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Crystal structure of the heteromolecular chaperone, AscE-AscG, from the type III secretion system in Aeromonas hydrophila.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:The putative needle complex subunit AscF forms a ternary complex with the chaperones AscE and AscG in the type III secretion system of Aeromonas hydrophila so as to avoid premature assembly. Previously, we demonstrated that the C-terminal region of AscG (residues 62-116) in the hetero-molecular chaperone, AscE-AscG, is disordered and susceptible to limited protease digestion. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS:Here, we report the crystal structure of the ordered AscG(1-61) region in complex with AscE at 2.4 Å resolution. Helices ?2 and ?3 of AscE in the AscE-AscG(1-61) complex assumes a helix-turn-helix conformation in an anti-parallel fashion similar to that in apo AscE. However, in the presence of AscG, an additional N-terminal helix ?1 in AscE (residues 4-12) is observed. PscG or YscG in the crystal structures of PscE-PscF-PscG or YscE-YscF-YscG, respectively, assumes a typical tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) fold with three TPR repeats and one C-terminal capping helix. By comparison, AscG in AscE-AscG(1-61) comprises three anti-parallel helices that resembles the N-terminal TPR repeats in the corresponding region of PscG or YscG in PscE-PscF-PscG or YscE-YscF-YscG. Thermal denaturation of AscE-AscG and AscE-AscG(1-61) complexes demonstrates that the C-terminal disordered region does not contribute to the thermal stability of the overall complex. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE:The N-terminal region of the AscG in the AscE-AscG complex is ordered and assumes a structure similar to those in the corresponding regions of PscE-PscG-PscF or YscE-YscF-YscG complexes. While the C-terminal region of AscG in the AscE-AscG complex is disordered and will assume its structure only in the presence of the substrate AscF. We hypothesize that AscE act as a chaperone of the chaperone to keep AscG in a stable but partially disordered state for interaction with AscF.

SUBMITTER: Chatterjee C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3084799 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Crystal structure of the heteromolecular chaperone, AscE-AscG, from the type III secretion system in Aeromonas hydrophila.

Chatterjee Chiradip C   Kumar Sundramurthy S   Chakraborty Smarajit S   Tan Yih Wan YW   Leung Ka Yin KY   Sivaraman J J   Mok Yu-Keung YK  

PloS one 20110429 4


<h4>Background</h4>The putative needle complex subunit AscF forms a ternary complex with the chaperones AscE and AscG in the type III secretion system of Aeromonas hydrophila so as to avoid premature assembly. Previously, we demonstrated that the C-terminal region of AscG (residues 62-116) in the hetero-molecular chaperone, AscE-AscG, is disordered and susceptible to limited protease digestion.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>Here, we report the crystal structure of the ordered AscG(1-61)  ...[more]

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