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African S. Typhimurium ST313 has 23 Lineage 2-specific pseudogenes, discovered by @DrRobKingsley in 2009, inc ybjZ.

But what is function?

In collab with Jared Honeycutt @monack_lab, we've discovered that MacB (YbjZ) influences pathogenesis of ST313

journals.plos.org/plospathogens/…
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Genomes of 285 S. Typhimurium isolates revealed lineage-specific SNPs = macA & macB are pseudogenes

Suggesting that MacAB-TolC efflux pump is functional in S. Typhimurium ST19, but defective in ST313 Lineages 1 & 2
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Beautiful expts designed by Jared Honeycutt & @monack_lab show MacA variant & truncated MacB protein made ST19 sensitive to C18G antimicrobial peptide

& the ST313 macAB SNPs reduced intra-macrophage replication & fitness in murine GI tract

See @monack_lab tweet for details
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