随机六聚体
效应器
生物化学
变构调节
化学
结合位点
寡核苷酸
生物
细胞生物学
立体化学
DNA
受体
作者
Xueli Cao,Yu Xiao,Erin Huiting,Xujun Cao,Dong Li,Jie Ren,Linlin Guan,Yu Tian Wang,Lingyin Li,Joseph Bondy‐Denomy,Yue Feng
标识
DOI:10.1101/2023.06.01.543220
摘要
CBASS is a common anti-phage immune system that uses cyclic oligonucleotide signals to activate effectors and limit phage replication. In turn, phages encode anti-CBASS (Acb) proteins. We recently uncovered a widespread phage anti-CBASS protein Acb2 that acts as a "sponge" by forming a hexamer complex with three cGAMP molecules. Here, we identified that Acb2 binds and sequesters many CBASS and cGAS-produced cyclic dinucleotides in vitro and inhibits cGAMP-mediated STING activity in human cells. Surprisingly, Acb2 also binds CBASS cyclic trinucleotides 3'3'3'-cyclic AMP-AMP-AMP (cA3) and 3'3'3'-cAAG with high affinity. Structural characterization identified a distinct binding pocket within the Acb2 hexamer that binds two cyclic trinucleotide molecules and another binding pocket that binds to cyclic dinucleotides. Binding in one pocket does not allosterically alter the other, such that one Acb2 hexamer can simultaneously bind two cyclic trinucleotides and three cyclic dinucleotides. Phage-encoded Acb2 provides protection from Type III-C CBASS that uses cA3 signaling molecules in vivo and blocks cA3-mediated activation of the endonuclease effector in vitro. Altogether, Acb2 sequesters nearly all known CBASS signaling molecules through two distinct binding pockets and therefore serves as a broad-spectrum inhibitor of cGAS-based immunity.
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