Exoenzyme S of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is secreted by a type III pathway

Molecular Microbiology
Timothy L YahrDara W Frank

Abstract

Exoenzyme S is an extracellular ADP-ribosyltransferase of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Transposon mutagenesis of P. aeruginosa 388 was used to identify genes required for exoenzyme S production. Five Tn5Tc insertion mutants were isolated which exhibited an exoenzyme S-deficient phenotype (388::Tn5Tc 469, 550, 3453, 4885, and 5590). Mapping experiments demonstrated that 388::Tn5Tc 3453, 4885, and 5590 possessed insertions within a 5.0 kb EcoRI fragment that is not contiguous with the exoenzyme S trans-regulatory operon. 388::Tn5Tc 469 and 550 mapped to a region downstream of the trans-regulatory operon which has been previously shown to contain a promoter region that is co-ordinately regulated with exoenzyme S synthesis. Nucleotide sequence analysis of a 7.2 kb region flanking the 388::Tn5Tc 469 and 550 insertions, identified 12 contiguous open reading frames (ORFs). Database searches indicated that the first ORF, ExsD, is unique. The other 11 ORFs demonstrated high homology to the YscB-L proteins of the yersiniae Yop type III export apparatus. RNase-protection analysis of wild-type and mutant strains indicated that exsD and pscB-L form an operon. To determine whether ExoS was exported by a type III mechanism, derivatives consisting ...Continue Reading

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