The structural organization of the N-terminus domain of SopB, a virulence factor of <em>Salmonella</em>, depends on the nature of its protein partners - INRAE - Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement Access content directly
Journal Articles Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Proteins and Proteomics Year : 2013

The structural organization of the N-terminus domain of SopB, a virulence factor of Salmonella, depends on the nature of its protein partners

Abstract

The TTSS is used by Salmonella and many bacterial pathogens to inject virulence factors directly into the cytoplasm of target eukaryotic cells. Once translocated these so-called effector proteins hijack a vast array of crucial cellular functions to the benefit of the bacteria. In the bacterial cytoplasm, some effectors are stabilized and maintained in a secretion competent state by interaction with specific type III chaperones. In this work we studied the conformation of the Chaperone Binding Domain of the effector named Salmonella Outer protein B (SopB) alone and in complex with its cognate chaperone SigE by a combination of biochemical, biophysical and structural approaches. Our results show that the N-terminus part of SopB is mainly composed by alpha-helices and unfolded regions whose organization/stabilization depends on their interaction with the different partners. This suggests that the partially unfolded state of this N-terminal region, which confers the adaptability of the effector to bind very different partners during the infection cycle, allows the bacteria to modulate numerous host cells functions limiting the number of translocated effectors.

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hal-02644404 , version 1 (28-05-2020)

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Pierre Roblin, Pierre Lebrun, Prakash Rucktooa, Frédérique Dewitte, Zoé Lens, et al.. The structural organization of the N-terminus domain of SopB, a virulence factor of Salmonella, depends on the nature of its protein partners. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Proteins and Proteomics, 2013, 1834 (12), pp.2564-2572. ⟨10.1016/j.bbapap.2013.09.014⟩. ⟨hal-02644404⟩
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