ArticlemBio2026
BetaH proteolysis unleashes an electrostatic-homing antibacterial polymorphic toxin.
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- ABPs: diffusible antibacterial toxins secreted by and active against diverse gram-positive bacteria.Infection and immunity · 2026Review
- Proteolytically activated antibacterial toxins inhibit the growth of diverse gram-positive bacteria.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
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Abstract
Contact-dependent and diffusible proteinaceous polymorphic toxin systems (PTSs) mediate widespread bacterial competition. While bioinformatic analyses have identified diverse PTSs across bacterial phyla, experimental validation in gram-positive species remains limited. Here, we characterize a diffusible polymorphic toxin encoded by the IMPORTANCE: Polymorphic toxin systems (PTSs) are widely used by bacteria to inhibit competitors, but diffusible proteinaceous toxins have been largely characterized in gram-negative species. Here, we mechanistically characterize a diffusible PTS in
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