Preferred Label : Type VI Secretion Systems;
MeSH definition : 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.;
MeSH synonym : Type VI Secretion System; Bacterial Secretion System, Type VI; Type 6 Secretion System; Type 6 Secretion Systems; T6SS Secretion Systems; Secretion Systems, T6SS; Systems, T6SS Secretion;
Origin ID : D000069376;
UMLS CUI : C4042801;
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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.
