Functional characterization of VirB/VirD4 and Icm/Dot type IV secretion systems from the plant-pathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas euvesicatoria.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Many Gram-negative plant- and animal-pathogenic bacteria employ type IV secretion (T4S) systems to transport proteins or DNA/protein complexes into eukaryotic or bacterial target cells. T4S systems have been divided into minimized and expanded T4S systems and resemble the VirB/VirD4 T4S system from the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens and the Icm/Dot T4S system from the human pathogen Legionella pneumophila, respectively. The only known plant pathogen with both types of T4S systems is Xanthomonas euvesicatoria which is the causal agent of bacterial spot disease on pepper and tomato plants.

Results and discussion

In the present study, we show that virB/virD4 and icm/dot T4S genes are expressed and encode components of ol

SUBMITTER: Drehkopf S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10432156 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature