Killing in the name of: T6SS structure and effector diversity

LP Allsopp, P Bernal - Microbiology, 2023 - microbiologyresearch.org
The life of bacteria is challenging, to endure bacteria employ a range of mechanisms to
optimize their environment, including deploying the type VI secretion system (T6SS). Acting …

Rhs NADase effectors and their immunity proteins are exchangeable mediators of inter-bacterial competition in Serratia

M Hagan, G Pankov, R Gallegos-Monterrosa… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Many bacterial species use Type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) to deliver anti-bacterial
effector proteins into neighbouring bacterial cells, representing an important mechanism of …

A widespread accessory protein family diversifies the effector repertoire of the type VI secretion system spike

J Colautti, H Tan, NP Bullen, SS Thang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Type VI secretion systems (T6SSs) are macromolecular assemblies that deliver toxic effector
proteins between adjacent bacteria. These effectors span a wide range of protein families …

Pangenomic analysis reveals plant NAD+ manipulation as an important virulence activity of bacterial pathogen effectors

MT Hulin, L Hill, JDG Jones… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) has emerged as a key component in prokaryotic
and eukaryotic immune systems. The recent discovery that Toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR) …

Molecular basis of threonine ADP-ribosylation of ubiquitin by bacterial ARTs

J Tan, Y Xu, X Wang, F Yan, W Xian, X Liu… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Ubiquitination plays essential roles in eukaryotic cellular processes. The effector protein
CteC from Chromobacterium violaceum blocks host ubiquitination by mono-ADP …

Structure of a Rhs effector clade domain provides mechanistic insights into type VI secretion system toxin delivery

BK Hayes, M Harper, H Venugopal, JM Lewis… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a molecular machine utilised by many Gram-negative
bacteria to deliver antibacterial toxins into adjacent cells. Here we present the structure of …

Et tu, Neisseria? Conflicts of Interest Between Neisseria Species

R Baerentsen, CM Tang, RM Exley - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae are two obligate human pathogens that
have evolved to be uniquely adapted to their host. The meningococcus is frequently carried …

Hcp1 regulates flagella of Aeromonas veronii TH0426 to reduce virulence

J Gong, Y Guan, Z Zhao, Y Cai, X Shan - Aquaculture, 2023 - Elsevier
Aeromonas veronii has a serious impact on the aquaculture industry and human public
health. The type VI secretory system (T6SS) is the virulence regulation system of gram …

Role of Klebsiella pneumoniae Type VI secretion system (T6SS) in long-term gastrointestinal colonization

T Merciecca, S Bornes, L Nakusi, S Theil… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Type VI secretion systems (T6SS), recently described in hypervirulent K. pneumoniae (hvKp)
strains, are involved in bacterial warfare but their role in classical clinical strains (cKp) has …

Structural disruption of Ntox15 nuclease effector domains by immunity proteins protects against type VI secretion system intoxication in Bacteroidales

DE Bosch, R Abbasian, B Parajuli, SB Peterson… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacteroidales use type VI secretion systems (T6SS) to competitively colonize and persist in
the colon. We identify a horizontally transferred T6SS with Ntox15 family nuclease effector …