Identification of Tse8 as a Type VI secretion system toxin from Pseudomonas aeruginosa that targets the bacterial transamidosome to inhibit protein synthesis in prey cells.
Laura M Nolan,
Amy K Cain,
Thomas Clamens,
R Christopher D Furniss,
Eleni Manoli,
Maria A Sainz-Polo,
Gordon Dougan,
David Albesa-Jové,
Julian Parkhill,
Despoina A I Mavridou,
Alain Filloux
Sep 20, 2021
The Type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a bacterial nanomachine that delivers toxic effectors to kill competitors or subvert some of their key functions. Here, we use transposon directed insertion-site sequencing to identify T6SS...