Tommaso Tosi, Alexander Pflug, Karen F Discola, David Neves, Andréa Dessen
Bacterial Pathogenesis Group, Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), Université Grenoble I, 41 rue Jules Horowitz, 38027 Grenoble, France.
Research in microbiology 2013 Jul-AugType III secretion systems (T3SS) are macromolecular complexes that translocate a wide number of effector proteins into eukaryotic host cells. Once within the cytoplasm, many T3SS effectors mimic the structure and/or function of eukaryotic proteins in order to manipulate signaling cascades, and thus play pivotal roles in colonization, invasion, survival and virulence. Structural biology techniques have played key roles in the unraveling of bacterial strategies employed for mimicry and targeting. This review provides an overall view of our current understanding of structure and function of T3SS effectors, as well as of the different classes of eukaryotic proteins that are targeted and the consequences for the infected cell. Copyright © 2013 Institut Pasteur. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Tommaso Tosi, Alexander Pflug, Karen F Discola, David Neves, Andréa Dessen. Structural basis of eukaryotic cell targeting by type III secretion system (T3SS) effectors. Research in microbiology. 2013 Jul-Aug;164(6):605-19
PMID: 23541478
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