diff --git a/content/0.index.md b/content/0.index.md index a1c92a986b2d08701d532d667fe6cd444aa2be78..c2f4588d3e0c32b755826a3a8c460204c455435b 100644 --- a/content/0.index.md +++ b/content/0.index.md @@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ relevantAbstracts: ## Introduction -Bacteria and their phages have co-existed for billions of years. The pressure of phage infection is thought to be a major driver of bacterial evolution and has favored the development of a diversity of anti-phage weapons. These weapons, namely anti-phage defense systems can be defined as single genes or groups of genes that partially or fully inhibit phage infection. For reviews on anti-phage systems, see : :ref{doi=10.1038/s41586-019-1894-8, 10.1146/annurev-micro-020722-013730, 10.1016/j.mib.2005.06.006, 10.1038/s41579-023-00934-x}. +Bacteria and their phages have co-existed for billions of years. The pressure of phage infection is thought to be a major driver of bacterial evolution and has favored the development of a diversity of anti-phage weapons. These weapons, namely anti-phage defense systems can be defined as single genes or groups of genes that partially or fully inhibit phage infection. For reviews on anti-phage systems, see : :ref{doi=10.1038/s41586-019-1894-8,10.1146/annurev-micro-020722-013730,10.1016/j.mib.2005.06.006,10.1038/s41579-023-00934-x}. ## A brief history of anti-phage systems The first discovered anti-phage system, a Restriction-Modification (RM) system, was described in the early 1950s ref{doi=10.1128/jb.64.4.557-569.1952, 10.1128/jb.65.2.113-121.1953}. In the following decades, a handful of other systems were discovered :ref{doi=10.1016/j.mib.2005.06.006}. In 2007, CRISPR-Cas systems were discovered to be anti-phage systems :ref{doi=10.1126/science.1138140}. As CRISPR-Cas systems and RM systems are extremely prevalent in bacteria, it was thought for some years that the antiviral immune system of bacteria had been mostly elucidated. -Following these two major breakthroughs, knowledge of anti-phage systems remained scarce for some years. Yet, in 2011, it was revealed that anti-phage systems tend to colocalize on the bacterial genome in defense-islands :ref{doi=10.1128/JB.05535-11}. This led to a guilt-by-association hypothesis: if a gene or a set of genes is frequently found in bacterial genomes in close proximity to known defense systems, such as RM or CRISPR-Cas systems, then it might constitute a new defense system. This hypothesis was tested systematically in a landarmark study in 2018 :ref{doi=10.1126/science.aar4120} leading to the discovery of 10 novel anti-phage systems. This started the uncovering of an impressive diversity of defense systems in a very short amount of time :ref{10.1038/s41579-023-00934-x}. +Following these two major breakthroughs, knowledge of anti-phage systems remained scarce for some years. Yet, in 2011, it was revealed that anti-phage systems tend to colocalize on the bacterial genome in defense-islands :ref{doi=10.1128/JB.05535-11}. This led to a guilt-by-association hypothesis: if a gene or a set of genes is frequently found in bacterial genomes in close proximity to known defense systems, such as RM or CRISPR-Cas systems, then it might constitute a new defense system. This hypothesis was tested systematically in a landarmark study in 2018 :ref{doi=10.1126/science.aar4120} leading to the discovery of 10 novel anti-phage systems. This started the uncovering of an impressive diversity of defense systems in a very short amount of time :ref{doi=10.1038/s41579-023-00934-x}. To date over 150 types of defense systems have been described, unveiling an unsuspected diversity of molecular mechanisms. The antiviral immune systems of bacteria therefore appear much more complex than previously envisioned, and new discoveries do not seem to be slowing down. diff --git a/content/3.defense-systems/abib.md b/content/3.defense-systems/abib.md index b137056a383e5ca479570ff2952c86d2ff338cdc..baff84016d22e560190b3f9625e9bff16b1199f6 100644 --- a/content/3.defense-systems/abib.md +++ b/content/3.defense-systems/abib.md @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ relevantAbstracts: AbiB is a single-protein abortive infection defense system from *Lactococcus* that degrades mRNA. ## Molecular mechanism -AbiB system is still poorly understood. It is a single-protein system that was described as an abortive infection system. Upon phage infection, AbiB activation leads to a strong degradation of mRNAs:ref{doi=10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.371896.x} that is expected to be the mechanism of phage inhibition. AbiB expression is constitutive and does increase during phage infection. It is only activated during phage infection, most likely through the recognition of an early phage protein. Which protein, and whether this activation is direct or indirect remains to be elucidated. +AbiB system is still poorly understood. It is a single-protein system that was described as an abortive infection system. Upon phage infection, AbiB activation leads to a strong degradation of mRNAs :ref{doi=10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.371896.x} that is expected to be the mechanism of phage inhibition. AbiB expression is constitutive and does increase during phage infection. It is only activated during phage infection, most likely through the recognition of an early phage protein. Which protein, and whether this activation is direct or indirect remains to be elucidated. ## Example of genomic structure The AbiB system is composed of one protein: AbiB. diff --git a/content/3.defense-systems/abiu.md b/content/3.defense-systems/abiu.md index 497cb4cef52c3084492255313ebbddf85fd23e50..3b5dd7b986e4cae8106c1645d82841b74989a2f0 100644 --- a/content/3.defense-systems/abiu.md +++ b/content/3.defense-systems/abiu.md @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ tableColumns: Activator: Unknown Effector: Unknown PFAM: PF10592 -contributor: +contributors: - Nathalie Bechon -relevant-abstracts +relevantAbstracts: - doi: 10.1023/A:1002027321171 - doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2005.06.006 - doi: 10.1128/AEM.67.11.5225-5232.2001 diff --git a/content/3.defense-systems/pd-t4-4.md b/content/3.defense-systems/pd-t4-4.md index 8eb17137f0068cf1d5e42dc98a7c90e1d9d98387..65ed8082a0e02eb1b67be302306604da16aaed5b 100644 --- a/content/3.defense-systems/pd-t4-4.md +++ b/content/3.defense-systems/pd-t4-4.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ tableColumns: PFAM: PF13175, PF13304 contributors: - Nathalie Bechon -relevantAbstracts +relevantAbstracts: - doi: 10.1038/s41564-022-01219-4 ---