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sRNA Antitoxins: More than One Way to Repress a Toxin

open access: yesToxins, 2014
Bacterial toxin-antitoxin loci consist of two genes: one encodes a potentially toxic protein, and the second, an antitoxin to repress its function or expression. The antitoxin can either be an RNA or a protein.
Jia Wen, Elizabeth M. Fozo
doaj   +1 more source

Diverse LXG toxin and antitoxin systems specifically mediate intraspecies competition in Bacillus subtilis biofilms.

open access: yesPLoS Genetics, 2021
Biofilms are multispecies communities, in which bacteria constantly compete with one another for resources and niches. Bacteria produce many antibiotics and toxins for competition.
Kazuo Kobayashi
doaj   +1 more source

The Haemophilus influenzae HipBA toxin–antitoxin system adopts an unusual three-component regulatory mechanism

open access: yesIUCrJ, 2022
Type II toxin–antitoxin (TA) systems encode two proteins: a toxin that inhibits cell growth and an antitoxin that neutralizes the toxin by direct intermolecular protein–protein interactions.
Ji Sung Koo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Escherichia coli EHEC Germany outbreak preliminary functional annotation using BG7 system [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
We have annotated the European outbreak E. coli EHEC genome sequenced by BGI (6-2-2011) and assembled with MIRA by Nick Loman (6-2-2011 ). Our system BG7, Bacterial Genome annotation of Era7 Bioinformatics, predicts ORFs and annotates them based on ...
Eduardo Pareja   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

A toxin-deformation dependent inhibition mechanism in the T7SS toxin-antitoxin system of Gram-positive bacteria

open access: yesNature Communications, 2022
Antimicrobial toxins are secreted by bacteria to kill rival species. Here the authors report the mechanism of inhibition of EsaD, a toxin secreted by some S.
Yongjin Wang   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structure, Evolution, and Functions of Bacterial Type III Toxin-Antitoxin Systems

open access: yesToxins, 2016
Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are small genetic modules that encode a toxin (that targets an essential cellular process) and an antitoxin that neutralises or suppresses the deleterious effect of the toxin.
Nathalie Goeders   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stay or Go: Sulfolobales Biofilm Dispersal Is Dependent on a Bifunctional VapB Antitoxin

open access: yesmBio, 2023
A type II VapB14 antitoxin regulates biofilm dispersal in the archaeal thermoacidophile Sulfolobus acidocaldarius through traditional toxin neutralization but also through noncanonical transcriptional regulation.
April M. Lewis   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Redefining Therapies for Drug‐Resistant Tuberculosis: Synergistic Effects of Antimicrobial Peptides, Nanotechnology, and Computational Design

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Antimicrobial peptide (AMP)‐loaded nanocarriers provide a multifunctional strategy to combat drug‐resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis. By enhancing intracellular delivery, bypassing efflux pumps, and disrupting bacterial membranes, this platform restores phagolysosome fusion and macrophage function.
Christian S. Carnero Canales   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural insights into chaperone addiction of toxin-antitoxin systems

open access: yesNature Communications, 2019
SecB homologs can be associated with stress-responsive type II toxin–antitoxin (TA) systems and form tripartite toxin-antitoxin-chaperone systems (TAC).
Valérie Guillet   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

SUPER: Upcycling Genetic Parts for Precise Gene Expression Control, Leakage Minimization, and Genetic Circuit Stability

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
To precisely modulate natural and synthetic regulatory parts, SUPER is introduced as a sophisticated and tunable controller of genetic devices without requiring sequence modification on the target. SUPER enhances dynamic range of RNA‐, chemical‐, temperature‐, and protein‐responsive biosensors up to 1011%, and converts biosensors to cover an expanded ...
Taeyang Heo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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