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Advances in protein structure prediction highlight unexpected commonalities between gram-positive and gram-negative conjugative T4SSs
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics. Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR). Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Umeå University (WCMM).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6664-5165
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics. Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR). Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Umeå University (WCMM).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5799-4075
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics. Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR). Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Umeå University (WCMM).
Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics. Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR). Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine at Umeå University (WCMM).ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6848-322x
2025 (English)In: Journal of Molecular Biology, ISSN 0022-2836, E-ISSN 1089-8638, Vol. 437, no 4, article id 168924Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Despite recent advances in our understanding of the structure and function of conjugative Type 4 Secretion Systems (T4SSs), there is still only very scarce data available for the ones from Gram-positive (G+) bacteria. This is a problem, as conjugative T4SSs are main drivers for the spread of antibiotic resistance genes and virulence factors. Here, we aim to increase our understanding of G+ systems, by using bioinformatic approaches to identify proteins that are conserved in all conjugative T4SS machineries and reviewing the current knowledge available for these components. We then combine this information with the most recent advances in structure prediction technologies to propose a structural model for a G+ T4SS from the model system encoded on pCF10. By doing so, we show that conjugative G+ T4SSs likely have more in common with their Gram-negative counterparts than previously expected, and we highlight the potential of predicted structural models to serve as a starting point for experimental design.

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Elsevier, 2025. Vol. 437, no 4, article id 168924
Keywords [en]
conjugation, structure prediction and comparison, type 4 secretion systems
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Medical Biotechnology (Focus on Cell Biology, (incl. Stem Cell Biology), Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biochemistry or Biopharmacy) Biochemistry Molecular Biology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-234328DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2024.168924ISI: 001399580300001PubMedID: 39746464Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85214874000OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-234328DiVA, id: diva2:1929743
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Swedish Research Council, 2016-03599Swedish Research Council, 2023-02423Knut and Alice Wallenberg FoundationThe Kempe Foundations, SMK-1869Available from: 2025-01-21 Created: 2025-01-21 Last updated: 2025-04-24Bibliographically approved

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Breidenstein, AnnikaSvedberg, DennisBerntsson, Ronnie P.-A.

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