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SUBMITTER: Pachathundikandi SK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6915727 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pachathundikandi Suneesh Kumar SK Tegtmeyer Nicole N Arnold Isabelle Catherine IC Lind Judith J Neddermann Matthias M Falkeis-Veits Christina C Chattopadhyay Sujay S Brönstrup Mark M Tegge Werner W Hong Minsun M Sticht Heinrich H Vieth Michael M Müller Anne A Backert Steffen S
Nature communications 20191216 1
Toll-like receptor TLR5 recognizes a conserved domain, termed D1, that is present in flagellins of several pathogenic bacteria but not in Helicobacter pylori. Highly virulent H. pylori strains possess a type IV secretion system (T4SS) for delivery of virulence factors into gastric epithelial cells. Here, we show that one of the H. pylori T4SS components, protein CagL, can act as a flagellin-independent TLR5 activator. CagL contains a D1-like motif that mediates adherence to TLR5<sup>+</sup> epit ...[more]