Screening and identification of DnaJ interaction proteins in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Curr Microbiol. 2013 Dec;67(6):732-41. doi: 10.1007/s00284-013-0424-4. Epub 2013 Aug 2.

Abstract

Streptococcus pneumoniae DnaJ is recognized as a virulence factor whose role in pneumococcal virulence remains unclear. Here, we attempted to reveal the contribution of DnaJ in pneumococcal virulence from the identification of its interacting proteins using co-immunoprecipitation method. dnaJ was cloned into plasmid pAE03 generating pAE03-dnaJ-gfp which was used to transform S. pneumoniae D39 strain. Then anti-GFP coated beads were used to capture GFP-coupled proteins from the bacterial lysate. The resulting protein mixtures were subjected to SDS-PAGE and those differential bands were determined by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry. We finally obtained nine proteins such as DnaK, Gap, Eno, SpxB using this method. Furthermore, to confirm the interaction between DnaJ and these candidates, bacterial two-hybrid system was employed to reveal, for example, the interaction between DnaJ and DnaK, Eno, SpxB. Further protein expression experiments suggested that DnaJ prevented denaturation of Eno and SpxB at high temperature. These results help to understand the role of DnaJ in the pathogenesis of S. pneumoniae.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism*
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins / metabolism*
  • Immunoprecipitation
  • Molecular Chaperones / metabolism*
  • Protein Binding
  • Protein Denaturation
  • Protein Interaction Mapping*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / enzymology*
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae / metabolism
  • Two-Hybrid System Techniques

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • HSP40 Heat-Shock Proteins
  • Molecular Chaperones