Structural highlights
Function
[YPKA_YERPS] Acts as a virulence determinant.[1] [2]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Yersinia spp. cause gastroenteritis and the plague, representing historically devastating pathogens that are currently an important biodefense and antibiotic resistance concern. A critical virulence determinant is the Yersinia protein kinase A, or YpkA, a multidomain protein that disrupts the eukaryotic actin cytoskeleton. Here we solve the crystal structure of a YpkA-Rac1 complex and find that YpkA possesses a Rac1 binding domain that mimics host guanidine nucleotide dissociation inhibitors (GDIs) of the Rho GTPases. YpkA inhibits nucleotide exchange in Rac1 and RhoA, and mutations that disrupt the YpkA-GTPase interface abolish this activity in vitro and impair in vivo YpkA-induced cytoskeletal disruption. In cell culture experiments, the kinase and the GDI domains of YpkA act synergistically to promote cytoskeletal disruption, and a Y. pseudotuberculosis mutant lacking YpkA GDI activity shows attenuated virulence in a mouse infection assay. We conclude that virulence in Yersinia depends strongly upon mimicry of host GDI proteins by YpkA.
Yersinia virulence depends on mimicry of host Rho-family nucleotide dissociation inhibitors.,Prehna G, Ivanov MI, Bliska JB, Stebbins CE Cell. 2006 Sep 8;126(5):869-80. PMID:16959567[3]
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References
- ↑ Juris SJ, Rudolph AE, Huddler D, Orth K, Dixon JE. A distinctive role for the Yersinia protein kinase: actin binding, kinase activation, and cytoskeleton disruption. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Aug 15;97(17):9431-6. PMID:10920208 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.170281997
- ↑ Navarro L, Koller A, Nordfelth R, Wolf-Watz H, Taylor S, Dixon JE. Identification of a molecular target for the Yersinia protein kinase A. Mol Cell. 2007 May 25;26(4):465-77. PMID:17531806 doi:http://dx.doi.org/S1097-2765(07)00285-7
- ↑ Prehna G, Ivanov MI, Bliska JB, Stebbins CE. Yersinia virulence depends on mimicry of host Rho-family nucleotide dissociation inhibitors. Cell. 2006 Sep 8;126(5):869-80. PMID:16959567 doi:10.1016/j.cell.2006.06.056
