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ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
Volume 58, Issue 2, Pages 839-850Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01170-13
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Numerous Gram-negative pathogens rely upon type III secretion (T3S) systems to cause disease. Several small-molecule inhibitors of the type III secretion systems have been identified; however, few targets of these inhibitors have been elucidated. Here we report that 2,2 '-thiobis-(4-methylphenol) (compound D), inhibits type III secretion in Yersinia pestis, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. YopD, a protein involved in the formation of the translocon and regulatory processes of the type III secretion system, appears to play a role in the inhibition of secretion by compound D. The use of compound D in T3S regulatory mutants demonstrated a difference in secretion inhibition in the presence and absence of calcium. Interestingly, compound D was effective only under conditions without calcium, indicating that a secretion-active needle structure may be necessary for compound D to inhibit secretion.
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