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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Microbiol. 2021 May 19;19(11):716–725. doi: 10.1038/s41579-021-00561-4

Table 1:

Pro- and anti-inflammatory type III secretion effectors in Salmonella Typhimurium

Pro-inflammatory effectors Anti-inflammatory effectors
Name Function Name Function
SopE, SopE2 GEFs for Rho-family GTPases37,54 (stimulate NF-κB through non-canonical PAK1/TRAF6/TAK1 signaling58) SptP GAP for Rho-family GTPases93
SopB Phosphoinositide phosphatase55 (activates endogenous GEFS for Rho Family GTPases39) SopB Phosphoinositide phosphatase55 (activates PI3K-dependent anti-inflammatory pathways74)
SopA E3 ubiquitin ligase62 (activates RIG-I and MDA-5 signaling through ubiquitination of TRIM56 and TRIM6563) SopA E3 ubiquitin ligase62 (antagonizes RIG-I and MDA-5 signaling through ubiquitine-mediated degradation of TRIM56 and TRIM6571)
SopD GAP for Rab8 (neutralizes a Rab8-dependent anti-inflammatory pathway)74 SopD GDI-dissociation factor for Rab8 (activates a Rab8-dependent anti-inflammatory pathway)74
GogC (SteE, SarA, PagJ) Stimulates STAT3-dependent anti-inflammatory signaling103,104
SpvD Inhibits RelA nuclear translocation96.
PipA, GtgA, GogA Proteases for NF-κB transcription factors RelA and RelB (inhibit NF-κB-dependent transcription)92
AvrA Acetylates MKK4 and MKK7 (inhibits JNK signaling)97,98
SpvC Phosphothreonine lyase for ERK1/2 and p38 (inhibits MAPK signaling)99,100.
SseK, SseK2 N-acetylglucosamine transferase for DEAD-domain containing proteins (inhibits NF-κB signaling)94,95