A single amino acid of a Salmonella virulence protein contributes to pathogenicity by protecting from the FtsH-mediated proteolysis

Eunna Choi, Kyoung Kwon, Eun Jin Lee

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Abstract

Abstract FtsH is a membrane-bound ATP-dependent protease in bacteria that is critical for degrading membrane proteins. The MgtC virulence protein from Salmonella enterica is located at the inner membrane and required for survival inside macrophages. Here we report that a single substitution at tryptophan 226 of the MgtC protein to alanine promotes the FtsH-mediated proteolysis. The Trp residue is located at the very C-terminus of the cytoplasmic domain of the MgtC protein and conserved only in intracellular pathogens surviving within a macrophage phagosome, suggesting that Salmonella may acquire the tryptophan residue to prevent MgtC degradation by the FtsH protease. Moreover, the reduced proteolytic activity of the FtsH protease during infection further increases MgtC production, promoting Salmonella's pathogenicity inside phagocytic cells.

Original languageEnglish
Article number37109
Pages (from-to)1346-1351
Number of pages6
JournalFEBS Letters
Volume589
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015 May 22
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • FtsH protease
  • Posttranslational regulation
  • mgtC

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Structural Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Cell Biology

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