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J Bacteriol. 1987 May; 169(5): 2044-2049

Ferric-coprogen receptor FhuE of Escherichia coli: processing and sequence common to all TonB-dependent outer membrane receptor proteins.

ABSTRACT

Iron transport via siderophores requires outer membrane receptor proteins and the TonB protein. The FhuE protein of Escherichia coli functions as the receptor for ferric coprogen and ferric-rhodotorulic acid. A chromosomal DNA fragment bearing the fhuE gene was cloned into pACYC184. The gene was localized by insertion mutagenesis by using the transposon Tn1000. Expression in minicells revealed a FhuE precursor with an apparent molecular weight of 82,000 and a FhuE protein with a molecular weight of 76,000. The transcription polarity of the fhuE gene was deduced from the size of truncated polypeptides derived from Tn1000 insertions, which were mapped by restriction analysis. The processing of truncated precursors that were synthesized by insertion mutants was strongly reduced even when the insertion site was close to the carboxy terminus of the FhuE protein. It is concluded that either the efficient insertion of proFhuE into the cytoplasmic membrane or the rate of cleavage of the signal peptide requires a particular conformation of the proFhuE protein, which is only formed by the complete primary structure. The amino-terminal amino acid sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence was confirmed by gas-phase sequencing of the precursor and the mature form, which were separated by electrophoresis on polyacrylamide gels. The precursor contained an unusually long signal peptide of 36 amino acids. The amino-terminal end of the mature form contained the sequence Glu-Thr-Val Ile-Val. A pentapeptide starting with either Glu or Asp, followed by Thr, and two uncharged residues ending with Val were found in all outer membrane receptor proteins that were constituents of TonB-dependent transport systems.

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