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Table 4 Pseudomonas aeruginosa type III effector molecules

From: The molecular mechanism of acute lung injury caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: from bacterial pathogenesis to host response

Effectors

Other names

Genes

PA number

Protein size

Amino acids

Homologous proteins

Activity

Effect on host

ExoS

49-kDa exoenzyme S

exoS

PA3841

49 kDa

453

Yersinia YopE

ADP-ribosyltransferase

Antiphagocytosis

Salmonella SptP

GAP activity

ExoT

53-kDa exoenzyme S

exoT

PA0044

53 kDa

457

Yersinia YopE

GAP activity

Inhibition of wound healing

Exoenzyme T

   

Salmonella SptP

ExoU

PepA

exoU

-

72 kDa

687

Mammalian cPLA2

Patatin-like phospholipase

Cell death

Plant patatins

 

Acute lung injury

Bacteremia, sepsis

ExoY

-

exoY

PA2191

42 kDa

378

B. anthoracis EF

Adenylate cyclase

Edema, inhibition of inflammatory cytokine secretion

      

Bordetella CyaA

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