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An Inducible and Secreted Eukaryote-Like Serine/Threonine Kinase of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Promotes Intracellular Survival and Pathogenesis

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Title An Inducible and Secreted Eukaryote-Like Serine/Threonine Kinase of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Promotes Intracellular Survival and Pathogenesis
 
Creator Theeya, Nagaraja
Ta, Atri
Das, Sayan
Mandal, Rahul Shubhra
Chakrabarti, Oishee
Chakrabarti, Saikat
Ghosh, Amar N
Das, Santasabuj
 
Subject Structural Biology & Bioinformatics
 
Description Eukaryote-like serine/threonine kinases (eSTKs) constitute an important family of bacterial virulence factors. Genome analysis had predicted putative eSTKs in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi, although their functional characterization and the elucidation of their role in pathogenesis are still awaited. We show here that the primary sequence and secondary structure of the t4519
locus of Salmonella Typhi Ty2 have all the signatures of eukaryotic superfamily kinases. t4519 encodes a�39-kDa protein (T4519), which shows serine/threonine kinase activities in vitro. Recombinant T4519 (rT4519) is autophosphorylated and phosphorylates the universal substrate myelin basic protein. Infection of macrophages results in decreased viability of the mutant (Ty2�t4519) strain, which is reversed by gene complementation. Moreover, reactive oxygen species produced by the macrophages signal to the bacteria to induce T4519, which is translocated to the host cell cytoplasm. That T4519 may target a host substrate(s) is further supported by the activation of host cellular signaling pathways and the induction of cytokines/chemokines.Finally, the role of T4519 in the pathogenesis of Salmonella Typhi is underscored by the significantly decreased mortality of mice
infected with the Ty2�t4519 strain and the fact that the competitive index of this strain for causing systemic infection is 0.25% that of the wild-type strain. This study characterizes the first eSTK of Salmonella Typhi and demonstrates its role in promoting phagosomal survival of the bacteria within macrophages, which is a key determinant of pathogenesis. This, to the best of our knowledge, is the first study to describe the essential role of eSTKs in the in vivo pathogenesis of Salmonella spp.
 
Publisher American Society for Microbiology
 
Date 2015
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
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Identifier http://www.eprints.iicb.res.in/2217/1/INFECTION_AND_IMMUNITY__V.__83(_2_)522%2D533;2015[70].pdf
Theeya, Nagaraja and Ta, Atri and Das, Sayan and Mandal, Rahul Shubhra and Chakrabarti, Oishee and Chakrabarti, Saikat and Ghosh, Amar N and Das, Santasabuj (2015) An Inducible and Secreted Eukaryote-Like Serine/Threonine Kinase of Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhi Promotes Intracellular Survival and Pathogenesis. Infection and Immunity, 83 (2). pp. 522-533.
 
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