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The twin-arginine translocation pathway is a major route of protein export in Streptomyces coelicolor.

ABSTRACT: The twin-arginine translocation (Tat) pathway is a protein transport system for the export of folded proteins. Substrate proteins are targeted to the Tat translocase by N-terminal signal peptides harboring a distinctive R-R-x-Phi-Phi "twin-arginine" amino acid motif. Using a combination of proteomic techniques, the protein contents from the cell wall of the model Gram-positive bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor were identified and compared with that of mutant strains defective in Tat transport. The proteomic experiments pointed to 43 potentially Tat-dependent extracellular proteins. Of these, 25 were verified as bearing bona fide Tat-targeting signal peptides after independent screening with a facile, rapid, and sensitive reporter assay. The identified Tat substrates, among others, include polymer-degrading enzymes, phosphatases, and binding proteins as well as enzymes involved in secondary metabolism. Moreover, in addition to predicted extracellular substrates, putative lipoproteins were shown to be Tat-dependent. This work provides strong experimental evidence that the Tat system is used as a major general export pathway in Streptomyces.

SUBMITTER: Widdick DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1693849 | biostudies-other | 2006 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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The twin-arginine translocation pathway is a major route of protein export in Streptomyces coelicolor.

Widdick David A DA   Dilks Kieran K   Chandra Govind G   Bottrill Andrew A   Naldrett Mike M   Pohlschröder Mechthild M   Palmer Tracy T  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20061108 47

The twin-arginine translocation (Tat) pathway is a protein transport system for the export of folded proteins. Substrate proteins are targeted to the Tat translocase by N-terminal signal peptides harboring a distinctive R-R-x-Phi-Phi "twin-arginine" amino acid motif. Using a combination of proteomic techniques, the protein contents from the cell wall of the model Gram-positive bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor were identified and compared with that of mutant strains defective in Tat transport. T  ...[more]