{
  "id": 19905948,
  "title": "Multi-locus pairing expands the functional repertoire of two-peptide bacteriocins",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/13/multi-locus-pairing-expands-the-functional-repertoire-of-two-peptide",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-13T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.11.12.766112v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Two-peptide bacteriocins are generally viewed as self-contained systems whose peptides are encoded at the same biosynthetic locus and co-expressed to form an active antimicrobial pair. Here, we show that functional pairing extends beyond this organization. Comparative genomic analysis revealed frequent co-occurrence of putative two-peptide bacteriocins encoded at distinct chromosomal loci in…",
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}