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ArticleThe EMBO journal1998

A role for trigger factor and an rgg-like regulator in the transcription, secretion and processing of the cysteine proteinase of Streptococcus pyogenes.

W R Lyon, C M Gibson, M G Caparon

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Article in The EMBO journal, 1998. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 157 papers.

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157citing papers in PubMed
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

W R LyonDepartment of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8230, St Louis, MO 63110-1093, USA.
C M Gibson
M G Caparon
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

VIRULENCE REGULATION IN STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENESR01AI038273 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI CAPARON, MICHAEL G. · 1995 to 2004
$1.2M
NIAID NIH HHS AI38273
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability of numerous microorganisms to cause disease relies upon the highly regulated expression of secreted proteinases. In this study, mutagenesis with a novel derivative of Tn4001 was used to identify genes required for the expression of the secreted cysteine proteinase (SCP) of the pathogenic Gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes. Designated as Rop loci (regulation of proteinase), ropB is a rgg-like transcriptional activator required for transcription of the gene which encodes the proteinase. In contrast, ropA contributes post-transcriptionally to the secretion and processing of SCP and encodes a homologue of Trigger Factor, a peptidyl-prolyl isomerase and putative chaparone which is highly conserved in most bacterial species, but of unknown function. Analysis of additional ropA mutants demonstrated that RopA acts both to assist in targeting SCP to the secretory pathway and to promote the ability of the proprotein to establish an active conformation upon secretion. This latter function was dependent upon the peptidyl-prolyl isomerase domain of RopA and mutants that lacked this domain exhibited a bipartite deficiency manifested as a kinetic defect in autologous processing of the proprotein to the mature proteinase, and as a catalytic defect in the mature proteinase. These results provide insight into the function of Trigger Factor, the regulation of proteinase activity and the mechanism of secretion in Gram-positive bacteria.

Indexed as

DNA-Binding ProteinsTrans-ActivatorsAmino Acid SequenceBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial ProteinsCloning, MolecularCysteine EndopeptidasesDNA Transposable ElementsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, InsertionalPeptidylprolyl IsomeraseRNA, MessengerSequence Analysis, DNASequence Homology, Amino AcidBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial ProteinsCysteine EndopeptidasesDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA Transposable ElementsPeptidylprolyl Isomerasergg protein, StreptococcusRNA, MessengerRopA protein, bacteriaRopB protein, Rhizobium leguminosarumstreptopainTrans-ActivatorsTranscription Factors

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PMID9799235
PMCPMC1170952
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