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

Preferred term

Type VI Secretion Systems  

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Entry terms

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

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2016

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000069376

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