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Cytosine methylation by ScmA contributes to the fitness of Caulobacter crescentus cells naturally expressing a Vsr-like protein
Noémie Matthey, Giorgia Wennubst, Karolina Bojkowska…·Justine Collier
This paper shows that ScmA-mediated cytosine methylation in Caulobacter crescentus enhances fitness by preventing m5C-to-T mutations through the VsrA protein, which acts as an endonuclease.
DOI 10.1101/2025.03.21.644545