MicrobiologybioRxivPreprint
Single-site DNA methylation activates retron defence by enabling effector tetramerisation
Panagiotis M. Spatharas, Alessio Ling Jie Yang, Edukondalu Mullapudi…·Matthias Wilmanns
This study shows that single-site DNA methylation activates Retron-Sen2 by enabling RcaT tetramerisation, leading to retron disassembly and toxicity.
DOI 10.64898/2026.10.13.758329