EspG secretion is key in understanding the virulence of mycobacterium tuberculosis. The specificity of EspG binding affinity to its specific PE-PPE ligand have many contributing factors. The four different EspG proteins found in mycobacterium tuberculosis have different characteristics that influence binding, where EspG5 binds to the most PE-PPE proteins.
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Function
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Excretion
EspG PE-PPE excretion is done through the ESX secretion pathway.
Binding
Factors that influence binding of EspG and PE-PPE:
electrostatics
shape
ligand random coil
key catalytic residues
Pocket Residues
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Structural highlights
Relevance
Publication Abstract from PubMed
Nearly 10% of the coding capacity of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome is devoted to two highly expanded and enigmatic protein families called PE and PPE, some of which are important virulence/immunogenicity factors and are secreted during infection via a unique alternative secretory system termed "type VII." How PE-PPE proteins function during infection and how they are translocated to the bacterial surface through the five distinct type VII secretion systems [ESAT-6 secretion system (ESX)] of M. tuberculosis is poorly understood. Here, we report the crystal structure of a PE-PPE heterodimer bound to ESX secretion-associated protein G (EspG), which adopts a novel fold. This PE-PPE-EspG complex, along with structures of two additional EspGs, suggests that EspG acts as an adaptor that recognizes specific PE-PPE protein complexes via extensive interactions with PPE domains, and delivers them to ESX machinery for secretion. Surprisingly, secretion of most PE-PPE proteins in M. tuberculosis is likely mediated by EspG from the ESX-5 system, underscoring the importance of ESX-5 in mycobacterial pathogenesis. Moreover, our results indicate that PE-PPE domains function as cis-acting targeting sequences that are read out by EspGs, revealing the molecular specificity for secretion through distinct ESX pathways.
Structure of a PE-PPE-EspG complex from Mycobacterium tuberculosis reveals molecular specificity of ESX protein secretion.,Ekiert DC, Cox JS Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Oct 14;111(41):14758-63. doi:, 10.1073/pnas.1409345111. Epub 2014 Oct 1. PMID:25275011[3]
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