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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
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