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ArticleInfection and immunity2006

Measurement of effector protein injection by type III and type IV secretion systems by using a 13-residue phosphorylatable glycogen synthase kinase tag.

Julie Torruellas Garcia, Franco Ferracci, Michael W Jackson, Sabrina S Joseph, Isabelle Pattis, Lisa R W Plano, Wolfgang Fischer, Gregory V Plano

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Julie Torruellas GarciaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, P.O. Box 016960 (R-138), Miami, FL 33101, USA.
Franco Ferracci
Michael W Jackson
Sabrina S Joseph
Isabelle Pattis
Lisa R W Plano
Wolfgang Fischer
Gregory V Plano
University of Miami · USInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene · DELudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DE

Funding

Control of virulence protein export in Yersinia pestisR01AI039575 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI PLANO, GREGORY V · 2001 to 2011
$3.3M
CONTROL OF VIRULENCE PROTEIN EXPORT IN YERSINIA PESTISR29AI039575 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI PLANO, GREGORY V · 1996 to 2000
$112k
NIAID NIH HHS AI-39575NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI039575NIAID NIH HHS R29 AI039575
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous bacterial pathogens use type III secretion systems (T3SSs) or T4SSs to inject or translocate virulence proteins into eukaryotic cells. Several different reporter systems have been developed to measure the translocation of these proteins. In this study, a peptide tag-based reporter system was developed and used to monitor the injection of T3S and T4S substrates. The glycogen synthase kinase (GSK) tag is a 13-residue phosphorylatable peptide tag derived from the human GSK-3beta kinase. Translocation of a GSK-tagged protein into a eukaryotic cell results in host cell protein kinase-dependent phosphorylation of the tag, which can be detected with phosphospecific GSK-3beta antibodies. A series of expression plasmids encoding Yop-GSK fusion proteins were constructed to evaluate the ability of the GSK tag to measure the injection of Yops by the Yersinia pestis T3SS. GSK-tagged YopE, YopH, LcrQ, YopK, YopN, and YopJ were efficiently phosphorylated when translocated into HeLa cells. Similarly, the injection of GSK-CagA by the Helicobacter pylori T4SS into different cell types was measured via phosphorylation of the GSK tag. The GSK tag provides a simple method to monitor the translocation of T3S and T4S substrates.

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Amino Acid SequenceBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial ProteinsGenetic VectorsGlycogen Synthase KinasesHeLa CellsHelicobacter pyloriHumansMolecular Sequence DataPhosphorylationPlasmidsProtein TransportRecombinant Fusion ProteinsVirulence FactorsYersinia pestisBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial ProteinsGlycogen Synthase KinasesRecombinant Fusion ProteinsVirulence Factors

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PMID16988240
PMCPMC1594927
OpenAlexW2115065550

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