AnkH interacts with the La‐related protein 7 (LARP7) component of the host cell transcription complex 7SK small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP), a complex involved in transcriptional elongation, impairing the interaction of LARP7 with this complex and triggering a global translational reprogramming that increases permissiveness of host cells to Legionella infection (Von Dwingelo et al., 2019). The gene discussed is LARP7; the disease is legionellosis.