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Review
. 1997 Jun 11;192(1):33-8.
doi: 10.1016/s0378-1119(96)00826-8.

Biogenesis of the bundle-forming pilus of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: reconstitution of fimbriae in recombinant E. coli and role of DsbA in pilin stability--a review

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Biogenesis of the bundle-forming pilus of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli: reconstitution of fimbriae in recombinant E. coli and role of DsbA in pilin stability--a review

M S Donnenberg et al. Gene. .

Abstract

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) adhere to tissue culture cells in a distinct pattern known as localized adherence (LA). We have defined two loci necessary for LA. A plasmid-encoded gene cluster encodes bundlin, the major structural subunit of a type-IV fimbria called the bundle-forming pilus (BFP), a prepilin peptidase necessary for processing of pre-bundlin to its mature form, and twelve other proteins. Under the control of an exogenous promoter, these 14 genes are sufficient for the biogenesis of BFP in a heterologous E. coli host. The chromosomal gene dsbA, which encodes a periplasmic disulfide-bond oxidoreductase, is also required for LA. In the absence of DsbA protein, bundlin is made but rapidly degraded. Pre-bundlin is also rapidly degraded in the absence of DsbA, suggesting that the prepilin is a transcytoplasmic protein simultaneously accessible to enzymes on both sides of the inner membrane. These studies offer a fresh perspective on the biogenesis of type-IV pili.

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