title: Supramolecular structure of the Salmonella typhimurium type III protein secretion system.
abstract: The type III secretion system of Salmonella typhimurium directs the translocation of proteins into host cells. Evolutionarily related to the flagellar assembly machinery, this system is also present in other pathogenic bacteria, but its organization is unknown. Electron microscopy revealed supramolecular structures spanning the inner and outer membranes of flagellated and nonflagellated strains; such structures were not detected in strains carrying null mutations in components of the type III apparatus. Isolated structures were found to contain at least three proteins of this secretion system. Thus, the type III apparatus of S. typhimurium, and presumably other bacteria, exists as a supramolecular structure in the bacterial envelope.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences, Teikyo University, 1-1 Toyosatodai, Utsunomiya 320, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kubori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsushima
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Uralil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lara-Tejero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sukhan
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Galán
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Aizawa
mesh_terms: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D016253:Microscopy, Immunoelectron; D018272:Porins / Q000032:analysis; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; C109237:OmpF protein; D018272:Porins; C079790:PrgH protein, Salmonella typhimurium; C090991:invG protein, Salmonella typhimurium