Lecture 14 -- Protein Transport and Secretion Flashcards
- SEC dependent pathway
- Twin-arginine pathway (TAT)
List the pathways only involved in translocation
- Types I, II, IV, VI
- Type VII
List the pathways responsible for translocation and secretion in one step
- Type II (uses TAT or SEC)
- Type V (SEC)
List the translocation linked secretion pathways (two steps)
- allow for formation of cell surface structure (cell wall, cell membrane, capsule)
- nutrient acquisition
- pathogenic mechanisms (infection of host cells)
- competition with other bacteria
Why do bacteria export/secrete protiens?
- Type I pilus
- Toxins/adhesins
- P-type pilus
- Curli
- OMPs/adhesins
Structures involved in virulence
- siderophore receptors
- TonB-dependent iron-uptake receptors
Nutrient receptors
- many exported/secreted proteins are hydrophilic
- for proper localization and regulation of release
Why do bacteria need mechanism of protein secretion
Proteins that are translocated across the cytoplasmic membrane
Exported proteins
Proteins translocated across the cytoplasmic membrane and subsequently transported across the entire cell envelope
Secreted proteins
cytoplasmic membrane, cell wall, *capsule, environment
List the potential locations where proteins can end up in gram positive bacteria
cytoplasmic membrane, periplasm, cell wall, *outer membrane, capsule, environment
List potential locations where proteins can be brought in gram negative and cutoff for secretion
- protein folded in the cytoplasm (stays intracellularly)
- intrinsically disordered proteins (rare)
- unfolded proteins are exported/secreted
- folded proteins are exported/secreted
List the four pathways proteins can take after translation
- targeting and sorting in the cytoplasm
- translocation through a channel/energy in the membrane
- maturation and release in the periplasm (and potential folding)
List the steps of translocation/what happens a each location
- universal, most well studied mode of translocation
- proteins are in an unfolded state
- essential for viability (cannot be deleted from cell)
- all proteins have a signal sequence
SEC-dependent protein translocation
- Co-translational
- Post-translational (chaperone dependent and independent)
What are the two modes of SEC mediated translocation