TY - JOUR
T1 - A new class of hybrid secretion system is employed in Pseudomonas amyloid biogenesis
AU - Rouse, Sarah L
AU - Hawthorne, William J
AU - Berry, Jamie-Lee
AU - Chorev, Dror S
AU - Ionescu, Sandra A
AU - Lambert, Sebastian
AU - Stylianou, Fisentzos
AU - Ewert, Wiebke
AU - Mackie, Uma
AU - Morgan, R Marc L
AU - Otzen, Daniel
AU - Herbst, Florian-Alexander
AU - Nielsen, Per H
AU - Dueholm, Morten
AU - Bayley, Hagan
AU - Robinson, Carol V
AU - Hare, Stephen
AU - Matthews, Stephen
PY - 2017/12/1
Y1 - 2017/12/1
N2 - Gram-negative bacteria possess specialised biogenesis machineries that facilitate the export of amyloid subunits for construction of a biofilm matrix. The secretion of bacterial functional amyloid requires a bespoke outer-membrane protein channel through which unfolded amyloid substrates are translocated. Here, we combine X-ray crystallography, native mass spectrometry, single-channel electrical recording, molecular simulations and circular dichroism measurements to provide high-resolution structural insight into the functional amyloid transporter from Pseudomonas, FapF. FapF forms a trimer of gated β-barrel channels in which opening is regulated by a helical plug connected to an extended coil-coiled platform spanning the bacterial periplasm. Although FapF represents a unique type of secretion system, it shares mechanistic features with a diverse range of peptide translocation systems. Our findings highlight alternative strategies for handling and export of amyloid protein sequences.
AB - Gram-negative bacteria possess specialised biogenesis machineries that facilitate the export of amyloid subunits for construction of a biofilm matrix. The secretion of bacterial functional amyloid requires a bespoke outer-membrane protein channel through which unfolded amyloid substrates are translocated. Here, we combine X-ray crystallography, native mass spectrometry, single-channel electrical recording, molecular simulations and circular dichroism measurements to provide high-resolution structural insight into the functional amyloid transporter from Pseudomonas, FapF. FapF forms a trimer of gated β-barrel channels in which opening is regulated by a helical plug connected to an extended coil-coiled platform spanning the bacterial periplasm. Although FapF represents a unique type of secretion system, it shares mechanistic features with a diverse range of peptide translocation systems. Our findings highlight alternative strategies for handling and export of amyloid protein sequences.
KW - Journal Article
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85027511059&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-017-00361-6
DO - 10.1038/s41467-017-00361-6
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 28811582
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 8
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
IS - 1
M1 - 263
ER -