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ReviewInfection and immunity2023

DNA Transport through the Dynamic Type IV Secretion System.

Mackenzie E Ryan, Prashant P Damke, Carrie L Shaffer

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Review in Infection and immunity, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. Structural and functional insights into Pseudomonas aeruginosa's secretion systems 1-6: regulation, role in microbial keratitis and drug targets.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  7. Proposal ofISME communications · 2025
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  9. Removal ofScience (New York, N.Y.) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mackenzie E RyanDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Prashant P DamkeDepartment of Veterinary Sciences, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Carrie L ShafferDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7457-7422

Funding

Understanding the role of anti-apolipoprotein A-I antibodies in atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseaseP20GM130456 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI M. Ashfaqul Alam · 2020 to 2026
$18.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM130456
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The versatile type IV secretion system (T4SS) nanomachine plays a pivotal role in bacterial pathogenesis and the propagation of antibiotic resistance determinants throughout microbial populations. In addition to paradigmatic DNA conjugation machineries, diverse T4SSs enable the delivery of multifarious effector proteins to target prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, mediate DNA export and uptake from the extracellular milieu, and in rare examples, facilitate transkingdom DNA translocation. Recent advances have identified new mechanisms underlying unilateral nucleic acid transport through the T4SS apparatus, highlighting both functional plasticity and evolutionary adaptations that enable novel capabilities. In this review, we describe the molecular mechanisms underscoring DNA translocation through diverse T4SS machineries, emphasizing the architectural features that implement DNA exchange across the bacterial membrane and license transverse DNA release across kingdom boundaries. We further detail how recent studies have addressed outstanding questions surrounding the mechanisms by which nanomachine architectures and substrate recruitment strategies contribute to T4SS functional diversity.

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsType IV Secretion SystemsBacteriaBiological TransportDNADNA, BacterialBacterial ProteinsDNADNA, BacterialType IV Secretion SystemscompetenceDNA conjugationhost-pathogen interactionsT4SStype IV secretion system

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PMID37338415
PMCPMC10353360

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