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An RNase Toxin Hijacks Elongation Factor-Tu to Cleave the Ribosomal Sarcin-Ricin Loop
Julia Takuno Hespanhol, Taylor M Blackburn, Kristi Pham…·Ethel Bayer‐Santos
This paper characterizes SRLase1, an RNase toxin that cleaves the sarcin-ricin loop of 23S rRNA by repurposing EF-Tu, revealing a new mechanism of ribosome inhibition.
DOI 10.64898/2026.09.18.752725