[HTML][HTML] Type IV secretion: the Agrobacterium VirB/D4 and related conjugation systems

PJ Christie - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Cell …, 2004 - Elsevier
The translocation of DNA across biological membranes is an essential process for many
living organisms. In bacteria, type IV secretion systems (T4SS) are used to deliver DNA as …

Biological diversity of prokaryotic type IV secretion systems

CE Alvarez-Martinez, PJ Christie - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
Type IV secretion systems (T4SS) translocate DNA and protein substrates across prokaryotic
cell envelopes generally by a mechanism requiring direct contact with a target cell. Three …

Structural and dynamic properties of bacterial type IV secretion systems

PJ Christie, E Cascales - Molecular membrane biology, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
The type IV secretion systems (T4SS) are widely distributed among the Gram-negative and–
positive bacteria. These systems mediate the transfer of DNA and protein substrates across …

Definition of a bacterial type IV secretion pathway for a DNA substrate

E Cascales, PJ Christie - Science, 2004 - science.org
Bacteria use conjugation systems, a subfamily of the type IV secretion systems, to transfer
DNA to recipient cells. Despite 50 years of research, the architecture and mechanism of …

Biogenesis, architecture, and function of bacterial type IV secretion systems

PJ Christie, K Atmakuri, V Krishnamoorthy… - Annu. Rev …, 2005 - annualreviews.org
Abstract Type IV secretion (T4S) systems are ancestrally related to bacterial conjugation
machines. These systems assemble as a translocation channel, and often also as a surface …

The Agrobacterium VirB/VirD4 T4SS: Mechanism and Architecture Defined Through In Vivo Mutagenesis and Chimeric Systems

YG Li, PJ Christie - Agrobacterium Biology: From Basic Science to …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirB/VirD4 translocation machine is a member of a
superfamily of translocators designated as type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) that function in …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanism and structure of the bacterial type IV secretion systems

PJ Christie, N Whitaker, C González-Rivera - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2014 - Elsevier
The bacterial type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) translocate DNA and protein substrates to
bacterial or eukaryotic target cells generally by a mechanism dependent on direct cell-to-cell …

Energetic components VirD4, VirB11 and VirB4 mediate early DNA transfer reactions required for bacterial type IV secretion

K Atmakuri, E Cascales, PJ Christie - Molecular microbiology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Bacteria use type IV secretion systems (T4SS) to translocate DNA (T‐DNA) and protein
substrates across the cell envelope. By transfer DNA immunoprecipitation (TrIP), we recently …

VirE2, a Type IV secretion substrate, interacts with the VirD4 transfer protein at cell poles of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

K Atmakuri, Z Ding, PJ Christie - Molecular microbiology, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Agrobacterium tumefaciens transfers oncogenic DNA and effector proteins to plant cells
during the course of infection. Substrate translocation across the bacterial cell envelope is …

Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirB6 domains direct the ordered export of a DNA substrate through a type IV secretion system

SJ Jakubowski, V Krishnamoorthy, E Cascales… - Journal of molecular …, 2004 - Elsevier
The Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirB/D4 type IV secretion system (T4SS) translocates DNA
and protein substrates across the bacterial cell envelope. Six presumptive channel subunits …