Protein Transfer through an F Plasmid-Encoded Type IV Secretion System Suppresses the Mating-Induced SOS Response

The TraK accessory factor activates substrate transfer through the pKM101 type IV secretion system independently of its role in relaxosome assembly

(2020) Yang Grace Li et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Structural basis for effector protein recognition by the Dot/Icm Type IVB coupling protein complex

(2020) Hyunmin Kim et al.   Nature Communications

Mechanism of effector capture and delivery by the type IV secretion system from Legionella pneumophila

(2020) Amit Meir et al.   Nature Communications

Type IV secretion systems: Advances in structure, function, and activation

(2020) Tiago R. D. Costa et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Bacteria-to-Human Protein Networks Reveal Origins of Endogenous DNA Damage

(2019) Jun Xia et al.   CELL

From conjugation to T4S systems in Gram‐negative bacteria: a mechanistic biology perspective

(2019) Gabriel Waksman   EMBO REPORTS

The secret life of conjugative relaxases

(2019) Dolores Lucía Guzmán-Herrador et al.   PLASMID

Structural bases for F plasmid conjugation and F pilus biogenesis inEscherichia coli

(2019) Bo Hu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Rich Tapestry of Bacterial Protein Translocation Systems

(2019) Peter J. Christie   PROTEIN JOURNAL

Global gene expression analysis of Escherichia coli K-12 DH5α after exposure to 2.4 GHz wireless fidelity radiation

(2019) Ilham H. Said-Salman et al.   Scientific Reports

Type IV secretion in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria

(2018) Elisabeth Grohmann et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The SOS System: A Complex and Tightly Regulated Response to DNA Damage

(2018) Katarzyna H. Maslowska et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS

Use of chimeric type IV secretion systems to define contributions of outer membrane subassemblies for contact-dependent translocation

(2017) Jay E. Gordon et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A bacterial toxin-antitoxin module is the origin of inter-bacterial and inter-kingdom effectors of Bartonella

(2017) Alexander Harms et al.   PLoS Genetics

Chimeric Coupling Proteins Mediate Transfer of Heterologous Type IV Effectors through the Escherichia coli pKM101-Encoded Conjugation Machine

(2016) Neal Whitaker et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Mapping Type IV Secretion Signals on the Primase Encoded by the Broad-Host-Range Plasmid R1162 (RSF1010)

(2015) Richard Meyer   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

An ultra-dense library resource for rapid deconvolution of mutations that cause phenotypes inEscherichia coli

(2015) Ralf B. Nehring et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Towards an integrated model of bacterial conjugation

(2014) Elena Cabezón et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Common Requirement for the Relaxosome of Plasmid R1 in Multiple Activities of the Conjugative Type IV Secretion System

(2014) S. Lang et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Mechanistic Basis of Plasmid-Specific DNA Binding of the F Plasmid Regulatory Protein, TraM

(2014) Yun Peng et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Key components of the eight classes of type IV secretion systems involved in bacterial conjugation or protein secretion

(2014) Julien Guglielmini et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

DNA Substrate-Induced Activation of the Agrobacterium VirB/VirD4 Type IV Secretion System

(2013) E. Cascales et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A Translocation Motif in Relaxase TrwC Specifically Affects Recruitment by Its Conjugative Type IV Secretion System

(2013) A. Alperi et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Structure of a translocation signal domain mediating conjugative transfer by type IV secretion systems

(2013) Adam Redzej et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Direct visualization ofAgrobacterium-delivered VirE2 in recipient cells

(2013) Xiaoyang Li et al.   PLANT JOURNAL

Evolution of Conjugation and Type IV Secretion Systems

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Relaxosome function and conjugation regulation in F-like plasmids - a structural biology perspective

(2012) Joyce J. W. Wong et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

General requirements for protein secretion by the F-like conjugation system R1

(2012) Silvia Lang et al.   PLASMID

Traversing the Cell: Agrobacterium T-DNA’s Journey to the Host Genome

(2012) Stanton B. Gelvin   Frontiers in Plant Science

An activation domain of plasmid R1 TraI protein delineates stages of gene transfer initiation

(2011) Silvia Lang et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Structural basis of cooperative DNA recognition by the plasmid conjugation factor, TraM

(2011) Joyce J. W. Wong et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Comprehensive Identification of Protein Substrates of the Dot/Icm Type IV Transporter of Legionella pneumophila

(2011) Wenhan Zhu et al.   PLoS One

The stb Operon Balances the Requirements for Vegetative Stability and Conjugative Transfer of Plasmid R388

(2011) Catherine Guynet et al.   PLoS Genetics

Regulation of bacterial conjugation: balancing opportunity with adversity

(2010) Laura S Frost et al.   Future Microbiology

Functional Dissection of the Conjugative Coupling Protein TrwB

(2010) H. D. de Paz et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

X-ray Crystal Structure of the Bacterial Conjugation Factor PsiB, a Negative Regulator of RecA

(2010) Vessela Petrova et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Molecular recognition determinants for type IV secretion of diverse families of conjugative relaxases

(2010) Silvia Lang et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Conjugative DNA Transfer Induces the Bacterial SOS Response and Promotes Antibiotic Resistance Development through Integron Activation

(2010) Zeynep Baharoglu et al.   PLoS Genetics

Plasmid R1 Conjugative DNA Processing Is Regulated at the Coupling Protein Interface

(2009) S. Mihajlovic et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Protein and DNA Effectors Control the TraI Conjugative Helicase of Plasmid R1

(2009) M. V. Sut et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

An SOS Inhibitor that Binds to Free RecA Protein: The PsiB Protein

(2009) Vessela Petrova et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirC2 enhances T-DNA transfer and virulence through its C-terminal ribbon-helix-helix DNA-binding fold

(2009) J. Lu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structural basis of specific TraD-TraM recognition during F plasmid-mediated bacterial conjugation

(2008) Jun Lu et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Why is entry exclusion an essential feature of conjugative plasmids?

(2008) M. Pilar Garcillán-Barcia et al.   PLASMID