NDLI: Roles of the Sortases of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Assembly of the RlrA Pilus▿

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Author	Lemieux, Julianna Woody, Shauna Camilli, Andrew
Abstract	Pili have been observed on the surface of several gram-positive bacteria, including Streptococcus pneumoniae. The S. pneumoniae strain TIGR4 pilus is composed of three structural subunit proteins encoded in the rlrA pathogenicity islet, RrgA, RrgB, and RrgC. RrgB comprises the pilus backbone, RrgA is observed at intervals along surface pili, while RrgC is found in a loosely defined relationship with RrgA. We investigated the incorporation of each subunit into pili and the reliance of such placement on each of the other subunits. Both accessory subunits RrgA and RrgC are present in similar quantities in pili of all sizes. However, neither protein is required for the polymerization of RrgB, suggesting a nonessential role for RrgA and RrgC in the initiation of pilus assembly. Additionally, the rlrA islet encodes three sortases, SrtC-1, SrtC-2, and SrtC-3 (formerly SrtB, SrtC, and SrtD), which are divergent in sequence from the housekeeping sortase, SrtA. We determined the contributions of these four sortases to pilus assembly and found that SrtA is dispensable for pilus assembly and localization to the cell wall. Instead, SrtC-1, SrtC-2, and SrtC-3 are responsible for pilus assembly and exhibit functional redundancy with respect to backbone assembly and cell wall localization. A level of specificity and coordination among the class C sortases was revealed by the finding that SrtC-1 and SrtC-3 are required for the incorporation of the accessory subunits and by showing a deleterious effect on pilus assembly upon alteration of the cell wall sorting signals of the accessory subunit proteins.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.00379-08
Ending Page	6013
Page Count	12
Starting Page	6002
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00219193
e-ISSN	10985530
Journal	Journal of Bacteriology
Issue Number	17
Volume Number	190
Language	English
Publisher	American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Publisher Date	2008-09-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Subject Keyword	Molecular Biology Microbiology Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Molecular Biology Microbiology

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