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VapC Toxins from Mycobacterium tuberculosis are ribonucleases that differentially inhibit growth and are neutralized by cognate VapB antitoxins

, 2011
The chromosome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) encodes forty seven toxin-antitoxin modules belonging to the VapBC family. The role of these modules in the physiology of Mtb and the function(s) served by their expansion are unknown.
Mizrahi, Valerie, Bhavna G Gordhan, Vickery Arcus, Diane Kuhnert, Valerie Mizrahi, Ahidjo, Bintou Ahmadou, Kuhnert, Diane, Edith E Machowski, Machowski E.E., Joanna L. Mckenzie, Garth L. Abrahams, Kuhnert D., Machowski Edith E., Abrahams, Garth L., Ahidjo B.A., Bintou Ahmadou Ahidjo, Gordhan, Bhavna G., Arcus V., Garth L Abrahams, Abrahams G.L., Machowski, Edith E., Mizrahi V., Kuhnert Diane, Ahidjo Bintou Ahmadou, McKenzie Joanna L., Arcus Vickery, Mizrahi Valerie, Edith E. Machowski, Abrahams Garth L., Gordhan B.G., McKenzie J.L., Gordhan Bhavna G., Bhavna G, Arcus, Vickery L., Bhavna G. Gordhan, McKenzie, Joanna Leigh, Joanna L McKenzie   +36 more
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PlantGFM: A Genomic Foundation Model for Discovery and Creation of Plant Genes

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A plant genomic foundation model pre‐trained on 12 species enables both accurate gene prediction and de novo gene design. Through AI‐human knowledge screening, seven designed sequences showed transcriptional activity in plants, with two expressing stable proteins—demonstrating the first DNA‐RNA‐protein expression of LLM‐generated genes in plants and ...
Changhao Li, Qizhe Zhang, Hanchen Chen, Kepeng Lin, Chengfang Luo, Mengying Yang, Wei Xu, Fan Yao, Jianbing Yan, Qing‐Yong Yang, Xuehai Hu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

Toxins, 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, Ray Chai, Bihe Chen, Andrew Day, George P. C. Salmond   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

mBio, 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, Daniel J. Willard, Mohamad J. H. Manesh, Shamphavi Sivabalasarma, Sonja-Verena Albers, Robert M. Kelly   +5 more
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Asking the 5 W's for designing next‐generation bioprocessing

AIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Biotechnology is expanding beyond traditional, centralized fermentation and toward next‐generation bioprocessing paradigms that emphasize flexible deployment outside the laboratory with application‐specific performance. However, many bioprocesses fail to translate beyond proof‐of‐concept into industrially viable systems because early design ...
Sangdo Yook, Karoline Maria Vieira Nogueira, Raj Sukumar, Jenna Miller, Hal S. Alper   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vaginal host–microbe signatures linked to placental outcomes in mares

Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Ascending placentitis is a leading cause of late‐term pregnancy loss in mares. Although pathogens are presumed to ascend from the caudal reproductive tract, the association between the vaginal microbiome and placentitis has not been systematically examined.
Machteld van Heule, Babiche Heil, Jamie K. Norris, Kristene Gedye, Xiaoxiao Lin, Ward De Spiegelaere, Peter Daels, Pouya Dini   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A VapBC Toxin-Antitoxin Module is a Post-Transcriptional Regulator of Metabolic Flux in Mycobacteria [PDF]

, 2012
Published ahead of print 24 February 2012 The largest family of toxin-antitoxin (TA) modules are encoded by the vapBC operons, but their roles in bacterial physiology remain enigmatic.
Cook, Gregory M., Gardner, Paul P., Smith, Tony C., Ruthe, Alaine, McKenzie, Joanna L., Berney, Michael, Ruthe, A., Arcus, V.L., McKenzie, J.L., Gardner, P.P., Smith, T.C., Berney, M., Arcus, Vickery L., Robson, J., Robson, Jennifer, https://orcid.org/, Cook, G.M.   +16 more
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Genomic epidemiology and lineage‐specific risk stratification of tet(X4)‐mediated tigecycline resistance along the pork production chain: A One Health perspective

iMetaOmics, EarlyView.
Genome surveillance across a swine‐associated One Health continuum in China shows that slaughterhouses act as major enrichment nodes for tet(X4)‐mediated tigecycline resistance, driven by putative clonal transmission and stable plasmid backbones. Integrating global datasets enables lineage‐specific risk stratification, highlighting key control points ...
Qin Wang, Qiwu Yuan, Xuan Chen, Yujing Zhong, Ke Wu, Renqiao Wen, Luya Liu, Xiaoqin Wang, Cui Li, Hongning Wang, Changwei Lei   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hypothetical Functions of Toxin-Antitoxin Systems [PDF]

Journal of Bacteriology, 2007
Toxin-antitoxin systems are very commonly found both on large, low-copy plasmids, where they increase effective stability ([35][1]), and on bacterial chromosomes, where their function has been the subject of considerable speculation.
openaire   +2 more sources

TasA-tasB, a new putative toxin-antitoxin (TA) system from Bacillus thuringiensis pGI1 plasmid is a widely distributed composite mazE-doc TA system

BMC Genomics, 2006
Background Post-segregational killing systems are present in a large variety of microorganisms. When found on plasmids, they are described as addiction systems that act to maintain the plasmid during the partitioning of the cell.
Mahillon Jacques, Fico Sarah
doaj   +1 more source