Isolation of a Periplasmic Molecular Chaperone-Like Protein of Rhodobacter sphaeroides f. sp. denitrificans That Is Homologous to the Dipeptide Transport Protein DppA of Escherichia coli
AUTOR(ES)
Matsuzaki, Masahiro
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
A periplasmic protein has been found to prevent aggregation of the acid-unfolded dimethyl sulfoxide reductase (DMSOR), the periplasmic terminal reductase of dimethyl sulfoxide respiration in the phototroph Rhodobacter sphaeroides f. sp. denitrificans, in a manner similar to that of the Escherichia coli chaperonin GroEL (Matsuzaki et al., Plant Cell Physiol. 37:333–339, 1996). The protein was isolated from the periplasm of the phototroph. It had a molecular mass of 58 kDa and had no subunits. The sequence of 14 amino-terminal residues of the protein was completely identical to that of the periplasmic dipeptide transport protein (DppA) of E. coli. The 58-kDa protein prevented aggregation to a degree comparable to that of GroEL on the basis of monomer protein. The 58-kDa protein also decreased aggregation of guanidine hydrochloride-denatured rhodanese, a mitochondrial matrix protein, during its refolding upon dilution. The 58-kDa protein is a kind of molecular chaperone and could be involved in maintaining unfolded DMSOR, after secretion of the latter into the periplasm, in a competent form for its correct folding.
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