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Lookup NU author(s): Kieran Bowran, Stephen Garrett, Professor Tracy Palmer FRS FRSE FMedSciORCiD
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© 2023 The Authors.The type VIIb protein secretion system (T7SSb) is found in Bacillota (firmicute) bacteria and has been shown to mediate inter-bacterial competition. EssC is a membrane-bound ATPase that is a critical component of the T7SSb and plays a key role in substrate recognition. Prior analysis of available genome sequences of the foodborne bacterial pathogen Listeria monocy-togenes has shown that although the T7SSb was encoded as part of the core genome, EssC could be found as one of seven different sequence variants. While each sequence variant was associated with a specific suite of candidate substrate proteins encoded immediately downstream of essC, many LXG-domain proteins were encoded across multiple essC sequence variants. Here, we have extended this analysis using a diverse collection of 37 930 L. monocytogenes genomes. We have identified a rare eighth variant of EssC present in ten L. monocytogenes lineage III genomes. These genomes also encode a large toxin of the rearrangement hotspot (Rhs) repeat family adjacent to essC8, along with a probable immunity protein and three small accessory proteins. We have further identified nine novel LXG-domain proteins, and four additional chromosomal hotspots across L. monocytogenes genomes where LXG proteins can be encoded. The eight L. monocytogenes EssC variants were also found in other Listeria species, with additional novel EssC types also identified. Across the genus, species frequently encoded multiple EssC types, indicating that T7SSb diversity is a primary feature of the genus Listeria.
Author(s): Bowran K, Garrett SR, van Vliet AHM, Palmer T
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Microbial Genomics
Year: 2023
Volume: 9
Issue: 6
Print publication date: 01/06/2023
Online publication date: 06/06/2023
Acceptance date: 17/04/2023
Date deposited: 06/07/2023
ISSN (electronic): 2057-5858
Publisher: Microbiology Society
URL: https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.001036
DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.001036
Data Access Statement: All genome sequences used in this study are available via GenBank, and the assembly accession numbers are provided in Table S1 (available with the online version of this article). This table also lists relevant metadata (name, source category, country, year and clonal complex).
PubMed id: 37278699
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