CapK is a bacterial DNA damage-activated kinase that phosphorylates transcriptional repressor CapS to control adjacently-encoded anti-phage immune pathway genes in response to a universal stress signal, DNA damage
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Bacteria encode numerous stress-response pathways that protect their hosts against both internal and external threats. A key question is how these pathways are regulated, especially anti-phage immune ...
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Mechanistic insights into activation of bacterial Retron-Eco8 immunity by phage protein SSB | Nature Communications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-74106-9
