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Crystal structure of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens type VI effector-immunity complex.


ABSTRACT: The type VI secretion system (T6SS) comprises needle-shaped multisubunit complexes that play a role in the microbial defense systems of Gram-negative bacteria. Some Gram-negative bacteria harboring a T6SS deliver toxic effector proteins into the cytoplasm or periplasm of competing bacteria in order to lyse and kill them. To avoid self-cell disruption, these bacteria have cognate immunity proteins that inhibit their toxic effector proteins. T6SS amidase effector protein 4 (Tae4) and T6SS amidase immunity protein 4 (Tai4) are a representative of the toxic effector-immunity pairs of the T6SS. Here, the three-dimensional structures of Tai4 and the Tae4-Tai4 complex from Agrobacterium tumefaciens are reported at 1.55 and 1.9?Å resolution, respectively. A structural comparison with other Tae4-Tai4 homologs revealed similarities and differences in the catalytic and inhibitory mechanisms among the Tae4 and Tai4 family proteins.

SUBMITTER: Fukuhara S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6277958 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Crystal structure of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens type VI effector-immunity complex.

Fukuhara Satoshi S   Nakane Takanori T   Yamashita Keitaro K   Ishii Ryohei R   Ishitani Ryuichiro R   Nureki Osamu O  

Acta crystallographica. Section F, Structural biology communications 20181130 Pt 12


The type VI secretion system (T6SS) comprises needle-shaped multisubunit complexes that play a role in the microbial defense systems of Gram-negative bacteria. Some Gram-negative bacteria harboring a T6SS deliver toxic effector proteins into the cytoplasm or periplasm of competing bacteria in order to lyse and kill them. To avoid self-cell disruption, these bacteria have cognate immunity proteins that inhibit their toxic effector proteins. T6SS amidase effector protein 4 (Tae4) and T6SS amidase  ...[more]

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