Structural characterization of antibiotic self-immunity tRNA synthetase in plant tumour biocontrol agent

oleh: Shaileja Chopra, Andrés Palencia, Cornelia Virus, Sarah Schulwitz, Brenda R. Temple, Stephen Cusack, John Reader

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2016-10-01

Deskripsi

The bacterium Agrobacterium radiobacter K84 secretes an antibiotic that is transported into the plant pathogen A. tumefaciensand processed into the toxin TM84. Here, the authors identify a mechanism whereby the antibiotic-producing microbe resists its own toxin.