RIX域定义了一类多态T6SS效应器和分泌适配器
Katarzyna Kanarek1, Chaya Mushka Fridman1, Eran Bosis2
1Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Nature communications
|August 17, 2023
概括
研究人员发现了一种新的蛋白质域,RIX,作为一种关键信号,用于细菌的VI型分泌系统 (T6SS). 这一发现扩大了已知的细菌毒素范围及其在细菌间和宿主相互作用中的作用.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 细菌病原体的产生
背景情况:
- 第六类分泌系统 (T6SS) 对于细菌相互作用至关重要,它将有毒的效应物输送到细胞中.
- 鉴定T6SS效应器是很困难的,因为缺乏保存的信号或域.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定参与T6SS效应因子分泌的新型蛋白质域.
- 描述在T6SS中介交付中识别的RIX域的功能.
主要方法:
- 生物信息分析用于识别保存的蛋白质域.
- 基因操纵以评估RIX域对分泌的必要性和充分性.
- 在体外测试以确认T6SS介导的含RIX蛋白的输送.
主要成果:
- 发现了一种新型蛋白质域,RIX,定义了一类多态T6SS货物效应器.
- RIX在Vibrionaceae中广泛存在,位于具有有毒域的蛋白质的N端.
- 对于T6SS介导的分泌物来说,RIX是必要的和足够的,并且可以介导其他效应物的输送.
结论:
- 该RIX域显著扩大了已知的T6SS效应器的范围,包括具有抗真核生物活性的效应器.
- T6SSs可能在体-真核生物相互作用中扮演着比以前认为的更重要的角色.
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