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PE/PPEタンパク質は,Mycobacterium tuberculosisの外膜に栄養素を媒介する

Qinglan Wang¹, Helena I M Boshoff¹, Justin R Harrison²

¹Tuberculosis Research Section, Laboratory of Clinical Immunology and Microbiology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)

|March 7, 2020

まとめ

ミコバクテリアの結核の増殖は3,3-bis- di ((メチルスルフォニル) プロピオナミド (3bMP1) によって抑制されます. PPE51と細胞壁の成分であるフィチオセロール五コセロサートの変異は,栄養素の輸送と複製に影響する.

科学分野:

微生物学
細胞生物学
生物化学

背景:

Mycobacterium tuberculosisは,溶液輸送のための従来のポリンがないユニークな外膜を持っています.
プロリン・プロリン・グルタマート (PPE) とプロリン・グルタマート (PE) のファミリーは,菌糸体生理学では十分に理解されていません.

研究の目的:

3,3-bis-di ((メチルスルフォニル) プロピオナミド (3bMP1) のM.結核の抑制メカニズムを調査する.
栄養素の輸送と細胞壁の整合性におけるPPE51や他のPE/PPEファミリーの役割を特定する.

主な方法:

3bMP1に耐性のあるM. 結核変異体の遺伝子スクリーニング
遺伝子消去 (PPE51) と成長への影響の分析
M. 結核の外膜の透過性におけるフチオセロール五コセロサートの役割を調査する.

主要な成果:

3bMP1に対する耐性は,PPE51の変異と関連しています.
PPE51の削除は,プロピオナミド,グルコース,およびグリセロールでM. tuberculosisの成長を阻害する.
プチオセロール五コセロサートの損失はPPE51変異体の成長を回復させる.
他のPE/PPEタンパク質は,フィチオセロール五コセロサートに依存する基板特有の輸送に関与しています.

結論:

PPE51および潜在的に他のPE/PPEタンパク質は,M. tuberculosisの外膜における溶質特異的経路として機能する.
フチオセロール五コセロサートは,外膜の透過性を調節し,栄養素の吸収に影響を及ぼします.
この研究は,正規のポリンとは異なる,M. tuberculosisの栄養素輸送のための新しいメカニズムを明らかにしています.

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