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ANNUAL REVIEW OF MICROBIOLOGY, VOL 75, 2021
卷 75, 期 -, 页码 471-494出版社
ANNUAL REVIEWS
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-micro-012721-123600
关键词
Staphylococcus; protein secretion; T7SS; virulence; bacterial antagonism
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- Medical Research Council
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
- China Scholarship Council
- Newcastle University
- Wellcome Trust
The T7SS of Staphylococcus aureus plays a crucial role in virulence in disease models and intraspecies competition, with its genes located at the ess locus encoding multiple substrate recognition proteins. T7SS is widely conserved across staphylococci, encoding various toxin and immunity genes, while genomic islands encoding multiple immunity proteins in species lacking T7SS suggest a significant role for the secretion system in bacterial antagonism.
The type VII protein secretion system (T7SS) of Staphylococcus aureus is encoded at the ess locus. T7 substrate recognition and protein transport are mediated by EssC, a membrane-bound multidomain ATPase. Four EssC sequence variants have been identified across S. aureus strains, each accompanied by a specific suite of substrate proteins. The ess genes are upregulated during persistent infection, and the secretion system contributes to virulence in disease models. It also plays a key role in intraspecies competition, secreting nuclease and membrane-depolarizing toxins that inhibit the growth of strains lacking neutralizing immunity proteins. A genomic survey indicates that the T7SS is widely conserved across staphylococci and is encoded in clusters that contain diverse arrays of toxin and immunity genes. The presence of genomic islands encoding multiple immunity proteins in species such as Staphylococcus warneri that lack the T7SS points to a major role for the secretion system in bacterial antagonism.
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