| Project/Area Number |
23659218
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Bacteriology (including Mycology)
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| Research Institution | Chiba University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMAMOTO Tomoko 千葉大学, 大学院・薬学研究院, 教授 (60110342)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TAKAYA Akiko 千葉大学, 大学院・薬学研究院, 准教授 (80334217)
SATO Yoshiharu 千葉大学, 大学院・薬学研究院, 助教 (00554586)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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| Keywords | サルモネラ / エフェクター / 病原性 / バオインフォマティクス / バイオインフォマティクス / ターゲット蛋白 / インタラクトーム |
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| Research Abstract |
A broad range of pathogenic bacteria translocate a repertoire of effector proteins using the type III protein secretion system and enact the virulence program of the bacteria by directly interacting with host cell pathways. The effectors do not have well-conserved sequence and do not have any kind of common identifiable signal sequence to target them for secretion. This makes it very difficult to identify novel effectors. In this study, we have established a novel system to support the functional analysis of virulence effector, in which the function can be analyzed from the side of host factor in target pathway or from the host's protein-protein interaction targeted by virulence effector. In this system, the function of virulence effector can be predicted and assumed function can be assessed based on the mimicry features widely observedin most of virulence effectors.
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