PMID:21481433
| Citation |
Klaiman, D and Kaufmann, G (2011) Phage T4-induced dTTP accretion bolsters a tRNase-based host defense. Virology 414:97-101 |
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| Abstract |
The anticodon nuclease (ACNase) PrrC is silenced in Escherichia coli by an associated DNA restriction-modification protein, activated by the phage T4-encoded anti-DNA restriction factor Stp and counteracted by T4's tRNA repair enzymes polynucleotide kinase and RNA ligase 1. Hence, only tRNA repair-deficient phages succumb to PrrC's restriction. PrrC's ABC-ATPase motor domains are implicated in driving its activation by hydrolyzing GTP and in stabilizing the activated ACNase by avidly binding dTTP. The latter effect has been associated with dTTP's accumulation early in T4 infection when PrrC is activated. In agreement, delayed dTTP accumulation caused by dCMP deaminase deficiency coincided with impaired manifestation of PrrC's ACNase activity. This impairment did not suffice to suppress the PrrC-mediated restriction of tRNA repair deficient phage but was synthetically suppressive with a leaky stp mutation that only partly impairs PrrC's activation. Presumably, ability to gauge dTTP's changing level helps confine PrrC's toxicity to its viral target. |
| Links |
PubMed Online version:10.1016/j.virol.2011.03.022 |
| Keywords |
Bacteriophage T4/growth & development; Bacteriophage T4/metabolism; Escherichia coli/enzymology; Escherichia coli/virology; Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism; Ribonucleases/metabolism; Thymine Nucleotides/metabolism |
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