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Macromolecular Substances > Multiprotein Complexes > Protein Translocation Systems > Bacterial Secretion Systems > Type VI Secretion Systems

Preferred term

Type VI Secretion Systems  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Multiprotein complexes in GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA that deliver effector proteins into eukaryotic or prokaryotic cells by a mechanism similar to the contractile tail of bacteriophages. They are composed of a cell envelope-spanning tube which is surrounded by a contractile sheath and tipped by a cell puncturing complex; a base plate structure that anchors the assembly to the cell envelope; and an ATPase involved in the sheath contraction and disassembly of the complex.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bacterial Secretion System, Type VI
  • T6SS Secretion Systems
  • Type 6 Secretion System
  • Type 6 Secretion Systems
  • Type VI Secretion System

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In other languages

  • Systèmes de sécrétion de type VI

    French

  • Système de sécrétion bactérien de type VI
  • Système de sécrétion de type 6
  • Système de sécrétion de type VI
  • Systèmes de sécrétion de type 6
  • Systèmes de sécrétion T6SS
  • T6SS (Type 6 Secretion System)
  • Type 6 secretion system

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-WQ0HWBC2-Z

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