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Balwina Koopal

Institute of Science and Technology AustriaORCID 0000-0002-5310-7528Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Biochemistry· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Jack P. K. BravoiD· 2 shared Amanda Martin· 1 shared Andrew Santiago‐FrangosiD· 1 shared Anne-Sophie Gribling-BurreriD· 1 shared Arav Nangia· 1 shared Bingbing Yu· 1 shared Chase L. BeiseliD· 1 shared Eric Jenkins· 1 shared

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Aminoacylated tRNA tails trigger auxiliary bacterial immunity

Yan Yan, Balwina Koopal, Sobita Kunwar, Oleg Dmytrenko, Eric Jenkins, Maximilian Feussner, Anne-Sophie Gribling-Burrer, Victor Sadilek, Natalie Yoho, Amanda Martin, Bingbing Yu, Florian Praetorius, Redmond P. Smyth, Ryan N. Jackson, Jack P. K. Bravo, Chase L. Beisel

The paper shows that cleaved aminoacylated tRNA tails trigger auxiliary bacterial immunity by activating Adt1, leading to mRNA cleavage and cellular dormancy.

bioRxiv · Oct 16, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

The bacterial antiphage protein Tiamat is an ATPase and DNase whose homologs are found across the tree of life

Shirley Yuan, Yuri Rafael de Oliveira Silva, Balwina Koopal, Vinh Dang, Arav Nangia, Jack P. K. Bravo, Andrew Santiago‐Frangos

This study identifies Tiamat as an ATPase and DNase in bacteria and shows its homologs are widespread across eukaryotes, with some acquiring non-defense roles.

bioRxiv · Oct 1, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry