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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Durie CL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7511231 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
eLife 20200902
<i>Legionella pneumophila</i> is an opportunistic pathogen that causes the potentially fatal pneumonia Legionnaires' Disease. This infection and subsequent pathology require the Dot/Icm Type IV Secretion System (T4SS) to deliver effector proteins into host cells. Compared to prototypical T4SSs, the Dot/Icm assembly is much larger, containing ~27 different components including a core complex reported to be composed of five proteins: DotC, DotD, DotF, DotG, and DotH. Using single particle cryo-ele ...[more]