| Type IV secretion machinery: molecular architecture and function. | |
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PMID: 23356253 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Bacteria have evolved several secretion machineries to bring about transport of various virulence factors, nutrients, nucleic acids and cell-surface appendages that are essential for their pathogenesis. T4S (Type IV secretion) systems are versatile secretion systems found in various Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria and in few archaea. They are large multisubunit translocons secreting a diverse array of substrates varying in size and nature from monomeric proteins to nucleoprotein complexes. T4S systems have evolved from conjugation machineries and are implicated in antibiotic resistance gene transfer and transport of virulence factors in Legionella pneumophila causing Legionnaires' disease, Brucella suis causing brucellosis and Helicobacter pylori causing gastroduodenal diseases. The best-studied are the Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirB/D4 and the Escherichia coli plasmid pKM101 T4S systems. Recent structural advances revealing the cryo-EM (electron microscopy) structure of the core translocation assembly and high-resolution structure of the outer-membrane pore of T4S systems have made paradigm shifts in the understanding of T4S systems. The present paper reviews the advances made in biochemical and structural studies and summarizes our current understanding of the molecular architecture of this mega-assembly. |
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Vidya Chandran |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Biochemical Society transactions Volume: 41 ISSN: 1470-8752 ISO Abbreviation: Biochem. Soc. Trans. Publication Date: 2013 Feb |
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Created Date: 2013-01-29 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7506897 Medline TA: Biochem Soc Trans Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 17-28 Citation Subset: IM |
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Division of Molecular Biosciences, Centre for Structural Biology, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, U.K. |
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