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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 276, Issue 21, 17968-17975, May 25, 2001

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ATPase Activity and Multimer Formation of PilQ Protein Are Required for Thin Pilus Biogenesis in Plasmid R64^*

Daisuke Sakai, Takayuki Horiuchi, and Teruya Komano

From the Department of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minamiohsawa, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0397, Japan

Plasmid R64 pilQ gene is essential for the formation of thin pilus, a type IV pilus. The pilQ product contains NTP binding motifs and belongs to the PulE-VirB11 family of NTPases. The pilQ gene was overexpressed with an N-terminal His tag, and PilQ protein was purified. Purified His tag PilQ protein displayed ATPase activity with a V_max of 0.71 nmol/min/mg of protein and a K_m of 0.26 mM at pH 6.5. By gel filtration chromatography, PilQ protein was eluted at the position corresponding to 460 kDa, suggesting that PilQ protein forms a homooctamer. To analyze the relationship between structure and function of PilQ protein, amino acid substitutions were introduced within several conserved motifs. Among 11 missense mutants, 7 mutants exhibited various levels of reduced DNA transfer frequencies in liquid matings. Four mutant genes (T234I, K238Q, D263N, and H328A) were overexpressed with a His tag. The purified mutant PilQ proteins contained various levels of reduced ATPase activity. Three mutant PilQ proteins formed stable multimers similar to wild-type PilQ, whereas the PilQ D263N multimer was unstable. PilQ D263N monomer exhibited low ATPase activity, while PilQ D263N multimer did not. These results indicate that ATPase activity of the PilQ multimer is essential for R64 thin pilus biogenesis.

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