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SUBMITTER: Martin Jinek
PROVIDER: EMPIAR-12387 | biostudies-other |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Loeff Luuk L Adams David W DW Chanez Christelle C Stutzmann Sandrine S Righi Laurie L Blokesch Melanie M Jinek Martin M
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20240613 6705
Seventh-pandemic <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> strains contain two pathogenicity islands that encode the DNA defense modules DdmABC and DdmDE. In this study, we used cryogenic electron microscopy to determine the mechanistic basis for plasmid defense by DdmDE. The helicase-nuclease DdmD adopts an autoinhibited dimeric architecture. The prokaryotic Argonaute protein DdmE uses a DNA guide to target plasmid DNA. The structure of the DdmDE complex, validated by in vivo mutational studies, shows that DNA bi ...[more]