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TatBC-Independent TatA/Tat Substrate Interactions Contribute to Transport Efficiency.
Taubert, Johannes Hou, Bo Risselada, H Jelger Mehner, Denise Lünsdorf, Heinrich Grubmüller, Helmut Brüser, Thomas
Taubert, Johannes
Hou, Bo
Risselada, H Jelger
Mehner, Denise
Lünsdorf, Heinrich
Grubmüller, Helmut
Brüser, Thomas
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The Tat system can transport folded, signal peptide-containing proteins (Tat substrates) across energized membranes of prokaryotes and plant plastids. A twin-arginine motif in the signal peptide of Tat substrates is recognized by TatC-containing complexes, and TatA permits the membrane passage. Often, as in the model Tat systems of Escherichia coli and plant plastids, a third component - TatB - is involved that resembles TatA but has a higher affinity to TatC. It is not known why most TatA dissociates from TatBC complexes in vivo and distributes more evenly in the membrane. Here we show a TatBC-independent substrate-binding to TatA from Escherichia coli, and we provide evidence that this binding enhances Tat transport. First hints came from in vivo cross-linking data, which could be confirmed by affinity co-purification of TatA with the natural Tat substrates HiPIP and NrfC. Two positions on the surface of HiPIP could be identified that are important for the TatA interaction and transport efficiency, indicating physiological relevance of the interaction. Distributed TatA thus may serve to accompany membrane-interacting Tat substrates to the few TatBC spots in the cells.
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TatBC-Independent TatA/Tat Substrate Interactions Contribute to Transport Efficiency. 2015, 10 (3):e0119761 PLoS ONE
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