#IDMastodon #Immunology #viralimmunology A summary of A viral #RNA molecule activates the bacterial immune system during infection& how bacterial cyclases sense infection sense.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03364-0?utm_medium=Social#ref-CR3
Viral infection triggers the production of cyclic GMP–AMP synthase (cGAS), an enzyme that synthesizes cyclic GMP–AMP (cGAMP) to activate the downstream effector response.
https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.1232458
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03364-0?utm_medium=Social#ref-CR3
Viral infection triggers the production of cyclic GMP–AMP synthase (cGAS), an enzyme that synthesizes cyclic GMP–AMP (cGAMP) to activate the downstream effector response.
https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.1232458
A viral RNA molecule activates the bacterial immune system during infection
A bacterial defence system against bacteriophage infection recognizes a specific structured viral RNA to start producing cyclic nucleotides for immune signalling.www.nature.com