The Legionella pneumophila effector Lpg1137 is a homologue of mitochondrial SLC25 carrier proteins, not of known serine proteases
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Summary, in English
Many bacterial effector proteins that are delivered to host cells during infection are enzymes targeting host cell signalling. Recently, Legionella pneumophila effector Lpg1137 was experimentally characterised as a serine protease that cleaves human syntaxin 17. We present strong bioinformatic evidence that Lpg1137 is a homologue of mitochondrial carrier proteins and is not related to known serine proteases. We also discuss how this finding can be reconciled with the apparently contradictory experimental results.
Department/s
Publishing year
2017
Language
English
Publication/Series
PeerJ
Volume
2017
Issue
9
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Document type
Journal article
Publisher
PeerJ
Topic
- Cell and Molecular Biology
- Other Clinical Medicine
Keywords
- Bacterial effectors
- Mitochondrial carriers
- Proteases
- Structure prediction
Status
Published
Research group
- Clinical Protein Science and Imaging
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 2167-8359