diff --git a/content/3.defense-systems/lit.md b/content/3.defense-systems/lit.md index e64c9beb952d6afb1098b56d99752a743477661b..32da3b98187307570feea1e63ea0c59ef0406fcf 100644 --- a/content/3.defense-systems/lit.md +++ b/content/3.defense-systems/lit.md @@ -10,9 +10,26 @@ tableColumns: Activator: Direct Effector: Other (Cleaves an elongation factor, inhibiting cellular translation PFAM: PF10463 +contributors: + - Lucas Paoli +relevantAbstracts: + - doi: 10.1128/jb.169.3.1232-1238.1987 + - doi: 10.1128/jb.170.5.2056-2062.1988 + - doi: 10.1073/pnas.91.2.802 + - doi: 10.1074/jbc.M002546200 + - doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-7-360 --- # Lit + +## Description + +Lit was first identified in 1989 :ref{doi=10.1128/jb.169.3.1232-1238.1987}, stands for late inhibitors of T4, and was found to inhibit phage T4 in Escherichia coli (K12). The Lit gene is found in the e14 cryptic prophage :ref{doi=10.1128/jb.170.5.2056-2062.1988}. Lit is also partially active against other T-even phages :ref{doi=10.1073/pnas.91.2.802}. + +## Molecular mechanisms + +The Lit system detects cleaves EF-Tu translation factor :ref{doi=10.1073/pnas.91.2.802} at a late stage of phage maturation, when the major capsid protein binds to EF-Tu and triggers its cleavage by Lit :ref{doi=10.1074/jbc.M002546200}. As a result, the translation is inhbited, which ultimately leads to cell death. Lit is part of the abortive infection category of defense systems. + ## Example of genomic structure The Lit system is composed of one protein: Lit. @@ -68,15 +85,3 @@ end style Title3 fill:none,stroke:none,stroke-width:none style Title4 fill:none,stroke:none,stroke-width:none </mermaid> -## Relevant abstracts - -::relevant-abstracts ---- -items: - - doi: 10.1073/pnas.91.2.802 - - doi: 10.1074/jbc.M002546200 - - doi: 10.1186/1743-422X-7-360 - ---- -:: -