tuberculosis genome appear to encode examples of the recently identified type VII secretion systems (T7SS), which have been shown to export a number of proteins, including Esx protein complexes and PE/PPE proteins. The best characterized of these systems is ESX-1 (rv3868/eccA to rv3883c/mycP...
Electron Microscopy (EM) Lipase Protein Export Secretion Mycobacterium Signal Sequence Type VII Secretion Introduction Mycobacteria such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the etiological agent of tuberculosis, have a highly unusual and complex cell envelope (1). To secrete virulence factors across the cell env...