YscP, a Yersinia protein required for Yop secretion that is surface exposed, and released in low Ca2+.

Abstract:

:The Yersinia Ysc apparatus is made of more than 20 proteins, 11 of which have homologues in many type III systems. Here, we characterize YscP from Yersinia enterocolitica. This 515-residue protein has a high proline content, a large tandem repetition and a slow migration in SDS-PAGE. Unlike the products of neighbouring genes, it has a counterpart only in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and it varies even between Yersinia Ysc machineries. An yscPDelta97-465 mutant was unable to secrete any Yop, even under conditions overcoming feedback inhibition of Yop synthesis. Interestingly, a cloned yscPDelta57-324 from Yersinia pestis introduced in the yscPDelta97-465 mutant can sustain a significant Yop secretion and thus partially complemented the mutation. This explains the leaky phenotype observed with the yscP mutant of Y. pestis. In accordance with this secretion deficiency, YscP is required for the delivery of Yop effectors into macrophages. Mechanical shearing, immunolabelling and electron microscopy experiments showed that YscP is exposed at the bacterial surface when bacteria are incubated at 37 degrees C in the presence of Ca2+ and thus do not secrete Yops. At 37 degrees C, when Ca2+ ions are chelated, YscP is released like a Yop protein. We conclude that YscP is a part of the Ysc injectisome which is localized at the bacterial surface and is destabilized by Ca2+ chelation.

journal_name

Mol Microbiol

journal_title

Molecular microbiology

authors

Stainier I,Bleves S,Josenhans C,Karmani L,Kerbourch C,Lambermont I,Tötemeyer S,Boyd A,Cornelis GR

doi

10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02026.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-09-01 00:00:00

pages

1005-18

issue

5

eissn

0950-382X

issn

1365-2958

pii

mmi2026

journal_volume

37

pub_type

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