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Abstract

The outer membrane protein PulD (secretin) of Klebsiella oxytoca is required for transport of pullulanase across this membrane. We have purified a multimeric PulD complex from an Escherichia coli strain expressing all the proteins involved in pullulanase secretion. The outer membrane-anchored lipoprotein PulS was found to copurify with PulD. The molar ratio of the two proteins is close to 1:1, and the size of the complex is ≈1 MDa. Scanning transmission electron and cryo-electron microscopy analyses showed that the purified complex is a cylindrical structure having a central cavity of ≈7.6 nm and peripheral radial spokes. Fusion of proteoliposomes containing the purified complex with a planar lipid bilayer resulted in the appearance of small, voltage-activated, ion-conducting channels. We conclude that the central cavity seen in the electron microscope is part of a large gated channel and propose that the observed current fluctuations correspond to voltage-induced, relatively minor displacements of domains in the purified complex rather than to a complete opening of the secretin channel.

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Nouwen, N., Ranson, N., Saibil, H., Wolpensinger, B., Engel, A., Ghazi, A., & Pugsley, A. P. (1999). Secretin PulD: Association with pilot PulS, structure, and ion-conducting channel formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 96(14), 8173–8177.

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Created 23 years ago (July 26, 2002, 10:38 a.m.)
Deposited 3 years, 4 months ago (April 13, 2022, 3:37 p.m.)
Indexed 1 year, 3 months ago (May 17, 2024, 11:28 a.m.)
Issued 26 years, 1 month ago (July 6, 1999)
Published 26 years, 1 month ago (July 6, 1999)
Published Online 26 years, 1 month ago (July 6, 1999)
Published Print 26 years, 1 month ago (July 6, 1999)
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@article{Nouwen_1999, title={Secretin PulD: Association with pilot PulS, structure, and ion-conducting channel formation}, volume={96}, ISSN={1091-6490}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.96.14.8173}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.96.14.8173}, number={14}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author={Nouwen, Nico and Ranson, Neil and Saibil, Helen and Wolpensinger, Bettina and Engel, Andreas and Ghazi, Alexandre and Pugsley, Anthony P.}, year={1999}, month=jul, pages={8173–8177} }