Jan-Willem Veening on Mythryl: “Cool work by @mkjos.bsky.social Daniel Straume showing that the…”

Cool work by @mkjos.bsky.social Daniel Straume showing that the competence-induced peptidoglycan hydrolase LytF promotes pilus extrusion, thereby enhancing the efficiency of DNA uptake in S, sanguinis. Is this also a major function of the pneumococcal CbpD fratricide? www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

biorxiv.orgLytF contributes to pilus extrusion during natural competence in Streptococcus sanguinis SK36.Streptococci may enter a physiological state called competence, during which they express a specific set of genes required for exogenous DNA uptake and its subsequent integration into the genome throu...

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