cGASylation by a bacterial E1-E2 fusion protein primes antiviral immune signaling
H. E. Ledvina, Q. Ye, Y. Gu…·A. T. Whiteley
The paper shows that a bacterial E1-E2 fusion protein, Cap2, primes cGAS for antiviral signaling through a process called cGASylation, which increases cGAMP production by ~50-fold.