5MXN

Atomic model of the VipA/VipB/Hcp, the type six secretion system non-contractile sheath-tube of Vibrio cholerae from cryo-EM

Experimental Data Snapshot

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 3.70 Å
  • Aggregation State: HELICAL ARRAY 
  • Reconstruction Method: HELICAL 

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Literature

Cryo-EM structure of the extended type VI secretion system sheath-tube complex.

Wang, J., Brackmann, M., Castano-Diez, D., Kudryashev, M., Goldie, K.N., Maier, T., Stahlberg, H., Basler, M.

(2017) Nat Microbiol 2: 1507-1512

  • DOI: 10.1038/s41564-017-0020-7
  • Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
    5MXN, 5MYU, 5OJQ

  • PubMed Abstract: 

    • The bacterial type VI secretion system (T6SS) uses contraction of a long sheath to quickly thrust a tube with associated effectors across membranes of eukaryotic and bacterial cells 1-5 . Only limited structural information is available about the inherently unstable precontraction state of the T6SS ...

    The bacterial type VI secretion system (T6SS) uses contraction of a long sheath to quickly thrust a tube with associated effectors across membranes of eukaryotic and bacterial cells 1-5 . Only limited structural information is available about the inherently unstable precontraction state of the T6SS. Here, we obtain a 3.7 Å resolution structure of a non-contractile sheath-tube complex using cryo-electron microscopy and show that it resembles the extended T6SS inside Vibrio cholerae cells. We build a pseudo-atomic model of the complete sheath-tube assembly, which provides a mechanistic understanding of coupling sheath contraction with pushing and rotating the inner tube for efficient target membrane penetration. Our data further show that sheath contraction exposes a buried recognition domain to specifically trigger the disassembly and recycling of the T6SS sheath by the cognate ATP-dependent unfoldase ClpV.

    Organizational Affiliation: 

    Focal Area Infection Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50/70, CH-4056, Basel, Switzerland. marek.basler@unibas.ch.



Macromolecules
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Entity ID: 1
MoleculeChainsSequence LengthOrganismDetailsImage
Haemolysin co-regulated protein170Vibrio choleraeMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: hcp, hcpA, BFX32_16515, DA89_871, DN30_6, EN12_06865, EN12_14165, C9J66_19120, F0315_18490, FXE88_11750
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Find proteins for P72350 (Vibrio cholerae)
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Type VI secretion protein473Vibrio choleraeMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: BFX10_13915, BFX32_16935, DA89_2095, DN30_1329, EN12_14575, ERS013193_00899
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Find proteins for Q9KN57 (Vibrio cholerae serotype O1 (strain ATCC 39315 / El Tor Inaba N16961))
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Type VI secretion protein159Vibrio choleraeMutation(s): 0 
Gene Names: BFX10_13910, BFX32_16930, DA89_2094, DN30_1328, EN12_14570
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Experimental Data & Validation

Experimental Data

  • Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
  • Resolution: 3.70 Å
  • Aggregation State: HELICAL ARRAY 
  • Reconstruction Method: HELICAL 

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Entry History & Funding Information

Deposition Data

Funding OrganizationLocationGrant Number
SNSFSwitzerland31003A_159525

Revision History  (Full details and data files)

  • Version 1.0: 2017-08-02
    Type: Initial release
  • Version 1.1: 2017-10-11
    Changes: Database references
  • Version 1.2: 2017-11-08
    Changes: Database references