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Membrane localization of the S1 subunit of pertussis toxin in Bordetella pertussis and implications for pertussis toxin secretion.

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:Pertussis toxin is secreted from Bordetella pertussis with the assistance of the Ptl transport system, a member of the type IV family of macromolecular transporters. The S1 subunit and the B oligomer combine to form the holotoxin prior to export from the bacterial cell, although the site of assembly is not known. To better understand the pathway of pertussis toxin assembly and secretion, we examined the subcellular location of the S1 subunit, expressed with or without the B oligomer and the Ptl proteins. In wild-type B. pertussis, the majority of the S1 subunit that remained cell associated localized to the bacterial membranes. In mutants of B. pertussis that do not express pertussis toxin and/or the Ptl proteins, full-length S1, expressed from a plasmid, partitioned almost entirely to the bacterial membranes. Several lines of evidence strongly suggest that the S1 subunit localizes to the outer membrane of B. pertussis. First, we found that membrane-bound full-length S1 was almost completely insoluble in Triton X-100. Second, recombinant S1 previously has been shown to localize to the outer membrane of Escherichia coli (J. T. Barbieri, M. Pizza, G. Cortina, and R. Rappuoli, Infect. Immun. 58:999-1003, 1990). Third, the S1 subunit possesses a distinctive amino acid motif at its carboxy terminus, including a terminal phenylalanine, which is highly conserved among bacterial outer membrane proteins. By using site-directed mutagenesis, we determined that the terminal phenylalanine is critical for stable expression of the S1 subunit. Our findings provide evidence that prior to assembly with the B oligomer and independent of the Ptl proteins, the S1 subunit localizes to the outer membrane of B. pertussis. Thus, outer membrane-bound S1 may serve as a nucleation site for assembly with the B oligomer and for interactions with the Ptl transport system.

journal_name

Infect Immun

journal_title

Infection and immunity

authors

Farizo KM,Fiddner S,Cheung AM,Burns DL

doi

10.1128/iai.70.3.1193-1201.2002

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pub_date

2002-03-01 00:00:00

pages

1193-201

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eissn

0019-9567

issn

1098-5522

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Membrane localization of the S1 subunit of pertussis toxin in Bordetella pertussis and implications for pertussis toxin secretion.