TY - JOUR
T1 - Determinants of translocation and folding of TreF, a trehalase of Escherichia coli
AU - Uhland, Kerstin
AU - Mondigler, Martin
AU - Spiess, Christoph
AU - Prinz, Will
AU - Ehrmann, Michael
PY - 2000/8/4
Y1 - 2000/8/4
N2 - One isoform of trehalase, TreF, is present in the cytoplasm and a second, TreA, in the periplasm. To study the questions of why one enzyme is exported efficiently and the other is not and whether these proteins can fold in their nornnative cellular compartment, we fused the signal sequence of periplasmic TreA to cytoplasmic TreF. Even though this TreF construct was exported efficiently to the periplasm, it was not active. It was insoluble and degraded by the periplasmic serine protease DegP. To determine why TreF was misfolded in the periplasm, we isolated and characterized Tre+ revertants of periplasmic TreF. To further characterize periplasmic TreF, we used a genetic selection to isolate functional TreA-TreF hybrids, which were analyzed with respect to solubility and function. These data suggested that a domain located between residues 255 and 350 of TreF is sufficient to cause folding problems in the periplasm. In contrast to TreF, periplasmic TreA could fold into the active conformation in its nonnative cellular compartment, the cytoplasm, after removal of its signal sequence.
AB - One isoform of trehalase, TreF, is present in the cytoplasm and a second, TreA, in the periplasm. To study the questions of why one enzyme is exported efficiently and the other is not and whether these proteins can fold in their nornnative cellular compartment, we fused the signal sequence of periplasmic TreA to cytoplasmic TreF. Even though this TreF construct was exported efficiently to the periplasm, it was not active. It was insoluble and degraded by the periplasmic serine protease DegP. To determine why TreF was misfolded in the periplasm, we isolated and characterized Tre+ revertants of periplasmic TreF. To further characterize periplasmic TreF, we used a genetic selection to isolate functional TreA-TreF hybrids, which were analyzed with respect to solubility and function. These data suggested that a domain located between residues 255 and 350 of TreF is sufficient to cause folding problems in the periplasm. In contrast to TreF, periplasmic TreA could fold into the active conformation in its nonnative cellular compartment, the cytoplasm, after removal of its signal sequence.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M002793200
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M002793200
M3 - Article
C2 - 10816581
AN - SCOPUS:0034604528
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 275
SP - 23439
EP - 23445
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 31
ER -