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Interaction of a partially disordered antisigma factor with its partner, the signaling domain of the TonB-dependent transporter HasR.

ABSTRACT: Bacteria use diverse signaling pathways to control gene expression in response to external stimuli. In Gram-negative bacteria, the binding of a nutrient is sensed by an outer membrane transporter. This signal is then transmitted to an antisigma factor and subsequently to the cytoplasm where an ECF sigma factor induces expression of genes related to the acquisition of this nutrient. The molecular interactions involved in this transmembrane signaling are poorly understood and structural data on this family of antisigma factor are rare. Here, we present the first structural study of the periplasmic domain of an antisigma factor and its interaction with the transporter. The study concerns the signaling in the heme acquisition system (Has) of Serratia marcescens. Our data support unprecedented partially disordered periplasmic domain of an anti-sigma factor HasS in contact with a membrane-mimicking environment. We solved the 3D structure of the signaling domain of HasR transporter and identified the residues at the HasS-HasR interface. Their conservation in several bacteria suggests wider significance of the proposed model for the understanding of bacterial transmembrane signaling.

SUBMITTER: Malki I

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3984077 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Interaction of a partially disordered antisigma factor with its partner, the signaling domain of the TonB-dependent transporter HasR.

Malki Idir I Simenel Catherine C Wojtowicz Halina H de Amorim Gisele Cardoso GC Prochnicka-Chalufour Ada A Hoos Sylviane S Raynal Bertrand B England Patrick P Chaffotte Alain A Delepierre Muriel M Delepelaire Philippe P Izadi-Pruneyre Nadia N

PloS one 20140411 4

Bacteria use diverse signaling pathways to control gene expression in response to external stimuli. In Gram-negative bacteria, the binding of a nutrient is sensed by an outer membrane transporter. This signal is then transmitted to an antisigma factor and subsequently to the cytoplasm where an ECF sigma factor induces expression of genes related to the acquisition of this nutrient. The molecular interactions involved in this transmembrane signaling are poorly understood and structural data on th ...[more]

PMID: 24727671

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Interaction of a partially disordered antisigma factor with its partner, the signaling domain of the TonB-dependent transporter HasR.

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Interaction of a partially disordered antisigma factor with its partner, the signaling domain of the TonB-dependent transporter HasR.

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