T6SS: killing two bugs with one stone

Dukas Jurėnas (1) , E. Cascales (1)

1 LISM - Laboratoire d'ingénierie des systèmes macromoléculaires

Bacteria deploy the type VI secretion system (T6SS) to inject effectors into bacterial rivals. Contrary to the prevailing model, a recent study expands the target range of the T6SS by demonstrating that it delivers and potentializes a peptidoglycan-targeting bifunctional toxin into Gram-positive bacteria.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]

Dukas Jurėnas, E. Cascales. T6SS: killing two bugs with one stone. Trends in Microbiology, 2021, ⟨10.1016/j.tim.2021.10.006⟩. ⟨hal-03465939⟩