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A Broadly Conserved Deoxycytidine Deaminase Protects Bacteria from Phage Infection

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Severin Gb,Hsueh By
Elg Ca,Dover Ja,Rhoades Cr,Wessel Aj,Ridenhour Bj,Top Em,Janani Ravi,Parent Kn,Waters Cm,Geoffrey Severin,Brian Hsueh,Clinton Elg,John Dover,Christopher Rhoades,Alex Wessel,Benjamin Ridenhour,Eva Top,Kristin Parent
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Mar 31, 2021
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SUMMARY The El Tor biotype of Vibrio cholerae is responsible for perpetuating the longest cholera pandemic in recorded history (1961-current). The genomic islands VSP-1 and -2 are two understudied genetic features that distinguish El Tor from previous pandemics. To understand their utility, we calculated the co-occurrence of VSP genes across bacterial genomes. This analysis predicted the previously uncharacterized vc0175 , herein renamed d eoxycytidylate d eaminase V ibrio ( dcdV ), is in a gene network with dncV , a cyclic GMP-AMP synthase involved in phage defense. DcdV consists of two domains, a P-loop kinase and a deoxycytidylate deaminase, that are required for the deamination of dCTP and dCMP, inhibiting phage predation by corrupting cellular nucleotide concentrations. Additionally, DcdV is post-translationally inhibited by a unique noncoding RNA encoded 5’ of the dcdV locus. DcdV homologs are conserved in bacteria and eukaryotes and our results identify V. cholerae DcdV as the founding member of a previously undescribed bacterial phage defense system.

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