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Analysis of Dot/Icm Type IVB Secretion System Subassemblies by Cryoelectron Tomography Reveals Conformational Changes Induced by DotB Binding
Park D, Chetrit D, Hu B, Roy CR, Liu J. Analysis of Dot/Icm Type IVB Secretion System Subassemblies by Cryoelectron Tomography Reveals Conformational Changes Induced by DotB Binding. MBio 2020, 11: 10.1128/mbio.03328-19. PMID: 32071271, PMCID: PMC7029142, DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03328-19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType IV secretion systemSecretion systemCryoelectron tomographyInner membraneDot/Icm apparatusConformational changesDot/IcmEukaryotic host cellsBacterial inner membraneWild-type cellsHost cell membraneWhole-cell contextMultiprotein nanomachineSubtomogram analysisSophisticated nanomachinesCytoplasmic substratesProtein effectorsCell polesDNA substratesSubtomogram averagingATPase complexDNA transferHost infectionStructural basisHost cells
2024
The T4bSS of Legionella features a two-step secretion pathway with an inner membrane intermediate for secretion of transmembrane effectors.
Malmsheimer S, Grin I, Bohn E, Franz-Wachtel M, Macek B, Sahr T, Smollich F, Chetrit D, Meir A, Roy C, Buchrieser C, Wagner S. The T4bSS of Legionella features a two-step secretion pathway with an inner membrane intermediate for secretion of transmembrane effectors. PLOS Pathogens 2024, 20: e1012118. PMID: 39546547, PMCID: PMC11602083, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEukaryotic host cellsEffector proteinsMembrane intermediatesC-terminal secretion signalHost cellsSoluble effector proteinsCytoplasmic sideBacterial inner membraneMechanism of secretionSecretion systemSecretion signalPeriplasmic loopTransmembrane effectorSecretion pathwayT4BSSInner membraneSubcellular locationIntracellular survivalMembrane targetingProtein complexesEfficient translocationBacterial cellsProteomic analysisL. pneumophilaSecretion process
1997
Topology of Legionella pneumophila DotA: an inner membrane protein required for replication in macrophages
Roy C, Isberg R. Topology of Legionella pneumophila DotA: an inner membrane protein required for replication in macrophages. Infection And Immunity 1997, 65: 571-578. PMID: 9009315, PMCID: PMC176098, DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.2.571-578.1997.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDotA mutantsAmino acidsMembrane proteinsIntegral cytoplasmic membrane proteinLarge periplasmic domainInner membrane proteinCarboxyl-terminal cytoplasmic domainIntracellular growthCytoplasmic membrane proteinAlkaline phosphatase fusionsL. pneumophila pathogenesisIntracellular growth defectMembrane-spanning domainsStructure-function analysisProtein fractionation studiesPeriplasmic domainDotA proteinTranslational fusionGrowth defectCytoplasmic domainInner membraneHybrid proteinCytoplasmic regionDotA geneC-terminus