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Structural Characterization of TssL from Acinetobacter baumannii: a Key Component of the Type VI Secretion System.
Journal of bacteriology - 10 Aug 2020
Ruiz Federico M, Lopez Juvenal, Ferrara C Gastón, Santillana Elena, Espinosa Yanis R, Feldman Mario F, Romero Antonio
Abstract excerpt
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a complex molecular nanomachine used by Gram-negative bacteria to deliver diverse effectors into adjacent cells. A membrane complex (MC) anchors this transport system to the bacterial cell wall. One of the proteins forming the MC is TssL, a cytoplasmic protein bound to the inner membrane through a single transmembrane helix. Here, we report the structure of the cytoplasmic...
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