Structure and mechanism of a cyclic trinucleotide-activated bacterial endonuclease mediating bacteriophage immunity
R. K. Lau, Q. Ye, L. Patel, K. R. Berg, I. T. Mathews, J. D. Watrous, A. T. Whiteley, B. Lowey, J. J. Mekalanos, P. J. Kranzusch, M. Jain, K. Corbett
The paper characterizes NucC, a bacterial endonuclease activated by cyclic tri-AMP to mediate bacteriophage immunity through DNA cleavage or cell death.
bioRxiv · Jul 7, 2019Biochemistry