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ArticleNucleic acids research2022

A phage weaponizes a satellite recombinase to subvert viral restriction.

Maria H T Nguyen, Zoe Netter, Angus Angermeyer, Kimberley D Seed

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Lineage-specific defence systems of pandemicPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  4. Why do bacteria accumulate antiphage defence systems?Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025
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  5. Genetics, ecology and evolution of phage satellites.Nature reviews. Microbiology · 2025
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  10. Sporadic phage defense in epidemicbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria H T NguyenDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 271 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Zoe NetterDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 271 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Angus AngermeyerDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 271 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Kimberley D SeedDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 271 Koshland Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0139-1600
University of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

Phage resistance and mobile genetic elements in Vibrio choleraeR01AI127652 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI SEED, KIMBERLEY DIANE · 2016 to 2025
$4.6M
Molecular mechanisms driving the coevolution of clinical isolates of phages and epidemic Vibrio choleraeR01AI153303 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI Kimberley Diane Seed · 2020 to 2026
$4.3M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI127652NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI153303
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteria can acquire mobile genetic elements (MGEs) to combat infection by viruses (phages). Satellite viruses, including the PLEs (phage-inducible chromosomal island-like elements) in epidemic Vibrio cholerae, are MGEs that restrict phage replication to the benefit of their host bacterium. PLEs parasitize the lytic phage ICP1, unleashing multiple mechanisms to restrict phage replication and promote their own spread. In the arms race against PLE, ICP1 uses nucleases, including CRISPR-Cas, to destroy PLE's genome during infection. However, through an unknown CRISPR-independent mechanism, specific ICP1 isolates subvert restriction by PLE. Here, we discover ICP1-encoded Adi that counteracts PLE by exploiting the PLE's large serine recombinase (LSR), which normally mobilizes PLE in response to ICP1 infection. Unlike previously characterized ICP1-encoded anti-PLE mechanisms, Adi is not a nuclease itself but instead appears to modulate the activity of the LSR to promote destructive nuclease activity at the LSR's specific attachment site, attP. The PLE LSR, its catalytic activity, and attP are additionally sufficient to sensitize a PLE encoding a resistant variant of the recombination module to Adi activity. This work highlights a unique type of adaptation arising from inter-genome conflicts, in which the intended activity of a protein can be weaponized to overcome the antagonizing genome.

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BacteriophagesVibrio choleraeCRISPR-Cas SystemsRecombinasesRecombinases

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PMID36259649
PMCPMC9638900
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