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- Dor Salomon
(University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
- Yirui Guo
(University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
- Lisa N. Kinch
(Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
- Nick V. Grishin
(University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
- Kevin H. Gardner
(University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
- Kim Orth
(University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
Abstract
Bacterial Type III Secretion Systems deliver effectors into host cells to manipulate cellular processes to the advantage of the pathogen. Many host targets of these effectors are found on membranes. Therefore, to identify their targets, effectors often use specialized membrane-localization domains to localize to appropriate host membranes. However, the molecular mechanisms used by many domains are unknown. Here we identify a conserved bacterial phosphoinositide-binding domain (BPD) that is found in functionally diverse Type III effectors of both plant and animal pathogens. We show that members of the BPD family functionally bind phosphoinositides and mediate localization to host membranes. Moreover, NMR studies reveal that the BPD of the newly identified Vibrio parahaemolyticus Type III effector VopR is unfolded in solution, but folds into a specific structure upon binding its ligand phosphatidylinositol-(4,5)-bisphosphate. Thus, our findings suggest a possible mechanism for promoting refolding of Type III effectors after delivery into host cells.
Suggested Citation
Dor Salomon & Yirui Guo & Lisa N. Kinch & Nick V. Grishin & Kevin H. Gardner & Kim Orth, 2013.
"Effectors of animal and plant pathogens use a common domain to bind host phosphoinositides,"
Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 4(1), pages 1-10, December.
Handle:
RePEc:nat:natcom:v:4:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms3973
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3973
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