Proteolytic processing induces a conformational switch required for antibacterial toxin delivery
oleh: Nicholas L. Bartelli, Victor J. Passanisi, Karolina Michalska, Kiho Song, Dinh Q. Nhan, Hongjun Zhou, Bonnie J. Cuthbert, Lucy M. Stols, William H. Eschenfeldt, Nicholas G. Wilson, Jesse S. Basra, Ricardo Cortes, Zainab Noorsher, Youssef Gabraiel, Isaac Poonen-Honig, Elizabeth C. Seacord, Celia W. Goulding, David A. Low, Andrzej Joachimiak, Frederick W. Dahlquist, Christopher S. Hayes
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01 |
Deskripsi
Contact-dependent growth inhibition (CDI) is an important mechanism of bacterial competition. Here, Bartelli et al. show that proteolytic processing of a CDI toxin induces a conformational switch required for translocation into target bacteria.