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Identification of specific posttranslational O-mycoloylations mediating protein targeting to the mycomembrane.

ABSTRACT: The outer membranes (OMs) of members of the Corynebacteriales bacterial order, also called mycomembranes, harbor mycolic acids and unusual outer membrane proteins (OMPs), including those with ?-helical structure. The signals that allow precursors of such proteins to be targeted to the mycomembrane remain uncharacterized. We report here the molecular features responsible for OMP targeting to the mycomembrane of Corynebacterium glutamicum, a nonpathogenic member of the Corynebacteriales order. To better understand the mechanisms by which OMP precursors were sorted in C. glutamicum, we first investigated the partitioning of endogenous and recombinant PorA, PorH, PorB, and PorC between bacterial compartments and showed that they were both imported into the mycomembrane and secreted into the extracellular medium. A detailed investigation of cell extracts and purified proteins by top-down MS, NMR spectroscopy, and site-directed mutagenesis revealed specific and well-conserved posttranslational modifications (PTMs), including O-mycoloylation, pyroglutamylation, and N-formylation, for mycomembrane-associated and -secreted OMPs. PTM site sequence analysis from C. glutamicum OMP and other O-acylated proteins in bacteria and eukaryotes revealed specific patterns. Furthermore, we found that such modifications were essential for targeting to the mycomembrane and sufficient for OMP assembly into mycolic acid-containing lipid bilayers. Collectively, it seems that these PTMs have evolved in the Corynebacteriales order and beyond to guide membrane proteins toward a specific cell compartment.

SUBMITTER: Carel C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5402430 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of specific posttranslational <i>O</i>-mycoloylations mediating protein targeting to the mycomembrane.

Carel Clément C Marcoux Julien J Réat Valérie V Parra Julien J Latgé Guillaume G Laval Françoise F Demange Pascal P Burlet-Schiltz Odile O Milon Alain A Daffé Mamadou M Tropis Maryelle G MG Renault Marie A M MAM

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20170403 16

The outer membranes (OMs) of members of the Corynebacteriales bacterial order, also called mycomembranes, harbor mycolic acids and unusual outer membrane proteins (OMPs), including those with α-helical structure. The signals that allow precursors of such proteins to be targeted to the mycomembrane remain uncharacterized. We report here the molecular features responsible for OMP targeting to the mycomembrane of <i>Corynebacterium glutamicum</i>, a nonpathogenic member of the Corynebacteriales ord ...[more]

PMID: 28373551

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Identification of specific posttranslational O-mycoloylations mediating protein targeting to the mycomembrane.

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Identification of specific posttranslational <i>O</i>-mycoloylations mediating protein targeting to the mycomembrane.

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