Structure and Activation Mechanism of a Lamassu Phage Defence System
Yan Li, David William Adams, Hon Wing Liu, Steven J. Shaw, Emiko Uchikawa, Milena Jaskólska, Sandrine Stutzmann, Laurie Righi, Mark D. Szczelkun, Melanie Blokesch, Stephan Gruber
The paper presents structures of a Lamassu defence system from Salmonella enterica, revealing how LmuA nuclease effector is activated by oligomerization and DNA cleavage.
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology · Oct 14, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology