Shutoff of host transcription triggers a toxin-antitoxin system to cleave phage RNA and abort infection.
Shutoff of host transcription triggers a toxin-antitoxin system to cleave phage RNA and abort infection.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.molcel.2021.03.027
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发表时间:
2021-06-03
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影响因子:
16
通讯作者:
Laub MT
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作者:
Guegler CK;Laub MT
Toxin-antitoxin (TA) systems are widespread in bacteria, but their activation mechanisms and bona-fide targets remain largely unknown. Here, we characterize a type III TA system, toxIN, that protects E. coli against multiple bacteriophage, including T4. Using RNA-sequencing, we find that the endoribonuclease ToxN is activated following T4 infection and blocks phage development primarily by cleaving viral mRNAs and inhibiting their translation. ToxN activation arises from T4-induced shutoff of host transcription, specifically of toxIN, leading to loss of the intrinsically unstable toxI antitoxin. Transcriptional shutoff is necessary and sufficient for ToxN activation. Notably, toxIN does not strongly protect against another phage, T7, which incompletely blocks host transcription. Thus, our results reveal a critical trade-off in blocking host transcription: it helps phage commandeer host resources, but can activate potent defense systems. More generally, our results now reveal the native targets of an RNase toxin and activation mechanism of a phage-defensive TA system.
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DOI:
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