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Structural basis for kinase inhibition in the tripartite E. coli HipBST toxin–antitoxin system [PDF]
eLife, 2023 Many bacteria encode multiple toxin–antitoxin (TA) systems targeting separate, but closely related, cellular functions. The toxin of the Escherichia coli hipBA system, HipA, is a kinase that inhibits translation via phosphorylation of glutamyl-tRNA ...
René L Bærentsen +8 more
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Microcystis aeruginosa msoT1/msoA1 Locus Displays Features of a Type I Toxin–Antitoxin System [PDF]
ToxinsType I toxin–antitoxin (TA) systems consist of a protein toxin that exerts a cytostatic or cytotoxic effect and an antisense RNA antitoxin that prevents translation of the toxin.
Matija Ruparčič, Marko Dolinar
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RNA Regulated Toxin-Antitoxin Systems in Pathogenic Bacteria [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021 The dynamic host environment presents a significant hurdle that pathogenic bacteria must overcome to survive and cause diseases. Consequently, these organisms have evolved molecular mechanisms to facilitate adaptation to environmental changes within the ...
David D. Sarpong +5 more
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Unrelated toxin-antitoxin systems cooperate to induce persistence. [PDF]
Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 2015 Persisters are drug-tolerant bacteria that account for the majority of bacterial infections. They are not mutants, rather, they are slow-growing cells in an otherwise normally growing population.
Fasani, Rick A, Savageau, Michael A
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Molecular mechanism of toxin neutralization in the HipBST toxin-antitoxin system of Legionella pneumophila [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2022 Here, the authors demonstrate that the Legionella pneumophila T4SS effector protein Lpg2370 is a Ser/Thr kinase and a toxin of a tripartite HipBST toxin-antitoxin (TA) system.
Xiangkai Zhen +10 more
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A novel double-ribonuclease toxin-antitoxin system linked to the stress response and survival of Acidovorax citrulli [PDF]
Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are widespread among prokaryotes and can play an important role in the maintenance of genetic elements and pathogen virulence.
Xudong Wang +9 more
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Toxin–Antitoxin Systems in Pathogenic Bacteria [PDF]
Toxins, 2021 Toxin–antitoxin (TA) systems, which are ubiquitously present in plasmids, bacterial and archaeal genomes, are classified as types I to VI, according to the nature of the antitoxin and to the mode of toxin inhibition [...]
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Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 Mycobacterium tuberculosis harbours nine toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems of the MazEF family. MazEF TA modules are of immense importance due to the perceived role of the MazF toxin in M. tuberculosis persistence and disease.
Soumyanetra Chandra +2 more
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Mobile Genetic Elements, 2013 Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are small genetic elements composed of a toxin gene and its cognate antitoxin. The toxins of all known TA systems are proteins while the antitoxins are either proteins or non-coding RNAs. Based on the molecular nature of the antitoxin and its mode of interaction with the toxin the TA modules are currently grouped into five ...
Unterholzner, Simon J +2 more
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Bacterial toxin-antitoxin systems [PDF]
Mobile Genetic Elements, 2011 Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are composed of two elements: a toxic protein and an antitoxin which is either an RNA (type I and III) or a protein (type II). Type II systems are abundant in bacterial genomes in which they move via horizontal gene transfer.
Guglielmini, Julien +1 more
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