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レジオネラ肺 SidDは,Rab1を改変するdeAMPylaseである
1Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, 915 West State Street, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.
Nature
|July 8, 2011
まとめ
Legionella pneumophilaは,Rab1を活性化状態に閉じ込める細菌のタンパク質であるSidMの効果を逆転させるためにSidDを使用しています. このdeAMPylationは,感染中にファゴソームからRab1を放出するために不可欠です.
科学分野:
- 微生物学 微生物学とは
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
背景:
- レジオネラ・プネオフィラは,細胞内成長のために宿主膀の取引を操作します.
- Dot/Icm型IV分泌システム (T4SS) は,エフェクタータンパク質を宿主細胞に供給する.
- エフェクターSidM/DrrAは,グアニンヌクレオチド交換とAMPylationを介して小さなGTPase Rab1を活性化します.
研究 の 目的:
- L.pneumophilaのタンパク質SIDD.の機能を調査する.
- SidDがRab1.1と相互作用するか,またはRab1.1を修正するかどうかを判断する.
- L. pneumophila感染におけるRab1変異の役割を明らかにする.
主な方法:
- Rab1.1上のSidDのdeAMPylation活性をテストするための生化学的測定法.
- イーストベースの毒性アッセイは,SidMとSidDの相互作用を評価する.
- 顕微鏡でRab1の局所化とファゴソームからの放出を観察する.
主要な成果:
- SidDは,Rab1 deAMPylaseとして識別され,SidMによって媒介されるAMPylationを削除しました.
- SidDのdeAMPylation活動は,酵母におけるSidM誘発の毒性を抑制しました.
- SidDの活動は,バクテリアのファゴソームからRab1の効率的な放出に不可欠でした.
結論:
- L. pneumophila 感染中に Rab1 活性を一時的に制御するための分子メカニズムが確立されました.
- AMPylation媒介の信号伝導は,細菌酵素によって調節される可逆的なプロセスです.
- SidDは,細菌の病原化中に宿主経路を調節する上で重要な役割を果たします.
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