Outer membrane lipoprotein biogenesis: Lol is not the end.

TitleOuter membrane lipoprotein biogenesis: Lol is not the end.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsKonovalova, A, Silhavy, TJ
JournalPhilos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
Volume370
Issue1679
Date Published2015 Oct 05
ISSN1471-2970
KeywordsBacterial Outer Membrane Proteins, Cell Membrane, Gram-Negative Bacteria, Lipoproteins, Models, Biological, Models, Molecular, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Protein Transport
Abstract

<p>Bacterial lipoproteins are lipid-anchored proteins that contain acyl groups covalently attached to the N-terminal cysteine residue of the mature protein. Lipoproteins are synthesized in precursor form with an N-terminal signal sequence (SS) that targets translocation across the cytoplasmic or inner membrane (IM). Lipid modification and SS processing take place at the periplasmic face of the IM. Outer membrane (OM) lipoproteins take the localization of lipoproteins (Lol) export pathway, which ends with the insertion of the N-terminal lipid moiety into the inner leaflet of the OM. For many lipoproteins, the biogenesis pathway ends here. We provide examples of lipoproteins that adopt complex topologies in the OM that include transmembrane and surface-exposed domains. Biogenesis of such lipoproteins requires additional steps beyond the Lol pathway. In at least one case, lipoprotein sequences reach the cell surface by being threaded through the lumen of a beta-barrel protein in an assembly reaction that requires the heteropentomeric Bam complex. The inability to predict surface exposure reinforces the importance of experimental verification of lipoprotein topology and we will discuss some of the methods used to study OM protein topology.</p>

DOI10.1098/rstb.2015.0030
Alternate JournalPhilos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
PubMed ID26370942
PubMed Central IDPMC4632606
Grant ListR01 GM034821 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States
GM34821 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States