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Diverse specificity of cellulosome attachment to the bacterial cell surface

Lookup NU author(s): Benedita Pinheiro, Kate Cameron, Dr Fiona Cuskin, Emeritus Professor Harry Gilbert

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Abstract

During the course of evolution, the cellulosome, one of Nature's most intricate multi-enzyme complexes, has been continuously fine-tuned to efficiently deconstruct recalcitrant carbohydrates. To facilitate the uptake of released sugars, anaerobic bacteria use highly ordered protein-protein interactions to recruit these nanomachines to the cell surface. Dockerin modules located within a non-catalytic macromolecular scaffold, whose primary role is to assemble cellulosomal enzymatic subunits, bind cohesin modules of cell envelope proteins, thereby anchoring the cellulosome onto the bacterial cell. Here we have elucidated the unique molecular mechanisms used by anaerobic bacteria for cellulosome cellular attachment. The structure and biochemical analysis of five cohesin-dockerin complexes revealed that cell surface dockerins contain two cohesin-binding interfaces, which can present different or identical specificities. In contrast to the current static model, we propose that dockerins utilize multivalent modes of cohesin recognition to recruit cellulosomes to the cell surface, a mechanism that maximises substrate access while facilitating complex assembly.


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Author(s): Bras JLA, Pinheiro BA, Cameron K, Cuskin F, Viegas A, Najmudin S, Bule P, Pires VMR, Romao MJ, Bayer EA, Spencer HL, Smith S, Gilbert HJ, Alves VD, Carvalho AL, Fontes CMGA

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Scientific Reports

Year: 2016

Volume: 6

Online publication date: 07/12/2016

Acceptance date: 07/11/2016

Date deposited: 02/02/2017

ISSN (print): 2045-2322

Publisher: Nature Publishing Group

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep38292

DOI: 10.1038/srep38292


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Funding

Funder referenceFunder name
263916EU
283570European Community
Biostruct-X_ 4399European Community
EXPL/BIA-MIC/1176/2012Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT-MCTES)
RECI/BBB-BEP/0124/2012Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT-MCTES)
POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007728ERDF
PTDC/BIA-MIC/5947/2014Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT-MCTES)
UID/Multi/04378/2013FCT/MCTES EC
BioStruct-X (grant agreement No. 283570
European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)
EXPL/BIA-MIC/1176/2012
FCT/MCTES EC (UID/Multi/04378/2013)
PTDC/BIA-MIC/5947/2014, RECI/BBB-BEP/0124/2012
PT2020 Partnership Agreement (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007728)
WallTraC project (grant No. 263916)

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