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ArticleNature chemical biology2023

Multicopy suppressor screens reveal convergent evolution of single-gene lysis proteins.

Benjamin A Adler, Karthik Chamakura, Heloise Carion, Jonathan Krog, Adam M Deutschbauer, Ry Young, Vivek K Mutalik, Adam P Arkin

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Article in Nature chemical biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Phage lysis protein LysScience advances · 2025
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  10. Physiological characterization of single gene lysis proteins.bioRxiv : 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

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Benjamin A AdlerThe UC Berkeley-UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Karthik ChamakuraDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Phage Technology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6196-8571
Heloise CarionDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Jonathan KrogDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Adam M DeutschbauerEnvironmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2728-7622
Ry YoungDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for Phage Technology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
Vivek K MutalikInnovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. vkmutalik@lbl.gov.ORCID 0000-0001-7934-0400
Adam P ArkinDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. aparkin@lbl.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-4999-2931
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · USUniversity of California, Berkeley · USInnovative Genomics Institute · USReata Pharmaceuticals (United States) · USTexas A&M University · US

Funding

Phage LysisR35GM136396 · NIGMS · TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH · PI YOUNG, RYLAND FLETCHER · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
Genome Sequencer FLXS10RR029668 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI NGAI, JOHN J. · 2010 to 2010
$623k
Pacific Biosciences PacBio RS Single Molecule Real Time SequencerS10OD018174 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI ROKHSAR, DANIEL SOLEYMAN · 2014 to 2014
$600k
Illumina Sequencer to Facilitate Functional Genomics at BerkeleyS10RR027303 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI TAYLOR, JOHN W. · 2010 to 2010
$500k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR027303NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR029668NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136396NIH HHS S10 OD018174
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Single-strand RNA (ssRNA) Fiersviridae phages cause host lysis with a product of single gene (sgl for single-gene lysis; product Sgl) that induces autolysis. Many different Sgls have been discovered, but the molecular targets of only a few have been identified. In this study, we used a high-throughput genetic screen to uncover genome-wide host suppressors of diverse Sgls. In addition to validating known molecular mechanisms, we discovered that the Sgl of PP7, an ssRNA phage of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, targets MurJ, the flippase responsible for lipid II export, previously shown to be the target of the Sgl of coliphage M. These two Sgls, which are unrelated and predicted to have opposite membrane topology, thus represent a case of convergent evolution. We extended the genetic screens to other uncharacterized Sgls and uncovered a common set of multicopy suppressors, suggesting that these Sgls act by the same or similar mechanism.

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BacteriophagesGenes, ViralPseudomonas aeruginosaBiological Evolution

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PMID36805702
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