Phylogenetic identification of bacterial MazF toxin protein motifs among probiotic strains and foodborne pathogens and potential implications of engineered probiotic intervention in food [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are commonly found in bacteria and Archaea, and it is the most common mechanism involved in bacterial programmed cell death or apoptosis. Recently, MazF, the toxin component of the toxin-antitoxin module, has been
Jing Hu +4 more
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Biomolecular Interaction Prediction in the Pre‐ and Post‐AlphaFold Era: The 8th CAPRI Evaluation
Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We report on the 8th CAPRI Evaluation period, capturing the assessment of CAPRI Rounds 47 to 55 (excluding the CASP and COVID‐related Rounds), which have witnessed the transition to AI‐driven prediction tools such as AlphaFold and related alternatives. The prediction Rounds in this evaluation are characterized by a high level of difficulty due
Marc F. Lensink +5 more
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Characterization of HicAB toxin-antitoxin module of Sinorhizobium meliloti
BMC Microbiology, 2019 Background Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are little genetic units generally composed of two genes encoding antitoxin and toxin. These systems are known to be involved in many functions that can lead to growth arrest and cell death.
Manon Thomet +3 more
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A novel type I toxin-antitoxin system modulates persister cell formation in Staphylococcus aureus
International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2020 A plethora of toxin-antitoxin systems exist in bacteria and has multilateral roles in bacterial pathogenesis and virulence. Toxin-antitoxin systems have been involved in persister cell formation in Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium but have not been ...
Gul Habib, Jiade Zhu, Baolin Sun
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Identification and characterisation of toxin-antitoxin systems (TA) in Burkholderia pseudomallei [PDF]
, 2013 The aim of this study was to identify and characterise type II toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems in Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of the human disease melioidosis. 8 putative TA systems were identified within the genome of B. pseudomallei
Butt, Aaron Trevor
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Performance of pyDock in 8th CAPRI: Energy‐Based Scoring Applied to Docking and AlphaFold Models
Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 8th CAPRI edition has shown a significant evolution in the field of protein–protein complex structure prediction. We have participated in all 11 targets proposed in this edition, involving domain‐domain, protein–protein, protein‐peptide, and protein‐DNA interactions, including homo‐ and hetero‐meric interfaces.
Luis Angel Rodríguez‐Lumbreras +5 more
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Complete Assembly of the Genome of an Acidovorax citrulli Strain Reveals a Naturally Occurring Plasmid in This Species [PDF]
, 2019 Acidovorax citrulli is the causal agent of bacterial fruit blotch (BFB), a serious threat to cucurbit crop production worldwide. Based on genetic and phenotypic properties, A.
Chen, Gong +6 more
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PEARL: Protein Eluting Alginate with Recombinant Lactobacilli
Small, EarlyView.Probiotic lactobacilli meet engineered living materials: This study introduces PEARL (protein eluting alginate with recombinant lactobacilli), an innovative engineered living material combining Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and alginate beads for controlled protein release.
Varun Sai Tadimarri +7 more
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Orphan Toxin OrtT (YdcX) of Escherichia coli Reduces Growth during the Stringent Response
Toxins, 2015 Toxin/antitoxin (TA) systems are nearly universal in prokaryotes; toxins are paired with antitoxins which inactivate them until the toxins are utilized. Here we explore whether toxins may function alone; i.e., whether a toxin which lacks a corresponding ...
Sabina Islam +2 more
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Evaluating the Potential for Cross-Interactions of Antitoxins in Type II TA Systems
Toxins, 2020 The diversity of Type-II toxin–antitoxin (TA) systems in bacterial genomes requires tightly controlled interaction specificity to ensure protection of the cell, and potentially to limit cross-talk between toxin–antitoxin pairs of the same family of TA ...
Chih-Han Tu +3 more
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