The HopPtoF locus of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 encodes a type III chaperone and a cognate effector
2004
Shan, L. | Oh, H.S. | Chen, J.F. | Guo, M. | Zhou, J.M. | Alfano, J.R. | Collmer, A. | Jia, X. | Tang, X.Y.
Type III secretion systems are highly conserved among gram-negative plant and animal pathogenic bacteria. Through the type III secretion system, bacteria inject a number of virulence proteins into the host cells. Analysis of the whole genome sequence of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 strain identified a locus, named HopPtoF, that is homologous to the avirulence gene locus avrPphF in P. syringae pv. phaseolicola. The HopPtoF locus harbors two genes, ShcF(Pto) and HopF(Pto), that are preceded by a single hrp box promoter. We present evidence here to show that ShcF(Pto) and HopF(Pto) encode a type III chaperone and a cognate effector, respectively. ShcF(Pto) interacts with and stabilizes the HopF(Pto) protein in the bacterial cell. Translation of HopF(Pto) starts at a rare initiation codon ATA that limits the synthesis of the HopF(Pto) protein to a low level in bacterial cells.
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