Mutagenesis of the Shigella flexneri autotransporter IcsA reveals novel functional regions involved in IcsA biogenesis and recruitment of host neural Wiscott-Aldrich syndrome protein |
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Authors: | May Kerrie L Morona Renato |
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Institution: | School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, University of Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia. |
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Abstract: | The IcsA (VirG) protein of Shigella flexneri is a polarly localized, outer membrane protein that is essential for virulence. Within host cells, IcsA activates the host actin regulatory protein, neural Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (N-WASP), which in turn recruits the Arp2/3 complex, which nucleates host actin to form F-actin comet tails and initiate bacterial motility. Linker insertion mutagenesis was undertaken to randomly introduce 5-amino-acid in-frame insertions within IcsA. Forty-seven linker insertion mutants were isolated and expressed in S. flexneri Delta icsA strains. Mutants were characterized for IcsA protein production, cell surface expression and localization, intercellular spreading, F-actin comet tail formation, and N-WASP recruitment. Using this approach, we have identified a putative autochaperone region required for IcsA biogenesis, and our data suggest an additional region, not previously identified, is required for N-WASP recruitment. |
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