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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2025

Mycobacteriophage Yasnaya_Polyana and its engineered lytic derivative: specificity of regulatory motifs and lytic potential.

Egor Shitikov, Maja Malakhova, Sofya Kuznetsova, Dmitry Bespiatykh, Roman Gorodnichev, Sergei Kiselev, Maria Kornienko, Ksenia Klimina, Aleksandra Strokach, Arina German and 7 more

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Egor ShitikovLopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency Medicine, Moscow, Russia.
Maja MalakhovaLopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency Medicine, Moscow, Russia.
Sofya KuznetsovaLopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency Medicine, Moscow, Russia.
Dmitry BespiatykhLopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency Medicine, Moscow, Russia.
Roman GorodnichevLopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency Medicine, Moscow, Russia.
Sergei KiselevLopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency Medicine, Moscow, Russia.
Maria KornienkoLopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency Medicine, Moscow, Russia.
Ksenia KliminaLopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency Medicine, Moscow, Russia.
Aleksandra StrokachLopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency Medicine, Moscow, Russia.
Arina GermanFederal Research Centre 'Fundamentals of Biotechnology' of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Anastasiia LebedevaState Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Obolensk, Russia.
Mikhail FursovLopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency Medicine, Moscow, Russia.
Anna VnukovaLomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
Dmitry BagrovLopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency Medicine, Moscow, Russia.
Anastasia KazyulinaFederal State Budgetary Institution "National Medical Research Center of Phtisiopulmonology and Infectious Diseases" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia.
Margarita ShleevaLopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency Medicine, Moscow, Russia.
Marina ZaychikovaLopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency Medicine, Moscow, Russia.

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Abstract

Introduction: The growing prevalence of multidrug-resistant Methods: The phage was isolated by enrichment on Results: Yasnaya_Polyana exhibited siphovirus morphology and high genetic similarity with other subcluster K4 phages. Regulatory motif analysis revealed a reduced abundance of SAS and ESAS elements in subcluster K4 phages, including Yasnaya_Polyana, along with specific ESAS sequence deviations. The engineered YPΔ47 mutant retained morphology and infection parameters comparable to the wild-type phage but exhibited a decline in lysogeny frequency (from 18% to <0.01%), confirming a lytic phenotype. Host range analysis revealed limited activity of YPΔ47 against NTM, while the phage demonstrated a high efficiency of plating (EOP = 10 Discussion: These findings suggest that Yasnaya Polyana, and apparently other subcluster K4 phages, harbor distinct regulatory features that may reflect divergent transcriptional control strategies. Moreover, YPΔ47 shows potential as a candidate for phage therapy targeting mycobacterial infections.

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host rangemutagenesismycobacteriophageone-step growth curveregulatory motifsstart-associated sequencessubcluster K4

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