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Diversification of molecular pattern recognition in bacterial NLR-like proteins

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Antiviral STANDs (Avs) are bacterial anti-phage proteins that are evolutionarily related to immune pattern recognition receptors of the NLR family. Following recognition of a conserved phage protein, Avs proteins exhibit cellular toxicity and abort phage propagation by killing the infected cell. Type 2 Avs proteins (Avs2) were suggested to recognize the large terminase subunit of the phage as a signature of phage infection. Here, we show that while Avs2 from Klebsiella pneumoniae (KpAvs2) can be activated when heterologously co-expressed with the terminase of phage SECphi18, during infection in vivo KpAvs2 recognizes a different phage protein, named KpAvs2-stimulating protein 1 (Ksap1). We show that KpAvs2 directly binds Ksap1 to become activated, and that phages mutated in Ksap1 can escape KpAvs2 defense despite encoding an intact terminase. Our results exemplify the evolutionary diversification of molecular pattern recognition in bacterial Avs2 proteins, and highlight that pattern recognition during infection can differ from results obtained using heterologous co-expression assays.

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Metadata

Authors
Béchon, N., Tal, N., Stokar-Avihail, A., Melamed, S., Amitai, G., & Sorek, R.
Affiliations
Weizmann Institute of Science (IL)
Corresponding author
Sorek, Rotem
Venue
Nature Communications
Publisher
openRxiv
Published
2024-01-31
Volume
15
Issue
1
Pages
9860-9860
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4404345944
Cited by
23
References
1
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 3
FWCI
6.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc-nd
Locations
  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (464312965, SPP2330)
  • Israel Science Foundation (MAPATS 2720/22)
  • Azrieli Foundation
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Virology › Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune Response and Inflammation
Keywords
Klebsiella pneumoniae, phage defense, receptor activation
MeSH terms
NLR Proteins, Bacterial Proteins, Bacteriophages, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Protein Binding, Viral Proteins, Receptors, Pattern Recognition

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