[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 …

A review of TNP-ATP in protein binding studies: benefits and pitfalls

DJ Woodbury, EC Whitt, RE Coffman - Biophysical Reports, 2021 - cell.com
We review 50 years of use of 2′, 3′-O-trinitrophenyl (TNP)-ATP, a fluorescently tagged
ATP analog. It has been extensively used to detect binding interactions of ATP to proteins …

Combined in silico and in vitro study to reveal the structural insights and nucleotide-binding ability of the transcriptional regulator pehr from the phytopathogen …

M Yadav, S Sarkar, K Olymon, SK Ray, A Kumar - ACS omega, 2023 - ACS Publications
The transcriptional regulator PehR regulates the synthesis of the extracellular plant cell wall-
degrading enzyme polygalacturonase, which is essential in the bacterial wilt of plants …

Enterococcus faecalis PrgJ, a VirB4-like ATPase, mediates pCF10 conjugative transfer through substrate binding

F Li, C Alvarez-Martinez, Y Chen, KJ Choi… - Journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
The Enterococcus faecalis prg and pcf genes of plasmid pCF10 encode a type IV secretion
system (T4SS) required for conjugative transfer. PrgJ is a member of the VirB4 family of …

Coupling proteins in type IV secretion

M Llosa, I Alkorta - Type IV Secretion in Gram-Negative and Gram-Positive …, 2017 - Springer
Type IV coupling proteins (T4CPs) are essential constituents of most type IV secretion
systems (T4SSs), and probably the most intriguing component in terms of their evolutionary …

Src-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation of non-muscle myosin heavy chain-IIA restricts Listeria monocytogenes cellular infection

MT Almeida, FS Mesquita, R Cruz, H Osorio… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
Bacterial pathogens often interfere with host tyrosine phosphorylation cascades to control
host responses and cause infection. Given the role of tyrosine phosphorylation events in …

Biochemical Characterization of Hypothetical Proteins from Helicobacter pylori

HP Choi, S Juarez, S Ciordia, M Fernandez… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The functional characterization of Open Reading Frames (ORFs) from sequenced genomes
remains a bottleneck in our effort to understand microbial biology. In particular, the functional …

Lactobacillus plantarum (VR1) isolated from an Ayurvedic medicine (Kutajarista) ameliorates in vitro cellular damage caused by Aeromonas veronii

H Kumar, AY Rangrez, KM Dayananda, AN Atre… - BMC microbiology, 2011 - Springer
Background Lactobacillus plantarum is considered as a safe and effective probiotic
microorganism. Among various sources of isolation, traditionally fermented foods are …

VirB4-and VirD4-like ATPases, components of a putative type 4C secretion system in Clostridioides difficile

J Sorokina, I Sokolova, I Rybolovlev… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The type 4 secretion system (T4SS) represents a bacterial nanomachine capable of trans-
cell wall transportation of proteins and DNA and has attracted intense interest due to its roles …

Regulation of the type IV secretion ATPase TrwD by magnesium: implications for catalytic mechanism of the secretion ATPase superfamily

J Ripoll-Rozada, A Peña, S Rivas, F Moro… - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
TrwD, the VirB11 homologue in conjugative plasmid R388, is a member of the large
secretion ATPase superfamily, which includes ATPases from bacterial type II and type IV …