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ProfessorAlainFilloux

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences

Visiting Professor
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 9651a.filloux Website CV

 
 
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1.47Flowers buildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

Citation

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@article{Bernal:2021:10.1073/pnas.2008500118,
author = {Bernal, P and Furniss, CD and Fecht, S and Leung, RCY and Spiga, L and Mavridou, DAI and Filloux, ALAIN},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.2008500118},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA},
title = {A novel stabilization mechanism for the type VI secretion system sheath},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2008500118},
volume = {118},
year = {2021}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - 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 (TssAS) and a long form (TssAL). While TssAL proteins interact with a partner, called TagA, to anchor the distal end of the extended sheath, the mechanism for the stabilization of TssAS-containing T6SSs remains unknown. Here we discover a class of structural components that interact with short TssA proteins and contribute to T6SS assembly by stabilizing the polymerizing sheath from the baseplate. We demonstrate that the presence of these components is important for full sheath extension and optimal firing. Moreover, we show that the pairing of each form of TssA with a different class of sheath stabilization proteins results in T6SS apparatuses that either reside in the cell for some time or fire immediately after sheath extension. We propose that this diversity in firing dynamics could contribute to the specialization of the T6SS to suit bacterial lifestyles in diverse environmental niches.
AU  - Bernal,P
AU  - Furniss,CD
AU  - Fecht,S
AU  - Leung,RCY
AU  - Spiga,L
AU  - Mavridou,DAI
AU  - Filloux,ALAIN
DO  - 10.1073/pnas.2008500118
PY  - 2021///
SN  - 0027-8424
TI  - A novel stabilization mechanism for the type VI secretion system sheath
T2  - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2008500118
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/87527
VL  - 118
ER  -
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