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This research is supported by the National Institutes of Health grant AI34501.
Published In
Nature Structural and Molecular Biology
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
10-2010
Subjects
Secretin, Cryomicroscopy, Bacterial proteins, Cholera toxin
Abstract
The type II secretion system (T2SS) is a macromolecular complex spanning the inner and outer membranes of Gram-negative bacteria. Remarkably, the T2SS secretes folded proteins including multimeric assemblies like cholera toxin and heat-labile enterotoxin from Vibrio cholerae and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, respectively. The major outer membrane T2SS protein is the “secretin” GspD. Electron cryomicroscopy reconstruction of the V. cholerae secretin at 19 Å resolution reveals a dodecameric structure reminiscent of a barrel with a large channel at its center that appears to contain a closed periplasmic gate. The GspD periplasmic domain forms a vestibule with a conserved constriction, and binds to a pentameric exoprotein and to the trimeric tip of the T2SS pseudopilus. By combining our results with structures of the cholera toxin and T2SS pseudopilus, we provide a structural basis for a possible secretion mechanism of the T2SS.
DOI
10.1038/nsmb.1910
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/21525
Citation Details
Reichow, S. L., Korotkov, K. V., Hol, W. G., & Gonen, T. (2010). Structure of the cholera toxin secretion channel in its closed state. Nature structural & molecular biology, 17(10), 1226-1232.
Description
This is the authors' manuscript of an article subsequently published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, 2010 October; 17 (10): 1226-1232. May be found at https://doi.org/10.1038/nsmb.1910.
Note: At the time of writing, Steve Reichow was affiliated with the University of Washington.