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乌比基系统的目标是将转移的EspH转移到蛋白质体降解中
Ipsita Nandi1,2, Efrat Zlotkin-Rivkin1,2, Hanan Schoffman3
1Department of Biological Chemistry; The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Edmond J. Safra Campus - Givat Ram, Jerusalem, Israel.
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概括
肠病原性大肠杆菌 (EPEC) 效应物 EspH 在 K106 处无处不在,并被宿主蛋白质组降解. 这种降解限制了ESPH诱导的细胞毒性,影响了细菌与宿主相互作用.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- EspH是一种由致病性大肠杆菌菌株分泌的关键效应蛋白.
- EspH通过抑制RhoGTPases和actin细胞骨架来破坏宿主细胞功能.
- 致病性大肠杆菌利用III型分泌系统向宿主细胞输送ESPH等效应蛋白.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究 EspH 效应蛋白的翻译后修饰和宿主细胞命运.
- 确定无处不在和蛋白质体降解在EspH功能和细胞毒性中的作用.
- 阐明ESPH对细菌病原发生的作用机制.
主要方法:
- 质谱法用于识别转位的EspH.的翻译后修饰.
- 用抗乌比基抗体进行免疫注射证实了无处不在.
- 针对位点的突变发生 (K106R) 和蛋白质酶抑制 (MG132) 用于研究降解途径.
- 进行了细胞毒性测试,以评估 EspH 修饰的功能影响.
主要成果:
- 在转移到宿主细胞后, EspH 在 lysine 106 (K106) 中被多基化.
- 野生类型的EspH (EspHwt) 经历MG132敏感的蛋白质体降解.
- 与野生类型的EspH相比,EspH K106R突变,耐降解,表现出更高的细胞毒性.
- 抑制蛋白质体降解增加了野生型EspH的细胞毒性.
结论:
- EspH是宿主蛋白质体通过K106.6的多比基提化降解的目标.
- 保护体降解 EspH 作为宿主防御机制,以限制效应因引起的细胞毒性.
- 了解 EspH 无处不在和降解,可以了解致病性大肠杆菌的毒性策略.
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