Nucleoside Binding by a Surface Lipoprotein Governs Conjugative ICE Acquisition in Ruminant Mycoplasmas
M’hamed Derriche, Laurent‐Xavier Nouvel, Calvin Fauvet, Núria Mach, Elisa de Saldanha Simon, Gwendoline Pot, Hortensia Robert, Alexandre Stella, Christian de la Fe, Renaud Maillard, Sergi Torres-Puig, Yonathan Arfi, Christine Citti, Éric Baranowski
This study identifies P48, a surface lipoprotein in Mycoplasma species, as essential for ICE acquisition through nucleoside recognition, challenging the donor-centric view of bacterial conjugation.
mBio · Dec 30, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology