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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2025

Targeted protein evolution in the gut microbiome by diversity-generating retroelements.

Benjamin R Macadangdang, Yanling Wang, Cora L Woodward, Jessica I Revilla, Bennett M Shaw, Kayvan Sasaninia, Gillian E Varnum, Sara K Makanani, Chiara Berruto, Umesh Ahuja and 1 more

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Benjamin R MacadangdangDivision of Neonatology and Developmental Biology, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8693-516X
Yanling WangDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Cora L WoodwardCalifornia NanoSystems Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8934-6056
Jessica I RevillaDepartment of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Bennett M ShawDavid Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0180-6802
Kayvan SasaniniaDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4299-3621
Gillian E VarnumDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Sara K MakananiDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Chiara BerrutoDivision of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-9542-2836
Umesh AhujaCalifornia NanoSystems Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6172-645X
Jeff F MillerCalifornia NanoSystems Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID 0009-0000-7272-6706

Funding

Pediatric Scientist Development Program (PSDP) [K12]K12HD000850 · NICHD · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Sallie R. Permar · 1987 to 2026
$44.1M
UCLA Child Health Research Career Development AwardK12HD111040 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Sherin U Devaskar, Shafali Spurling Jeste · 2023 to 2026
$1.2M
Diversity generation in the gastrointestinal microbiomeK08DK138316 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Benjamin Macadangdang · 2024 to 2026
$513k
NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD000850NICHD NIH HHS K12 HD111040NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK138316
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diversity-generating retroelements (DGRs) accelerate evolution by rapidly diversifying variable proteins. The human gastrointestinal microbiota harbors the greatest density of DGRs known in nature, suggesting that they play adaptive roles in this environment. We identified >1100 distinct DGRs among human-associated

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsBacteroidesDirected Molecular EvolutionEvolution, MolecularFimbriae ProteinsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeProtein EngineeringRetroelementsAnimalsFemaleGenetic VariationGene Transfer, HorizontalGerm-Free LifeHumansMiceBacterial ProteinsFimbriae ProteinsRetroelements

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PMID41066555
PMCPMC12787319

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