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Three small partner proteins facilitate the type VII-dependent secretion export of an antibacterial nuclease

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Summary: The type VIIb protein secretion system (T7SSb) plays a role in interbacterial competition in Gram-positive Firmicute bacteria and secretes various toxic effector proteins. The mechanism of secretion and the roles of numerous conserved genes within T7SSb gene clusters remain unknown. EsaD is a nuclease toxin secreted by the Staphylococcus aureus T7SSb, which forms a complex with its cognate immunity protein, EsaG, and chaperone EsaE. Encoded upstream of EsaD are three small secreted proteins, EsxB, EsxC and EsxD. Here we show that EsxBCD bind to the transport domain of EsaD and function as EsaD export factors. We report the first structural information for a complete T7SSb substrate pre-secretion complex. Cryo-EM of the EsaDEG trimer and the EsaDEG-EsxBCD hexamer shows that incorporation of EsxBCD confers a conformation comprising a flexible globular cargo domain attached to a long narrow shaft that is likely to be crucial for efficient toxin export.

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Metadata

Authors
Yang, Y., Boardman, E., Deme, J., Alcock, F., Lea, S., & Palmer, T.
Affiliations
  • Newcastle University (GB)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
Corresponding author
Palmer, Tracy
Venue
mBio
Publisher
openRxiv
Published
2023-04-01
Volume
14
Issue
5
Pages
e0210023-e0210023
ISSN
2150-7511 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4387472287
Cited by
27
References
1
Citations by year
2026: 7 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 5
FWCI
5.56
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • mBio (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity) (cc-by)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (224151/Z/21/Z, 224151, /Z/15/Z, 10183/Z/15/Z)
  • China Scholarship Council
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Biochemical and Structural Characterization
Keywords
type VII secretion system, Staphylococcus aureus, CFP-10, export determinants, bacterial competition

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