TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamic association of BAM complex modules includes surface exposure of the lipoprotein BamC
AU - Webb, Chaille T
AU - Selkrig, Joel Pearson
AU - Perry, Andrew J
AU - Noinaj, Nicholas
AU - Buchanan, Susan K
AU - Lithgow, Trevor J
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The beta-barrel assembly machinery (BAM) complex drives the assembly of beta-barrel proteins into the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria. It is composed of five subunits: BamA, BamB, BamC, BamD, and BamE. We find that the BAM complex isolated from the outer membrane of Escherichia coli consists of a core complex of BamA:B:C:D:E and, in addition, a BamA:B module and a BamC:D module. In the absence of BamC, these modules are destabilized, resulting in increased protease susceptibility of BamD and BamB. While the N-terminus of BamC carries a highly conserved region crucial for stable interaction with BamD, immunofluorescence, immunoprecipitation, and protease-sensitivity assays show that the C-terminal domain of BamC, composed of two helix-grip motifs, is exposed on the surface of E. coli. This unexpected topology of a bacterial lipoprotein is reminiscent of the analogous protein subunits from the mitochondrial beta-barrel insertion machinery, the SAM complex. The modular arrangement and topological features provide new insight into the architecture of the BAM complex, towards a better understanding of the mechanism driving beta-barrel membrane protein assembly.
AB - The beta-barrel assembly machinery (BAM) complex drives the assembly of beta-barrel proteins into the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria. It is composed of five subunits: BamA, BamB, BamC, BamD, and BamE. We find that the BAM complex isolated from the outer membrane of Escherichia coli consists of a core complex of BamA:B:C:D:E and, in addition, a BamA:B module and a BamC:D module. In the absence of BamC, these modules are destabilized, resulting in increased protease susceptibility of BamD and BamB. While the N-terminus of BamC carries a highly conserved region crucial for stable interaction with BamD, immunofluorescence, immunoprecipitation, and protease-sensitivity assays show that the C-terminal domain of BamC, composed of two helix-grip motifs, is exposed on the surface of E. coli. This unexpected topology of a bacterial lipoprotein is reminiscent of the analogous protein subunits from the mitochondrial beta-barrel insertion machinery, the SAM complex. The modular arrangement and topological features provide new insight into the architecture of the BAM complex, towards a better understanding of the mechanism driving beta-barrel membrane protein assembly.
UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022283612004330
U2 - 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.05.035
DO - 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.05.035
M3 - Article
VL - 422
SP - 545
EP - 555
JO - Journal of Molecular Biology
JF - Journal of Molecular Biology
SN - 0022-2836
IS - 4
ER -