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Structure and function of interacting IcmR-IcmQ domains from a type IVb secretion system in Legionella pneumophila.
Structure (London, England : 1993) - 15 Apr 2009
Raychaudhury Suchismita, Farelli Jeremiah D, Montminy Timothy P, Matthews Miguelina, Ménétret Jean-François, Duménil Guillaume, Roy Craig R, Head James F, Isberg Ralph R, Akey Christopher W
Abstract excerpt
During infection, Legionella pneumophila creates a replication vacuole within eukaryotic cells and this requires a Type IVb secretion system (T4bSS). IcmQ plays a critical role in the translocase and associates with IcmR. In this paper, we show that the N-terminal domain of IcmQ (Qn) mediates self-dimerization, whereas the C-terminal domain with a basic linker promotes membrane association. In addition, the...
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