Genes for the type IV secretion system in an intracellular symbiont, Wolbachia, a causative agent of various sexual alterations in arthropods

S Masui; T Sasaki; H Ishikawa

doi:10.1128/JB.182.22.6529-6531.2000

Genes for the type IV secretion system in an intracellular symbiont, Wolbachia, a causative agent of various sexual alterations in arthropods

J Bacteriol. 2000 Nov;182(22):6529-31. doi: 10.1128/JB.182.22.6529-6531.2000.

Authors

S Masui¹, T Sasaki, H Ishikawa

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. ss87211@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Abstract

Wolbachia species are intracellular bacteria known to cause reproductive abnormalities in their hosts. In this study, we identified Wolbachia genes encoding homologs to the type IV secretion system by which many pathogenic bacteria secrete macromolecules. The genes identified encoded most of the essential components of the secretion system and were cotranscribed as an operon.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Arthropods / microbiology*
Arthropods / physiology
Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
Genes, Bacterial*
Molecular Sequence Data
Operon
Reproduction / physiology
Symbiosis
Virulence Factors*
Wolbachia / genetics*
Wolbachia / metabolism

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
Virulence Factors

Associated data

GENBANK/AB045234
GENBANK/AB045235