Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Mechanism of regulation of the Helicobacter pylori Cagβ ATPase by CagZ

  • Xiuling Wu,
  • Yanhe Zhao,
  • Hong Zhang,
  • Wendi Yang,
  • Jinbo Yang,
  • Lifang Sun,
  • Meiqin Jiang,
  • Qin Wang,
  • Qianchao Wang,
  • Xianren Ye,
  • Xuewu Zhang,
  • Yunkun Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36218-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Cagβ is an ATPase in the H. pylori CagType4 secretion system essential for delivering the CagA effector to host cells. Here, authors present crystal structures of hexameric apo-Cagβ and Cagβ trapped in the monomeric state by its regulator CagZ, uncovering the regulatory mechanisms of Cagβ.