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SUBMITTER: Rivera-Calzada A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3630358 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The EMBO journal 20130319 8
Type IV secretion (T4S) systems are able to transport DNAs and/or proteins through the membranes of bacteria. They form large multiprotein complexes consisting of 12 proteins termed VirB1-11 and VirD4. VirB7, 9 and 10 assemble into a 1.07 MegaDalton membrane-spanning core complex (CC), around which all other components assemble. This complex is made of two parts, the O-layer inserted in the outer membrane and the I-layer inserted in the inner membrane. While the structure of the O-layer has been ...[more]