The crystal structure of the EspB-EspK virulence factor-chaperone complex suggests an additional type VII secretion mechanism in M. tuberculosis.

Gijsbers A, Eymery M, Gao Y, Menart I, Vinciauskaite V, Siliqi D, Peters PJ, McCarthy A, Ravelli RBG, J Biol Chem :102761 (2022) Europe PMC

SASDMH7 – ESX-1 secretion-associated protein EspB medium construct bound to ESX-1 secretion-associated protein EspK — EspBM-K complex

ESX-1 secretion-associated protein EspK
ESX-1 secretion-associated protein EspB
MWexperimental 65 kDa
MWexpected 64 kDa
VPorod 100 nm3
log I(s) 5.69×10-2 5.69×10-3 5.69×10-4 5.69×10-5
ESX-1 secretion-associated protein EspK ESX-1 secretion-associated protein EspB small angle scattering data  s, nm-1
ln I(s)
ESX-1 secretion-associated protein EspK ESX-1 secretion-associated protein EspB Guinier plot ln 5.69×10-2 Rg: 4.3 nm 0 (4.3 nm)-2 s2
(sRg)2I(s)/I(0)
ESX-1 secretion-associated protein EspK ESX-1 secretion-associated protein EspB Kratky plot 1.104 0 3 sRg
p(r)
ESX-1 secretion-associated protein EspK ESX-1 secretion-associated protein EspB pair distance distribution function Rg: 4.4 nm 0 Dmax: 15.7 nm

Data validation


Fits and models


log I(s)
 s, nm-1
ESX-1 secretion-associated protein EspK ESX-1 secretion-associated protein EspB CORAL model

Synchrotron SAXS data from solutions of the EspBM-K complex in 20 mM Tris-HCl, 300 mM NaCl, pH 8 were collected on the B21 beam line at the Diamond Light Source (Didcot, UK) using a Pilatus 2M detector at a sample-detector distance of 4.0 m and at a wavelength of λ = 0.1 nm (I(s) vs s, where s = 4πsinθ/λ, and 2θ is the scattering angle). In-line size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) SAS was employed. The SEC parameters were as follows: A 50.00 μl sample at 8.6 mg/ml was injected at a 0.08 ml/min flow rate onto a Shodex KW403 column at 20°C. 580 successive 3 second frames were collected. The data were normalized to the intensity of the transmitted beam and radially averaged; the scattering of the solvent-blank was subtracted.

The sample consists of a complex between EspB (medium construct, amino acids 2–348) with the C-terminal region of EspK (amino acids 484–729). The SEC-eluted protein complex was directed through a 1.6-mm diameter quartz capillary cell held in vacuum. The MX model from the complex EspB (2-300) and EspK (484-729) was refined further by CORAL through the addition of a C-terminal tail.

ESX-1 secretion-associated protein EspK (EspK(484-729))
Mol. type   Protein
Organism   Mycobacterium tuberculosis (strain ATCC 25618 / H37Rv)
Olig. state   Monomer
Mon. MW   27.2 kDa
 
UniProt   P9WJC1 (484-729)
Sequence   FASTA
 
ESX-1 secretion-associated protein EspB (EspBM(2-348))
Mol. type   Protein
Organism   Mycobacterium tuberculosis (strain ATCC 25618 / H37Rv)
Olig. state   Monomer
Mon. MW   37.2 kDa
 
UniProt   P9WJD9 (2-348)
Sequence   FASTA