Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2021, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (8): 275-283.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2020-1247

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Research Progress on Bacterial Periplasmic Chaperone LolA

HE Xiao-li1,3(), GUO Lei-zhou1,2, HAN Jia-hui2, TANG Yin1,2, YUAN Yuan1,2, DAI Qi-lin1, PING Shu-zhen2, JIANG Shi-jie1()   

  1. 1. College of Life Science and Engineering,Southwest University of Science and Technology,Mianyang 621010
    2. Biotechnology Research Institute,Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100081
    3. School of Life Sciences,Central South University, Changsha 410078
  • Received:2020-10-11 Online:2021-08-26 Published:2021-09-10
  • Contact: JIANG Shi-jie E-mail:927267653@qq.com;sjjiang0406@swust.edu.cn

Abstract:

Bacterial lipoprotein is a lipid-modified membrane protein,which participates in many important physiological processes such as cell membrane synthesis. The formation of lipoproteins depends on the Lol transport system. The protein is first synthesized in the form of precursors in the cytoplasm,and then processed into mature lipoproteins on the cell membrane and anchored to the perimembranous sides of bacteria. Lol system is composed of 5 proteins LolA-E,among which the lipoprotein is transported by the chaperone LolA in the periplasmic space. LolA transports the lipoprotein from LolCDE to LolB in the way of “mouth to mouth”,thereby completing the localization of lipoprotein. This review focuses on the structure,involved transport system and biological functions of periplasmic molecular chaperone LolA,aiming to provide more drug targets for the treatment of infectious diseases by understanding the molecular mechanism of lipoprotein transport.

Key words: bacterial lipoproteins, Lol transport system, periplasmic chaperone LolA, biological function