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ArticleNucleic acids research2024

A new anti-CRISPR gene promotes the spread of drug-resistance plasmids in Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Chunyu Jiang, Chengzhi Yu, Shuyi Sun, Jiajia Lin, Mufeng Cai, Zhenquan Wei, Lingling Feng, Jianhui Li, Yan Zhang, Ke Dong and 3 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Advances in CRISPR-Cas for Diagnosis and Treatment ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Review
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  5. High-sensitivity, protein-independent detection of dsDNA sequences.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
    Article
  6. Structural characterization of anti-CRISPR protein AcrIE9.Structural dynamics (Melville, N.Y.) · 2025
    Article
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. CRISPRJournal of oral microbiology · 2025
    Article
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Chunyu JiangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
Chengzhi YuKey Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, State Key Laboratory of Plant Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.
Shuyi SunKey Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, State Key Laboratory of Plant Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.
Jiajia LinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
Mufeng CaiShanghai Immune Therapy Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
Zhenquan WeiCore Facility of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
Lingling FengCore Facility of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
Jianhui LiShanghai Institute of Phage, Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, Shanghai 201508, China.
Yan ZhangSchool of Global Health, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
Ke DongSchool of Global Health, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
Xiaokui GuoSchool of Global Health, Chinese Center for Tropical Diseases Research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
Jinhong QinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
Yu ZhangKey Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, State Key Laboratory of Plant Design, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1778-8389

Funding

Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China 2020YFA0907902National Natural Science Foundation of China 32170141
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae, Kp) populations carrying both resistance-encoding and virulence-encoding mobile genetic elements (MGEs) significantly threaten global health. In this study, we identified a new anti-CRISPR gene (acrIE10) on a conjugative plasmid with self-target sequence in K. pneumoniae with type I-E* CRISPR-Cas system. AcrIE10 interacts with the Cas7* subunit of K. pneumoniae I-E* CRISPR-Cas system. The crystal structure of the AcrIE10-KpCas7* complex suggests that AcrIE10 suppresses the I-E* CRISPR-Cas by binding directly to Cas7 to prevent its hexamerization, thereby preventing the surveillance complex assembly and crRNA loading. Bioinformatic and functional analyses revealed that AcrIE10 is functionally widespread across diverse species. Our study reports a novel anti-CRISPR and highlights its potential role in spreading resistance and virulence among pathogens.

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsCRISPR-Cas SystemsKlebsiella pneumoniaePlasmidsClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsCRISPR-Associated ProteinsDrug Resistance, BacterialVirulenceBacterial ProteinsCRISPR-Associated Proteins

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PMID38888121
PMCPMC11317147

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