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ArticleNature communications2026

DepoCatalog: mapping diversity of 129 recombinantly produced Klebsiella phage depolymerases.

Aleksandra Otwinowska, Sebastian Olejniczak, Agnieszka Latka, Maria Pozniak, Grazyna Majkowska-Skrobek, Barbara Maciejewska, Janusz Koszucki, Vyshakh R Panicker, Sara Jablonska, Mathilde Hulsens and 13 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Aleksandra Otwinowska *Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland.
Sebastian Olejniczak *Department of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland.
Agnieszka LatkaDepartment of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4492-497X
Maria PozniakDepartment of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-4589-0222
Grazyna Majkowska-SkrobekDepartment of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland.
Barbara MaciejewskaDepartment of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4876-8743
Janusz KoszuckiMalopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.
Vyshakh R PanickerMalopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.
Sara JablonskaDepartment of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-3651-6782
Mathilde HulsensDepartment of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0662-8144
Jana StenderBundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-0321-0933
Maha NiaziDepartment of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Sabrina GreenDepartment of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3959-2640
Joachim J BugertBundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany.
Régis TournebizeSorbonne Université, INSERM, Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses, CIMI, Paris, France.
Stan J J BrounsDepartment of Bionanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
Flavia SquegliaInstitute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, CNR, Naples, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9142-3313
Rita BerisioInstitute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, CNR, Naples, Italy.
Jens A HammerlDepartment Biological Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6930-4358
Rob LavigneDepartment of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7377-1314
Yves BriersDepartment of Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7723-1040
Rafal J MostowyMalopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4557-3748
Zuzanna Drulis-KawaDepartment of Pathogen Biology and Immunology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland. zuzanna.drulis-kawa@uwr.edu.pl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4733-4660

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ANR-20-AMRB-0004-01Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ANR-22-AAMR-0006-06Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) 1KI2302AFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Research Foundation Flanders) FWO: 1240021N, 1251224NNarodowe Centrum Nauki (National Science Centre) UMO-2017/26/M/NZ1/00233Narodowe Centrum Nauki (National Science Centre) UMO-2020/38/E/NZ8/00432Narodowe Centrum Nauki (National Science Centre) UMO-2022/04/Y/NZ6/00123Narodowe Centrum Nauki (National Science Centre) UMO-2022/47/I/NZ1/01450Narodowe Centrum Nauki (National Science Centre) UMO-2024/06/Y/NZ6/00172
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Our understanding of how depolymerase sequence and structure determine substrate specificity is fragmentary due to the limited number of experimentally characterized enzymes. Here we show DepoCatalog - an experimentally validated collection of 129 recombinantly prepared Klebsiella phage depolymerases (90 enzymes produced in this study and 39 homologs from the literature), with specificity spanning 75 KL-types. Enzymes originated from podo-, sipho-, myo-, jumbo phages, and prophages. Using activity profiling, structural modeling, and domain dissection, we propose a five‑class framework that captures the architectural and functional diversity of these enzymes. DepoCatalog uncovers cross-reactivity and taxa‑specific enzymes. Structural comparisons indicate that specificity switching or extension is associated with modifications to the C‑terminal domain. We further hypothesize that podoviruses encoding up to two RBPs show greater receptor adaptability than jumbo phages with multiple specialized RBPs. Finally, we develop a publicly accessible, DepoCat dataset ( https://depocat.uwr.edu.pl ) for specificity, structural classification and comparison of newly identified depolymerases.

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BacteriophagesKlebsiellaViral ProteinsAmino Acid SequenceModels, MolecularPhylogenyRecombinant ProteinsSubstrate SpecificityRecombinant ProteinsViral Proteins

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