Chaperone release and unfolding of substrates in type III secretion

Yukihiro Akeda and Jorge E. Galán ()
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Yukihiro Akeda: Yale University School of Medicine
Jorge E. Galán: Yale University School of Medicine

Nature, 2005, vol. 437, issue 7060, 911-915

Abstract: Abstract Type III protein secretion systems are essential virulence factors of many bacteria pathogenic to humans, animals and plants1. These systems mediate the transfer of bacterial virulence proteins directly into the host cell cytoplasm. Proteins are thought to travel this pathway in a largely unfolded manner, and a family of customized cytoplasmic chaperones, which specifically bind cognate secreted proteins, are essential for secretion. Here we show that InvC, an ATPase associated with a Salmonella enterica type III secretion system2, has a critical function in substrate recognition. Furthermore, InvC induces chaperone release from and unfolding of the cognate secreted protein in an ATP-dependent manner. Our results show a similarity between the mechanisms of substrate recognition by type III protein secretion systems and AAA + ATPase disassembly machines.

Date: 2005
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