Mechanistic insight into the regulation of virulence factors in pathogenic E. coli by rhomboid protease GlpG
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ABSTRACT: With the rise in antimicrobial resistance, understanding the virulence factors utilized by pathogenic E. coli is essential for the development of alternative therapeutics. While previous work has shown that disruption of the rhomboid protease gene glpG leads to defects in bacterial colonization, here we provide mechanistic insight into the loss of fitness. We show GlpG is essential for the formation of virulence factors, namely type 1 pili, required for the colonization of eukaryotic cells. As adhesion is critical for biofilm formation and bacterial persistence, the absence of GlpG proteolytic activity also reduces the production of biofilm. Working towards new potential antimicrobial targets for treating infections, we show that biofilm formation is hampered by GlpG inhibition. Our data demonstrates that GlpG plays a key role in protein quality control of virulence factors and alters the paradigm for GlpG proteolysis, previously implicated in the cleavage of only membrane embedded substrates.
INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Orbitrap Elite
ORGANISM(S): Escherichia Coli K-12 (ncbitaxon:83333)
SUBMITTER:
M. Joanne Lemieux
PROVIDER: MSV000097249 | MassIVE | Thu Mar 06 15:37:00 GMT 2025
REPOSITORIES: MassIVE
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