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Journal of Bacteriology, March 2002, p. 1779-1782, Vol. 184, No. 6
0021-9193/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.6.1779-1782.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Identification of XcpZ Domains Required for Assembly of the Secreton of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Viviane Robert,1 Finbarr Hayes,2 Andrée Lazdunski,1 and Gérard P. F. Michel1*

Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires, Institut de Biologie Structurale et Microbiologie, CNRS, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France,1 Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, Manchester M60 1QD, England2

Received 5 October 2001/ Accepted 7 December 2001

Most of the exoproteins secreted by Pseudomonas aeruginosa are transported via the type II secretion system. This machinery, which is widely conserved in gram-negative bacteria, consists of 12 Xcp proteins organized as a multiprotein complex, also called the secreton. We previously reported that the mutual stabilization of XcpZ and XcpY plays an important role in the assembly of the secreton. In this study, we engineered variant XcpZ proteins by using linker insertion mutagenesis. We identified three distinct regions of XcpZ required for both the stabilization of XcpY and the functionality of the secreton. Interestingly, we also demonstrated that another component of the machinery, XcpP, can modulate the stabilizing activity of XcpZ on XcpY.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires, Institut de Biologie Structurale et Microbiologie (IBSM), CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille Cedex 20, France. Phone: (33) 04 91 16 44 87. Fax: (33) 04 91 71 21 24. E-mail: michel{at}ibsm.cnrs-mrs.fr.

Journal of Bacteriology, March 2002, p. 1779-1782, Vol. 184, No. 6
0021-9193/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.6.1779-1782.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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