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In vivo associations of Escherichia coli NarJ with a peptide of the first 50 residues of nitrate reductase catalytic subunit NarG.

Abstract：

:The catalytic subunit of many Escherichia coli redox enzymes bares a twin-arginine translocation (Tat)-dependent signal peptide in its precursor, which directs the redox enzyme complex to this Sec-independent pathway. NarG of the E. coli nitrate reductase NarGHI complex possesses a vestige twin-arginine motif at its N terminus. During the cofactor insertion, and assembly and folding of the NarG-NarH complex, a chaperone protein, NarJ, is thought to interact with the N terminus and an unknown second site of NarG. Our previous in vitro study provided evidence that NarJ's role shows some Tat system dependence. In this work, we investigated the associations of NarJ with a peptide of the first 50 residues of NarG (NarG50) in living cells. Two approaches were used: the Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) based on yellow fluorescent protein - cyan fluorescent protein (YFP-CFP) and the bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC). Compared with the wild-type (WT) E. coli cotransformants expressing both NarJ-YFP and NarG50-CFP, tat gene mutants gave an apparent FRET efficiency (Eapp) that was on the order of 25%-40% lower. These experiments implied a Tat system dependency of the in vivo associations between NarJ and the NarG50 peptide. In the BiFC assay, a 4-fold lower specific fluorescence intensity was observed for the E. coli WT cotransformants expressing both NarJ-Yc and NarG50-Yn than for its tat mutants, again suggesting a Tat dependence of the interactions. Fluorescence microscopy showed a "dot" /unipolar distribution of the reassembled YFP-NarJ:NarG50 both in WT and tat mutants, demonstrating a distinct localization of the interaction. Thus, although the degree of the interaction shows Tat dependence, the cell localization is less so. Taken together, these data further support that NarJ's activity on NarG may be assisted by the Tat system.

journal_name

Can J Microbiol

journal_title

Canadian journal of microbiology

authors

Li H,Turner RJ

doi

10.1139/w08-111

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-02-01 00:00:00

pages

179-88

issue

eissn

0008-4166

issn

1480-3275

pii

w08-111

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In vivo associations of Escherichia coli NarJ with a peptide of the first 50 residues of nitrate reductase catalytic subunit NarG.