ABSTRACT Structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complexes play conserved roles in chromosome organization, segregation, and repair in all domains of life. In Bacillus subtilis, SMC is required for the segregation of newly replicated origins. To investigate whether other proteins function with SMC in this process,...
Ngoc Khanh Lai, Laura C. Lastra, Kehinde O. Adebiyi et al.· Journal of Bacteriology· 0 citations
GerA-family germinant receptors were recently identified as ion channels that initiate germination of dormant bacterial spores in response to nutrients. Here we report 2.0-Å cryo-electron microscopy structures of apo, agonist-bound, and antagonist-bound GerA, revealing a symmetric pentamer of heterotrimers. Signaling r...
Joshua C. Cofsky, Fernando H. Ramírez-Guadiana, Briana L. Sobecks-Doherty et al.· bioRxiv· 0 citations
It is proposed that MAIN domains allow microbes to release proteins from their cell surface in response to shear force, enabling broader nutrient scavenging, intoxication of neighboring cells, and dispersal through surface detachment.
Anna P. Brogan, D. Rudner· Current Biology· 1 citation
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