Characterisation of two putative rhomboid proteases in Shigella sonnei physiology and pathogenesis.

<p><em>Shigella sonnei</em> is a human-specific pathogen and a major cause of bacillary dysentery. Rhomboids are evolutionarily conserved serine intramembrane proteases that control a variety of important cellular processes, including regulating apoptosis in mammals, development in...