SecA-mediated targeting and translocation of secretory proteins |
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Authors: | Katerina E. Chatzi Marios Frantzeskos Sardis Anastassios Economou Spyridoula Karamanou |
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Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH, University of Crete, PO Box 1385, GR-711 10 Iraklio, Crete, Greece;2. Department of Biology, University of Crete, PO Box 1385, GR-711 10 Iraklio, Crete, Greece;3. KU Leuven, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, 3000 Leuven, Belgium |
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Abstract: | More than 30 years of research have revealed that the dynamic nanomotor SecA is a central player in bacterial protein secretion. SecA associates with the SecYEG channel and transports polypeptides post-translationally to the trans side of the cytoplasmic membrane. It comprises a helicase-like ATPase core coupled to two domains that provide specificity for preprotein translocation. Apart from SecYEG, SecA associates with multiple ligands like ribosomes, nucleotides, lipids, chaperones and preproteins. It exerts its essential contribution in two phases. First, SecA, alone or in concert with chaperones, helps mediate the targeting of the secretory proteins from the ribosome to the membrane. Next, at the membrane it converts chemical energy to mechanical work and translocates preproteins through the SecYEG channel. SecA is a highly dynamic enzyme, it exploits disorder–order kinetics, swiveling and dissociation of domains and dimer to monomer transformations that are tightly coupled with its catalytic function. Preprotein signal sequences and mature domains exploit these dynamics to manipulate the nanomotor and thus achieve their export at the expense of metabolic energy. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Protein trafficking and secretion in bacteria. Guest Editors: Anastassios Economou and Ross Dalbey. |
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Keywords: | SecA Protein translocase SecYEG Preproteins ATPase Motor protein |
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