The Cysteine Protease MaOC1, a Prokaryotic Caspase Homolog, Cleaves the Antitoxin of a Type II Toxin-Antitoxin System

The bloom-forming cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa is known for its global distribution and for the production of toxic compounds. In the genome of M. aeruginosa PCC 7806, we discovered that the gene coding for MaOC1, a caspase homolog protease, is followed by a toxin-antitoxin module, flanked...

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Main Authors: Marina Klemenčič, Ana Halužan Vasle, Marko Dolinar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.635684/full