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Diverse bacterial pattern recognition receptors sense the core phage proteome

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TL;DR - A systematic study identifies diverse prokaryotic STAND NTPases as antiviral pattern-recognition receptors. These sensors detect core structural and replication proteins across bacteriophages, revealing broad bacterial immune surveillance.

  • Prokaryotic STAND NTPases are related to animal and plant immune receptors.
  • The identified receptors recognize many conserved phage proteins.
  • Targets span both phage structure and replication machinery.
  • The findings broaden understanding of bacterial antiviral defense mechanisms.

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Diverse bacterial pattern recognition receptors sense the core phage proteome

Nature Hyunbin Lee, Sofia Luengo-Woods, Jianxiu Zhang, Kira S. Makarova, Yuri I. Wolf, Collin Chiu, Simone A. Evans, Junyi Chen, Haopeng Xiao, Liang Feng, Eugene V. Koonin, Alex Gao 2026-07-29 doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10852-6
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TL;DR - A systematic study identifies diverse prokaryotic STAND NTPases as antiviral pattern-recognition receptors. These sensors detect core structural and replication proteins across bacteriophages, revealing broad bacterial immune surveillance.

  • Prokaryotic STAND NTPases are related to animal and plant immune receptors.
  • The identified receptors recognize many conserved phage proteins.
  • Targets span both phage structure and replication machinery.
  • The findings broaden understanding of bacterial antiviral defense mechanisms.
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