Intramolecular chaperone-mediated secretion of an Rhs effector toxin by a type VI secretion system

Bacterial Rhs proteins with toxic domains are often secreted by type VI secretion systems. Here, the authors show that one of these proteins self-cleaves into three fragments, with the Rhs core and the N-terminal domain facilitating secretion and function of the C-terminal toxic domain.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tong-Tong Pei, Hao Li, Xiaoye Liang, Zeng-Hang Wang, Guangfeng Liu, Li-Li Wu, Haeun Kim, Zhiping Xie, Ming Yu, Shuangjun Lin, Ping Xu, Tao G. Dong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15774-z