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NMR model of PrgI-SipD interaction and its implications in the needle-tip assembly of the Salmonella type III secretion system.

ABSTRACT: Salmonella and other pathogenic bacteria use the type III secretion system (T3SS) to inject virulence proteins into human cells to initiate infections. The structural component of the T3SS contains a needle and a needle tip. The needle is assembled from PrgI needle protomers and the needle tip is capped with several copies of the SipD tip protein. How a tip protein docks on the needle is unclear. A crystal structure of a PrgI-SipD fusion protein docked on the PrgI needle results in steric clash of SipD at the needle tip when modeled on the recent atomic structure of the needle. Thus, there is currently no good model of how SipD is docked on the PrgI needle tip. Previously, we showed by NMR paramagnetic relaxation enhancement (PRE) methods that a specific region in the SipD coiled coil is the binding site for PrgI. Others have hypothesized that a domain of the tip protein-the N-terminal ?-helical hairpin-has to swing away during the assembly of the needle apparatus. Here, we show by PRE methods that a truncated form of SipD lacking the ?-helical hairpin domain binds more tightly to PrgI. Further, PRE-based structure calculations revealed multiple PrgI binding sites on the SipD coiled coil. Our PRE results together with the recent NMR-derived atomic structure of the Salmonella needle suggest a possible model of how SipD might dock at the PrgI needle tip. SipD and PrgI are conserved in other bacterial T3SSs; thus, our results have wider implication in understanding other needle-tip complexes.

SUBMITTER: Rathinavelan T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4108505 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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NMR model of PrgI-SipD interaction and its implications in the needle-tip assembly of the Salmonella type III secretion system.

Rathinavelan Thenmalarchelvi T Lara-Tejero Maria M Lefebre Matthew M Chatterjee Srirupa S McShan Andrew C AC Guo Da-Chuan DC Tang Chun C Galan Jorge E JE De Guzman Roberto N RN

Journal of molecular biology 20140618 16

Salmonella and other pathogenic bacteria use the type III secretion system (T3SS) to inject virulence proteins into human cells to initiate infections. The structural component of the T3SS contains a needle and a needle tip. The needle is assembled from PrgI needle protomers and the needle tip is capped with several copies of the SipD tip protein. How a tip protein docks on the needle is unclear. A crystal structure of a PrgI-SipD fusion protein docked on the PrgI needle results in steric clash ...[more]

PMID: 24951833

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Project description:BackgroundFunctional similarity is challenging to identify when global sequence and structure similarity is low. Active-sites or functionally relevant regions are evolutionarily more stable relative to the remainder of a protein structure and provide an alternative means to identify potential functional similarity between proteins. We recently developed the FAST-NMR methodology to discover biochemical functions or functional hypotheses of proteins of unknown function by experimentally identifying ligand binding sites. FAST-NMR utilizes our CPASS software and database to assign a function based on a similarity in the structure and sequence of ligand binding sites between proteins of known and unknown function.Methodology/principal findingsThe PrgI protein from Salmonella typhimurium forms the needle complex in the type III secretion system (T3SS). A FAST-NMR screen identified a similarity between the ligand binding sites of PrgI and the Bcl-2 apoptosis protein Bcl-xL. These ligand binding sites correlate with known protein-protein binding interfaces required for oligomerization. Both proteins form membrane pores through this oligomerization to release effector proteins to stimulate cell death. Structural analysis indicates an overlap between the PrgI structure and the pore forming motif of Bcl-xL. A sequence alignment indicates conservation between the PrgI and Bcl-xL ligand binding sites and pore formation regions. This active-site similarity was then used to verify that chelerythrine, a known Bcl-xL inhibitor, also binds PrgI.Conclusions/significanceA structural and functional relationship between the bacterial T3SS and eukaryotic apoptosis was identified using our FAST-NMR ligand affinity screen in combination with a bioinformatic analysis based on our CPASS program. A similarity between PrgI and Bcl-xL is not readily apparent using traditional global sequence and structure analysis, but was only identified because of conservation in ligand binding sites. These results demonstrate the unique opportunity that ligand-binding sites provide for the identification of functional relationships when global sequence and structural information is limited.

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NMR model of PrgI-SipD interaction and its implications in the needle-tip assembly of the Salmonella type III secretion system.

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NMR model of PrgI-SipD interaction and its implications in the needle-tip assembly of the Salmonella type III secretion system.

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