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Article Dans Une Revue Molecular Microbiology Année : 1991

The general protein‐export pathway is directly required for extracellular pullulanase secretion in Escherichia coli k12

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Summary Pullulanase is an extracellular, cell surface‐anchored lipoprotein produced by Gram‐negative bacteria belonging to the genus Klebsiella. Its correct localization in recombinant Escherichia coli requires the products of 14 genes that are linked to the enzyme structural gene in the Klebsiella chromosome. In addition, we show here that six sec genes ( secA, secB, secD, secE, secF, and secY ) are all required for processing of the prepulluianase signal peptide to occur. This implies that pullulanase crosses the cytoplamic membrane via the general export pathway of which the sec gene products are essential components. Removal or drastic alteration of the prepullulanase signal peptide cause the enzyme to remain cytoplasmic. We propose that pullulanase secretion occurs in two steps, the first of which is common to all signal peptide‐bearing precursors of exported and secreted proteins, whereas the second is specifically involved in translocating pullulanase to the cell surface.
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hal-04298499 , version 1 (21-11-2023)

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A. Pugsley, M. Kornacker, Isabelle Poquet. The general protein‐export pathway is directly required for extracellular pullulanase secretion in Escherichia coli k12. Molecular Microbiology, 1991, 5 (2), pp.343-352. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-2958.1991.tb02115.x⟩. ⟨hal-04298499⟩
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