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The multidomain transmembrane protein DsbD is essential for cytochrome c maturation (Ccm) in Escherichia coli and transports reductant to the otherwise oxidising environment of the bacterial periplasm. The Ccm proteins ABCDEFGH are also essential and we show that the overproduction of these proteins can unexpectedly complement for the absence of DsbD in a deletion strain by partially restoring the production of an exogenous c-type cytochrome under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. This suggests that one or more of the Ccm proteins can provide reductant to the periplasm. The Ccm proteins do not, however, restore the normal disulfide mis-isomerisation phenotype of the deletion strain, as shown by assay of the multidisulfide-bonded enzyme urokinase.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.febslet.2004.08.067

Type

Journal article

Journal

FEBS Lett

Publication Date

08/10/2004

Volume

576

Pages

81 - 85

Keywords

Aerobiosis, Anaerobiosis, Cytochromes c, Escherichia coli, Escherichia coli Proteins, Gene Deletion, Genes, Bacterial, Genetic Complementation Test, Protein Disulfide-Isomerases, Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator