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SUBMITTER: Maxwell KL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5062604 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maxwell Karen L KL Garcia Bianca B Bondy-Denomy Joseph J Bona Diane D Hidalgo-Reyes Yurima Y Davidson Alan R AR
Nature communications 20161011
Bacterial CRISPR-Cas adaptive immune systems use small guide RNAs to protect against phage infection and invasion by foreign genetic elements. We previously demonstrated that a group of Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages encode anti-CRISPR proteins that inactivate the type I-F and I-E CRISPR-Cas systems using distinct mechanisms. Here, we present the three-dimensional structure of an anti-CRISPR protein and map a functional surface that is critical for its potent inhibitory activity. The interaction ...[more]