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  • Title: Effective assembly of fimbriae in Escherichia coli depends on the translocation assembly module nanomachine.
    Author: Stubenrauch C, Belousoff MJ, Hay ID, Shen HH, Lillington J, Tuck KL, Peters KM, Phan MD, Lo AW, Schembri MA, Strugnell RA, Waksman G, Lithgow T.
    Journal: Nat Microbiol; 2016 May 16; 1(7):16064. PubMed ID: 27572967.
    Abstract:
    Outer membrane proteins are essential for Gram-negative bacteria to rapidly adapt to changes in their environment. Intricate remodelling of the outer membrane proteome is critical for bacterial pathogens to survive environmental changes, such as entry into host tissues(1-3). Fimbriae (also known as pili) are appendages that extend up to 2 μm beyond the cell surface to function in adhesion for bacterial pathogens, and are critical for virulence. The best-studied examples of fimbriae are the type 1 and P fimbriae of uropathogenic Escherichia coli, the major causative agent of urinary tract infections in humans. Fimbriae share a common mode of biogenesis, orchestrated by a molecular assembly platform called 'the usher' located in the outer membrane. Although the mechanism of pilus biogenesis is well characterized, how the usher itself is assembled at the outer membrane is unclear. Here, we report that a rapid response in usher assembly is crucially dependent on the translocation assembly module. We assayed the assembly reaction for a range of ushers and provide mechanistic insight into the β-barrel assembly pathway that enables the rapid deployment of bacterial fimbriae.
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