ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021
A novel stabilization mechanism for the type VI secretion system sheath.
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- Functional diversity of accessory factors of the type VI secretion system.Journal of bacteriology · 2026Review
- Molecular basis of type VI secretion system effector loading.Nature microbiology · 2026Article
- Genome-Wide In Silico Analysis of the Type VI Secretion System (T6SS) Within the Morganella Genus.MicrobiologyOpen · 2026Article
- Phenotypic heterogeneity optimizes trade-offs during adaptive deployment of the type VI secretion system.PLoS biology · 2026Article
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- The type VI secretion system and associated effector proteins.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2026Review
- Tke5 is a Pseudomonas putida toxin that kills plant pathogens by depolarising membranes.Communications biology · 2026Article
- Structural insights into the antibacterial function of the Pseudomonas putida effector Tke5.The EMBO journal · 2026Article
- Biophysical characterization of Eag chaperones suggests the mechanism of effector transmembrane domain release.Nature communications · 2026Article
- The multifunctional type VI secretion system ofApplied and environmental microbiology · 2025Review
- Enhancing phage therapy by coating single bacteriophage-infected bacteria with polymer to preserve phage vitality.Nature biomedical engineering · 2025Article
- From the Gut to the Brain: Transcriptomic Insights into Neonatal MeningitisPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Type VI Secretion System of Sinorhizobium fredii USDA257 Is Required for Successful Nodulation With Glycine max cv Pekin.Microbial biotechnology · 2025Article
- TheISME communications · 2025Article
- Functionality of chimeric TssA proteins in the type VI secretion system reveals sheath docking specificity within their N-terminal domains.Nature communications · 2024Article
- How are microbes helping end hunger?Microbial biotechnology · 2024Article
- Bacterial type VI secretion system helps prevent cheating in microbial communities.The ISME journal · 2024Article
- A Robust Method to Perform In Vitro and In Planta Interbacterial Competition Assays: Killing Plant Pathogens by a Potent Biocontrol Agent.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024Article
- T6SS: A Key to Pseudomonas's Success in Biocontrol?Microorganisms · 2023Review
- Acinetobacter type VI secretion system comprises a non-canonical membrane complex.PLoS pathogens · 2023Article
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Abstract
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a phage-derived contractile nanomachine primarily involved in interbacterial competition. Its pivotal component, TssA, is indispensable for the assembly of the T6SS sheath structure, the contraction of which propels a payload of effector proteins into neighboring cells. Despite their key function, TssA proteins exhibit unexpected diversity and exist in two major forms, a short form (TssA
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