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CELL HOST & MICROBE
卷 16, 期 1, 页码 94-104出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2014.06.002
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- National Science Council [NSC 100-2911-I-001-038, NSC 98-2311-B-001 -002 -MY3, NSC 101-2321-B-001 -033 -]
- Medical Research Council [MR/K001930/1]
- Wellcome Trust [WT091939]
- Academia Sinica
- Medical Research Council [MR/K001930/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MR/J006874/1, MR/K001930/1] Funding Source: UKRI
The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a widespread molecular weapon deployed by many Proteobacteria to target effectors/toxins into both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. We report that Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a soil bacterium that triggers tumorigenesis in plants, produces a family of type VI DNase effectors (Tde) that are distinct from previously known polymorphic toxins and nucleases. Tde exhibits an antibacterial DNase activity that relies on a conserved HxxD motif and can be counteracted by a cognate immunity protein, Tdi. In vitro, A. tumefaciens T6SS could kill Escherichia coli but triggered a lethal counterattack by Pseudomonas aeruginosa upon injection of the Tde toxins. However, in an in planta coinfection assay, A. tumefaciens used Tde effectors to attack both siblings cells and P. aeruginosa to ultimately gain a competitive advantage. Such acquired T6SS-dependent fitness in vivo and conservation of Tde-Tdi couples in bacteria highlights a widespread antibacterial weapon beneficial for niche colonization.
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