Mycobacterial Virulence Factors : Surface-Exposed Lipids and Secreted Proteins

The clinically important Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) and related mycobacterial pathogens use various virulence mechanisms to survive and cause disease in their hosts. Several well-established virulence factors include the surface-exposed lipids in the mycobacterial outer membrane, as well as the Esx family proteins and the Pro-Glu (PE)/ Pro-Pro-Glu (PPE) family proteins secreted by type VII secretion systems (T7SS). Five ESX T7SS exist in M. tb and three-EsxA secretion system-1 (ESX-1), ESX-3, and ESX-5-have been implicated in virulence, yet only the structures of ESX-3 and ESX-5 have been solved to date. Here, we summarize the current research on three outer membrane lipids-phthiocerol dimycocerosates, phenolic glycolipids, and sulfolipids-as well as the secretion machinery and substrates of three mycobacterial T7SS-ESX-1, ESX-3, and ESX-5. We propose a structural model of the M. tb ESX-1 system based on the latest structural findings of the ESX-3 and ESX-5 secretion apparatuses to gain insight into the transport mechanism of ESX-associated virulence factors.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:21

Enthalten in:

International journal of molecular sciences - 21(2020), 11 vom: 02. Juni

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ly, Angel [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Jun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

339NCG44TV
63642-22-8
Antigens, Bacterial
Bacterial Proteins
ESAT-6 protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis
ESX-5 protein, Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Glycolipids
Journal Article
Lipids
Mycobacteria
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Pathogenesis
Phenol
Phthiocerol dimycocerosate
Review
Sulfolipids
Type VII secretion systems
Virulence Factors
Virulence factors

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 30.03.2021

Date Revised 30.03.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijms21113985

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM310778239