Article
Conserved Salt Bridges Facilitate Assembly of the Helical Core Export Apparatus of a Salmonella enterica Type III Secretion System.
Journal of molecular biology - 17 Sept 2021
Singh Nidhi, Kronenberger Thales, Eipper Andrea, Weichel Felix, Franz-Wachtel Mirita, Macek Boris, Wagner Samuel
Abstract excerpt
Virulence-associated type III secretion systems (T3SS) are utilized by Gram negative bacterial pathogens for injection of effector proteins into eukaryotic host cells. The transmembrane export apparatus at the core of T3SS is composed of a unique helical complex of the hydrophobic proteins SctR, SctS, SctT, and SctU. These components comprise a number of highly conserved charged residues within their hydrophobic...
Topics
- Models, Molecular
- Multiprotein Complexes
- Mutation
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Domains
- Salmonella enterica
- Type III Secretion Systems
- Virulence
