中国科学院生物物理研究所,中国科学院生物物理研究所,中国科学院生物物理研究所
中国科学院战略性先导科技专项(XDB08020202),国家生物大分子重点实验室资助项目
Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences,Institute of Biophysics,Chinese Academy of Science
This work was supported by grants from The Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(XDB08020200), the National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules
结核分枝杆菌作为肺结核病的病原菌,在人类中致死率远高于其他病原菌.结核分枝杆菌具有特殊的疏水性细胞壁结构,这种致密的细胞壁结构帮助结核分枝杆菌抵御外界环境压力和来自宿主细胞的毒素.同时,它利用特殊的分泌系统将体内的毒力蛋白输出体外,ESX-1分泌系统就是其中之一.结核分枝杆菌ESX-1系统在结核分枝杆菌进入宿主细胞吞噬小体、逃逸至细胞质以及杀死吞噬细胞这些过程中发挥重要作用.研究表明,在结核分枝杆菌内膜上存在一个由多亚基组成、旨在帮助结核分枝杆菌向外输送分泌蛋白的分泌装置.在这个分泌装置的帮助下,结核分枝杆菌重要的毒力蛋白ESAT-6跨内膜向外分泌,EspB也通过这个内膜上的分泌装置被转运至胞外.EspB 存在于静置培养的结核分枝杆菌的胶囊层中,也可在振荡培养的结核分枝杆菌的培养液中被检测.通过X射线晶体衍射分析,我们解析了EspB的晶体结构,相比于其他同源结构,发现了EspB的不同构象,即EspB单体能够自组装成为七聚体的规则结构,联系其与毒力因子ESAT-6具有共分泌的特点,七聚体构象的发现为解释EspB在结核分枝杆菌向外分泌蛋白的过程中发挥的作用提供线索,即EspB具有锚定在结核分枝杆菌胶囊层中,作为运输ESAT-6的孔道而存在的可能.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a successful pathogen of human being that causes about millions people death annually. M. tuberculosis posses an unique cellular envelop which can protect itself from the attack of immune system and harsh environment. The mycobacterial cell wall consists of inner membrane, peptidoglycan/arabinogalactan layers, a mycolic acid-containing layer, and the outer capsular layer. ESX secretion system is involved in transporting substrates through cellular envelop to extracellular environment. ESX secretion system has five pathways: ESX1-5. ESX-1 pathway contributes most in pathogenicity of M. tuberculosis and became a continuing concern on interaction between M. tuberculosis and host. EspB shares a co-dependent secretion way with ESAT-6, a key virulence of ESX-1which is responsible for the escape of M. tuberculosis from host cell to cytoplasm. We solved the crystal structure of EspB from M. tuberculosis. EspB posses conserved WxG domain and YxxxD domain, and so does other substrates of ESX-1 pathway. Research on EspB shows that it can interact with a component of secretion apparatus-EccC. We suppose that WxG domain and YxxxD domain may function together as a signal peptide for the recognition of secretion apparatus during the secretion of EspB. In addition, EspB heptamer has a relative rigid structure and a large enough inner-diameter for the transport of ESAT-6/CFP-10 dimer, which makes it possible to function as a channel for ESAT-6/CFP-10.
唐晓萌,王大成.结核分枝杆菌ESX-1分泌蛋白EspB结构和功能分析[J].生物化学与生物物理进展,2017,44(5):414-421
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