienzyme ComplexesPhosphoproteinsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesRsbT protein, Listeria monocytogenesSigma Factor

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PMID31285450
PMCPMC6614362

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