在细胞外收缩注射系统中的受体结合域的综合目录
Nimrod Nachmias1, Zhiren Wang2,3,4,5, Xiao Feng2,3,4,5
1Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Institute of Environmental Science, The Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
Nature communications
|January 22, 2026
概括
细胞外收缩注射系统 (eCIS) 使用多种尾部纤维来结合细胞. 这项研究揭示了新的ecis域及其与各种细胞类型结合的潜力,扩大了我们对微生物相互作用的理解.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 结构生物学 结构生物学
- 基因组学就是基因组学.
背景情况:
- 细胞外收缩注射系统 (eCIS) 是由细菌体尾巴衍生出来的细胞原体毒素输送系统.
- eCIS尾部纤维蛋白调解目标细胞的识别和结合,对于微生物相互作用至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在细菌和古生物基因组中全面分析ecis尾纤维基因.
- 研究eCIS尾纤维的多样性,目标细胞,功能适应和进化动态.
- 识别新的eCIS受体结合域,并通过实验验证它们的功能.
主要方法:
- 来自1069个微生物基因组的3445个ecis尾部纤维蛋白的生物信息分析.
- 识别和分类五个新的N端域.
- 结构预测将纤维分为276个结构集群和1177个域折叠家族.
- 试验验证了一种候选的Paenibacillus eCIS尾部纤维的结合和注射能力.
主要成果:
- 在1069个微生物中发现了3445个eCIS尾部纤维蛋白,编码在2585个eCIS位点中.
- 识别了五个新的N端域,用于安装eCIS基板.
- 纤维的分类为276个结构集群和1177个域折叠家族,表明不同的甘氨酸和蛋白质结合能力.
- 实验证实,Paenibacillus eCIS尾部纤维与人类单细胞类细胞 (THP-1) 结合,可能是通过D-曼诺斯.
结论:
- eCIS尾部纤维在它们的受体结合域中表现出异常多样性.
- 这项研究提出了新的eCIS点细胞,并提供了数千种蛋白质的资源,这些蛋白质能够粘附于各种细胞类型.
- 快速进化和水平基因转移可能有助于ECIS尾纤维领域的多样性.
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