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K. Ernits

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Research Focus:protein folding & dynamics· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Approach:deep learning· 1 Organism:E. coli· 1

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G. C. Atkinson· 3 shared T. Brodiazhenko· 3 shared T. Kurata· 3 shared T. Mets· 3 shared T. Tenson· 3 shared V. Hauryliuk· 3 shared A. Garcia-Pino· 2 shared C. K. Saha· 2 shared

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Mechanism of phage sensing and abortion by toxin-antitoxin-chaperone systems

T. Mets, T. Kurata, K. Ernits, M. J. O. Johansson, S. Z. Craig, G. M. Evora, J. A. Buttress, R. Odai, K. Coppieters't Wallant, J. A. Nakamoto, L. Shyrokova, A. A. Egorov, C. R. Doering, T. Brodiazhenko, M. T. Laub, , V. Hauryliuk

This study identifies and characterizes two Escherichia coli TAC systems that mediate antiphage defense by recognizing phage proteins and modifying mRNA to inhibit translation.

bioRxiv · Feb 24, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology

The structural basis of hyperpromiscuity in a core combinatorial network of Type II toxin-antitoxin and related phage defence systems

K. Ernits, C. K. Saha, T. Brodiazhenko, B. Chouhan, A. Shenoy, J. J. Duque-Pedraza, V. Bojar, J. A. Nakamoto, T. Kurata, A. Egorov, L. Shyrokova, M. J. O. Johansson, T. Mets, A. Rustamova, J. Dzigurski, , G. C. Atkinson

The paper identifies a core combinatorial network of Type II toxin-antitoxin systems, reveals their structural basis for hyperpromiscuity, and validates new TA systems with functional annotations.

bioRxiv · Mar 22, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

Panacea: a hyperpromiscuous antitoxin protein domain for the neutralisation of diverse toxin domains

T. Kurata, C. K. Saha, J. A. Buttress, T. Mets, T. Brodiazhenko, K. J. Turnbull, O. F. Awoyomi, S. R. A. Oliveira, S. Jimmy, K. Ernits, M. Delannoy, K. Persson, T. Tenson, H. Strahl, V. Hauryliuk, G. C. Atkinson

The paper identifies and validates a hyperpromiscuous antitoxin domain, Panacea, capable of neutralizing diverse toxin domains across microbial and bacteriophage TA systems.

bioRxiv · May 7, 2021Microbiology