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Regulación de la ubiquitinación del fosforibosilo por una glutamilasa dependiente de la calmodulina

Ninghai Gan¹, Xiangkai Zhen^2,3, Yao Liu¹

¹Purdue Institute for Inflammation, Immunology and Infectious Disease and Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.

|July 23, 2019

Resumen

Legionella pneumophila utiliza el efector SidJ para inhibir los factores de virulencia bacteriana. SidJ une el glutamato a SdeA, un proceso que requiere calmodulina del huésped, revelando un nuevo mecanismo regulador dependiente del factor huésped.

Área de la Ciencia:

Microbiología
Biología molecular
La bioquímica

Sus antecedentes:

La Legionella pneumophila modula las células huésped utilizando efectores Dot/Icm.
Las proteínas de la familia SidE regulan los procesos celulares a través de una ubiquitinación de fosforibosilo única.
SidJ es un efector Dot/Icm que regula la actividad de SidE, pero su mecanismo no está claro.

Objetivo del estudio:

Aclarar el mecanismo por el cual SidJ regula los efectores de la familia SidE.
Investigar el papel de los factores de acogida en la regulación mediada por SidJ.
Caracterizar las bases estructurales y bioquímicas de la actividad de SidJ.

Principales métodos:

Mutagénesis dirigida al sitio para identificar residuos catalíticos.
Biología estructural (cristalografía de rayos X) para determinar estructuras complejas.
Ensayos bioquímicos para evaluar la actividad enzimática y la modificación del sustrato.

Principales resultados:

SidJ inhibe la actividad de SidE al catalizar la glutamilación de SdeA en un residuo catalítico clave (E860).
La actividad de SidJ depende de la proteína huésped calmodulina (CaM), restringiendo su función a las células eucariotas.
SidJ exhibe actividad de auto-AMPilación utilizando ATP cuando el glutamato o el SdeA están ausentes, lo que implica la escisión en el alfa-fosfato.

Conclusiones:

SidJ emplea un mecanismo de glutamilación dependiente del factor huésped para inhibir los factores de virulencia bacteriana.
Este descubrimiento revela una nueva vía reguladora en la patogénesis bacteriana que involucra la activación del factor huésped.
Los hallazgos proporcionan información sobre las intrincadas interacciones entre los efectores bacterianos y la maquinaria celular huésped.

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