Detection and characterization of protein methylation in bacteriophages and their host,

Andrew J Stai, Cristina Howard-Varona, Marion Urvoy, Marissa R Gittrich, Matthew B Sullivan, Robert L Hettich

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Article in mSystems, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Andrew J StaiBiosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0009-0001-8437-2228

Cristina Howard-VaronaDepartment of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4149-5818

Marion UrvoyDepartment of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7095-1835

Marissa R GittrichDepartment of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0314-1426

Matthew B SullivanDepartment of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4040-9831

Robert L HettichBiosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7708-786X

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U.S. Department of Energy DE-SC0020173

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteria and their viruses (bacteriophages or phages) are in a dynamic "arms race" that balances predation and resistance, using various strategies to achieve dominance. To better understand these strategies, we infected the marine model bacterium IMPORTANCE: The battle for survival between bacteria and their associated phages has broad ecological implications due to the evolutionary pressure each exerts on the other, as well as the unique phenotypes presented by phage-infected bacteria. The various mechanisms through which bacteria and their phages wage this battle is an active area of exploration. Here, we used the marine model bacterium

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Bacterial ProteinsBacteriophagesFlavobacteriaceaeViral ProteinsMethylationProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalProteomicsBacterial ProteinsViral Proteinsbacteriophagesphage infectionprotein methylationprotein post-translational modificationproteomics

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PMID42148748

DOI10.1128/msystems.00012-26

PMCPMC13288928

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