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- Title
Ubiquitination of the bacterial inositol phosphatase, SopB, regulates its biological activity at the plasma membrane.
- Authors
Knodler, Leigh A.; Winfree, Seth; Drecktrah, Dan; Ireland, Robin; Steele-Mortimer, Olivia
- Abstract
The Salmonella type III effector, SopB, is an inositol polyphosphate phosphatase that modulates host cell phospholipids at the plasma membrane and the nascent Salmonella-containing vacuole (SCV). Translocated SopB persists for many hours after infection and is ubiquitinated but the significance of this covalent modification has not been investigated. Here we identify by mass spectrometry six lysine residues of SopB that are mono-ubiquitinated. Substitution of these six lysine residues with arginine, SopB-K6R, almost completely eliminated SopB ubiquitination. We found that ubiquitination does not affect SopB stability or membrane association, or SopB-dependent events in SCV biogenesis. However, two spatially and temporally distinct events are dependent on ubiquitination, downregulation of SopB activity at the plasma membrane and prolonged retention of SopB on the SCV. Activation of the mammalian pro-survival kinase Akt/PKB, a downstream target of SopB, was intensified and prolonged after infection with the SopB-K6R mutant. At later times, fewer SCV were decorated with SopB-K6R compared with SopB. Instead SopB-K6R was present as discrete vesicles spread diffusely throughout the cell. Altogether, our data show that ubiquitination of SopB is not related to its intracellular stability but rather regulates its enzymatic activity at the plasma membrane and intracellular localization.
- Subjects
SALMONELLA; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; CELL membranes; SPECTROMETRY; LYSINE
- Publication
Cellular Microbiology, 2009, Vol 11, Issue 11, p1652
- ISSN
1462-5814
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1462-5822.2009.01356.x