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Journal of Bacteriology, July 2003, p. 3918-3925, Vol. 185, No. 13
0021-9193/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.13.3918-3925.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Archaeal Homolog of Bacterial Type IV Prepilin Signal Peptidases with Broad Substrate Specificity

Sonja-Verena Albers, Zalán Szabó, and Arnold J. M. Driessen*

Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, 9751 NN Haren, The Netherlands

Received 4 November 2002/ Accepted 21 April 2003

A large number of secretory proteins in the thermoacidophile Sulfolobus solfataricus are synthesized as a precursor with an unusual leader peptide that resembles bacterial type IV prepilin signal sequences. This set of proteins includes the flagellin subunit but also various solute binding proteins. Here we describe the identification of the S. solfataricus homolog of bacterial type IV prepilin peptidases, termed PibD. PibD is an integral membrane protein that is phylogenetically related to the bacterial enzymes. When heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli, PibD is capable of processing both the flagellin and glucose-binding protein (GlcS) precursors. Site-directed mutagenesis of the GlcS signal peptide shows that the substrate specificity of PibD is consistent with the variations found in proteins with type IV prepilin-like signal sequences of S. solfataricus. We conclude that PibD is responsible for the processing of these secretory proteins in S. solfataricus.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN Haren, The Netherlands. Phone: 31-50-3632164. Fax: 31-50-3632154. E-mail: a.j.m.driessen{at}biol.rug.nl.

Journal of Bacteriology, July 2003, p. 3918-3925, Vol. 185, No. 13
0021-9193/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.13.3918-3925.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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