A family of endonucleases that block nanotube-mediated plasmid dissemination
Venkadesaperumal Gopu, Saurabh Bhattacharya, Michal Bejerano‐Sagie, Mei Zhuang, Yuval Nevo, Bushra Shraiteh, Miriam Ravins, Manas Kumar Guria, Tamar Kahan, Ilan Rosenshine, Sigal Ben‐Yehuda
The paper identifies YokF, a nuclease that blocks plasmid transfer via nanotubes in Bacillus subtilis, and shows its homologs in other bacteria restrict NPex.
bioRxiv · Oct 26, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology