Bacteria defend against phages through type IV pilus glycosylation
H. Harvey, J. Bondy-Denomy, H. Marquis, K. M. Sztanko, A. R. Davidson, L. L. Burrows
This study shows that glycosylation of type IV pili in Pseudomonas aeruginosa protects against phage infection by masking binding sites, and identifies phage tail proteins that enable infection of glycosylated pili.
bioRxiv · Jun 15, 2017Microbiology