Nature chemical biology - volume 9 issue 12, december 2013

Nature chemical biology - volume 9 issue 12, december 2013


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WHAT'S UP 'DOC'? The Doc-Phd pair forms a bacterial toxin-antitoxin system, but the mechanism by which the Fic-family member Doc causes toxicity is not fully defined. New


research shows that Doc unexpectedly functions as a kinase to phosphorylate elongation factor TU, thus inhibiting translation and leading to Doc-mediated growth arrest. * Wolfgang Peti *


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