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Far-reaching cellular consequences of tat deletion in Escherichia coli revealed by comprehensive proteome analyses

Dolata, Katarzyna M., Montero, Isabel Guerrero, Miller, Wayne, Sievers, Susanne, Sura, Thomas, Wolff, Christian, Schlüter, Rabea, Riedel, Katharina, Robinson, Colin (2019) Far-reaching cellular consequences of tat deletion in Escherichia coli revealed by comprehensive proteome analyses. Microbiological Research, 218 . pp. 97-107. ISSN 0944-5013. (doi:10.1016/j.micres.2018.10.008) (KAR id:70187)

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Abstract

In Escherichia coli, the Twin-arginine translocation (Tat) pathway secretes a set of folded proteins

with important physiological functions to the periplasm and outer membrane. The loss of Tat

secretion impairs outer membrane integrity and leads to decreased cell growth. Only recently, the

Tat pathway has gained more attention due to its essential role in bacterial virulence and

applications in the production of fully folded heterologous proteins. In this study, we investigated

the influence of the deletion of all active Tat pathway components on the E. coli cells. The

comprehensive proteomic analysis revealed activation of several stress responses and

experimentally confirmed the dependence of certain proteins on the Tat system for export. We

observed that a tat deletion triggers protein aggregation, membrane vesiculation, synthesis of

colanic acid and biofilm formation. Furthermore, the mislocalization of Tat-dependent proteins

disturbs iron and molybdenum homeostasis and impairs the cell envelope integrity. The results

show that the functional Tat pathway is important for the physiological stability and that its

dysfunction leads to a series of severe changes in E. coli cells.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.micres.2018.10.008
Uncontrolled keywords: E. coli, protein secretion, Twin-arginine translocation, proteomics, stress response
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences
Depositing User: Colin Robinson
Date Deposited: 19 Nov 2018 13:34 UTC
Last Modified: 04 Jul 2023 14:09 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/70187 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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