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SUBMITTER: Wagner S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2922226 | biostudies-other | 2010 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Wagner Stefanie S Stenta Marco M Metzger Lisa C LC Dal Peraro Matteo M Cornelis Guy R GR
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100719 31
The needle length of the Yersinia spp. injectisome is determined by Yop secretion protein P (YscP), an early substrate of the injectisome itself. There is a linear correlation between the length of YscP and the length of the needle, suggesting that YscP acts as a molecular ruler. However, it is not known whether one single molecule of YscP suffices to control the length of one needle or whether several molecules of YscP are exported in alternation with the needle subunit YscF until the needle le ...[more]