| Literature DB >> 15652976 |
Gil Segal1, Michal Feldman, Tal Zusman.
Abstract
Type-IV secretion systems are devices present in a wide range of bacteria (including bacterial pathogens) that deliver macromolecules (proteins and single-strand-DNA) across kingdom barriers (as well as between bacteria and into the surroundings). The type-IV secretion systems were divided into two subgroups and Legionella pneumophila and Coxiella burnetii are the only two bacteria known today to utilize a type-IVB secretion system for pathogenesis. In this review we summarized the available information concerning the icm/dot type-IVB secretion systems by comparing the two bacteria that possess this system, the proteins components of their systems as well as the homology of proteins from type-IVB secretion systems to proteins from type-IVA secretion systems. In addition, the phenotypes associated with mutants in the L. pneumophila icm/dot genes, their relations to properties of specific Icm/Dot proteins as well as the protein substrates delivered by this system are described.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15652976 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsre.2004.07.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEMS Microbiol Rev ISSN: 0168-6445 Impact factor: 16.408