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ArticleNucleic acids research2026

A type VI secretion ADP-ribosyltransferase Rhs toxin selectively modifies charged tRNAThr(GGU) anticodon loops to block ACC codon decoding.

Maïalène Chabalier, Jonas B Desjardins, Julius Martinkus, Eric Cascales

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 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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Maïalène ChabalierLaboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM, UMR7255), Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier CS7071, Marseille Cedex 20 13402, France.
Jonas B DesjardinsLaboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM, UMR7255), Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier CS7071, Marseille Cedex 20 13402, France.
Julius MartinkusLaboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM, UMR7255), Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier CS7071, Marseille Cedex 20 13402, France.
Eric CascalesLaboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM, UMR7255), Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier CS7071, Marseille Cedex 20 13402, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0611-9179

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Agence Nationale de la Recherche ANR-20-CE11-0017Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFondation Bettencourt SchuellerFondation pour la Recherche Médicale ECO202206015565Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale FDT202504020886
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Abstract

The type VI secretion system (T6SS) is a sophisticated machine that uses a contractile mechanism to deliver antibacterial toxins into neighboring cells, hence participating to interbacterial competition and pathogenesis. Here, we characterize the T6SS-associated rearrangement hotspot RhsF polymorphic toxin from Chromobacterium violaceum. Toxicity assays showed that the RhsF C-terminal extension, TreThr, is a cytoplasmic-acting antibacterial toxin, which is neutralized by the downstream immunity protein. Structural modeling and mutagenesis demonstrated that TreThr belongs to the ADP-ribosyltransferase (ART) family, adopting a canonical ART fold. Using coupled in vitro transcription-translation assays, we found that TreThr inhibits protein synthesis in a Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (NAD)-dependent manner, through isoacceptor-specific ADP-ribosylation of transfer RNAs (tRNAs). Biotin-NAD labeling experiments and mapping further revealed that TreThr modifies the GGU anticodon of charged thrT and thrV tRNA isoacceptors and prevents decoding of threonine ACC codons.

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ADP Ribose TransferasesAnticodonBacterial ProteinsBacterial ToxinsCodonRNA, TransferType VI Secretion SystemsADP-RibosylationModels, MolecularNADProtein BiosynthesisThreonineADP Ribose TransferasesAnticodonBacterial ProteinsBacterial ToxinsCodonNADRNA, TransferThreonineType VI Secretion Systems

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PMID42803188
PMCPMC13617354

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