The promise and the challenges of cryo‐electron tomography

M Turk, W Baumeister - FEBS letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Structural biologists have traditionally approached cellular complexity in a reductionist
manner in which the cellular molecular components are fractionated and purified before …

In-cell structural biology by NMR: the benefits of the atomic scale

FX Theillet - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
In-cell structural biology aims at extracting structural information about proteins or nucleic
acids in their native, cellular environment. This emerging field holds great promise and is …

Visualizing the membrane disruption action of antimicrobial peptides by cryo-electron tomography

EHL Chen, CH Wang, YT Liao, FY Chan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The abuse of antibiotics has led to the emergence of multidrug-resistant microbial
pathogens, presenting a pressing challenge in global healthcare. Membrane-disrupting …

Activity, delivery, and diversity of Type VI secretion effectors

D Jurėnas, L Journet - Molecular Microbiology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The bacterial type VI secretion system (T6SS) system is a contractile secretion apparatus
that delivers proteins to neighboring bacterial or eukaryotic cells. Antibacterial effectors are …

Membranes under the magnetic lens: a dive into the diverse world of membrane protein structures using Cryo-EM

SJ Piper, RM Johnson, D Wootten, PM Sexton - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Membrane proteins are highly diverse in both structure and function and can, therefore,
present different challenges for structure determination. They are biologically important for …

An overview of anti-eukaryotic T6SS effectors

J Monjarás Feria, MA Valvano - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a transmembrane multiprotein nanomachine
employed by many Gram-negative bacterial species to translocate, in a contact-dependent …

Type VI Secretion System in Pathogenic Escherichia coli: Structure, Role in Virulence, and Acquisition

F Navarro-Garcia, F Ruiz-Perez, Á Cataldi… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial pathogens utilize a myriad of mechanisms to invade mammalian hosts, damage
tissue sites, and evade the immune system. One essential strategy of Gram-negative …

Structure and activity of the type VI secretion system

Y Cherrak, N Flaugnatti, E Durand, L Journet… - Microbiology …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a multiprotein machine that uses a spring-like
mechanism to inject effectors into target cells. The injection apparatus is composed of a …

In-cell NMR: Why and how?

FX Theillet, E Luchinat - Progress in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance …, 2022 - Elsevier
NMR spectroscopy has been applied to cells and tissues analysis since its beginnings, as
early as 1950. We have attempted to gather here in a didactic fashion the broad diversity of …

Contact-dependent interbacterial antagonism mediated by protein secretion machines

TA Klein, S Ahmad, JC Whitney - Trends in microbiology, 2020 - cell.com
To establish and maintain an ecological niche, bacteria employ a wide range of pathways to
inhibit the growth of their microbial competitors. Some of these pathways, such as those that …