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ArticleScientific reports2020

PorA, a conserved C-terminal domain-containing protein, impacts the PorXY-SigP signaling of the type IX secretion system.

Hideharu Yukitake, Mikio Shoji, Keiko Sato, Yusuke Handa, Mariko Naito, Katsumi Imada, Koji Nakayama

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hideharu YukitakeDepartment of Microbiology and Oral Infection, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8588, Japan.
Mikio ShojiDepartment of Microbiology and Oral Infection, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8588, Japan. m-shoji@nagasaki-u.ac.jp.
Keiko SatoDepartment of Microbiology and Oral Infection, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8588, Japan.
Yusuke HandaDepartment of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan.
Mariko NaitoDepartment of Microbiology and Oral Infection, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8588, Japan.
Katsumi ImadaDepartment of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan.
Koji NakayamaDepartment of Microbiology and Oral Infection, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8588, Japan.
Nagasaki University · JPOsaka University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Porphyromonas gingivalis, a periodontal pathogen, translocates many virulence factors including the cysteine proteases referred to as gingipains to the cell surface via the type IX secretion system (T9SS). Expression of the T9SS component proteins is regulated by the tandem signaling of the PorXY two-component system and the ECF sigma factor SigP. However, the details of this regulatory pathway are still unknown. We found that one of the T9SS conserved C-terminal domain-containing proteins, PGN_0123, which we have designated PorA, is involved in regulating expression of genes encoding T9SS structural proteins and that PorA can be translocated onto the cell surface without the T9SS translocation machinery. X-ray crystallography revealed that PorA has a domain similar to the mannose-binding domain of Escherichia coli FimH, the tip protein of Type 1 pilus. Mutations in the cytoplasmic domain of the sensor kinase PorY conferred phenotypic recovery on the ΔporA mutant. The SigP sigma factor, which is activated by the PorXY two-component system, markedly decreased in the ΔporA mutant. These results strongly support a potential role for PorA in relaying a signal from the cell surface to the PorXY-SigP signaling pathway.

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Bacterial Secretion SystemsSignal TransductionAmino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsCell MembraneGain of Function MutationGingipain Cysteine EndopeptidasesHemagglutinationLipopolysaccharidesModels, BiologicalPeptide MappingPigmentationPorphyromonas gingivalisProtein DomainsProtein TransportBacterial ProteinsBacterial Secretion SystemsGingipain Cysteine EndopeptidasesLipopolysaccharides

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PMID33273542
PMCPMC7712824
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