Type IV Secretion System Drives Lipid Mixing
David Chetrit, Craig R. Roy, Erdem Karatekin
This study shows that Type IV Secretion Systems (T4SSs) prime for substrate delivery through contact-induced lipid mixing, not requiring ATP or full complex assembly, and this mechanism applies to both Dot/Icm and RK2 T4SSs.
bioRxiv · Jan 15, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology