NDLI: Coevolution between nonhomologous but functionally similar proteins and their conserved partners in the Legionella pathogenesis system

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Author	Feldman, Michal Zusman, Tal Shelly, Hagag Segal, Gil
Copyright Year	2005
Abstract	Legionella pneumophila, the causative agent of Legionnaires' disease, and other pathogenic Legionella species multiply inside protozoa and human macrophages by using the intracellular multiplication (Icm)/defect in organelle trafficking (Dot) type-IV secretion system. The IcmQ protein, which possesses pore-forming activity, and IcmR, which regulates the IcmQ activity, are two essential components of this system. Analysis of the region expected to contain these two genes from 29 Legionella species revealed the presence of a conserved icmQ gene and a large hypervariable gene family [functional homologues of icmR (fir) genes], located at the icmR genomic position. Although hypervariable in their sequence, the fir genes from all 29 Legionella species were found, together with their corresponding icmQ genes, to function similarly during infection. In addition, all FIR proteins we examined were found to interact with their corresponding IcmQ proteins. Detailed bioinformatic, biochemical, and genetic analysis of the interaction between the variable FIR proteins and conserved IcmQ proteins revealed that their interaction depends on a variable region located between two conserved domains of IcmQ. This variable region was also found to be critical for IcmQ self-interaction, and the region probably coevolved with the corresponding FIR protein. A FIR-IcmQ pair was also found in Coxiella burnetii, the only known non-Legionella bacterium that contains an Icm/Dot system, indicating the significance of this protein pair for the function of this type-IV secretion system. We hypothesize that this gene variation, which is probably mediated by positive selection, plays an important role in the evolutionary arms race between the protozoan host cell and the pathogen.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0501850102
Ending Page	12211
Page Count	6
Starting Page	12206
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00278424
e-ISSN	10916490
Journal	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Issue Number	34
Volume Number	102
Language	English
Publisher	National Academy of Sciences
Publisher Date	2005-08-23
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	National Academy of Sciences
Subject Keyword	General Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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