Bacterial chromosome segregation by the ParABS system

ASB Jalal, TBK Le - Open biology, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Proper chromosome segregation during cell division is essential in all domains of life. In the
majority of bacterial species, faithful chromosome segregation is mediated by the tripartite …

The bacterial cell cycle, chromosome inheritance and cell growth

R Reyes-Lamothe, DJ Sherratt - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
All viable bacterial cells, whether they divide symmetrically or asymmetrically, must
coordinate their growth, division, cell volume and shape with the inheritance of the genome …

Cell cycle-dependent organization of a bacterial centromere through multi-layered regulation of the ParABS system

J Kaljević, C Tesseur, TBK Le, G Laloux - PLoS genetics, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The accurate distribution of genetic material is crucial for all organisms. In most bacteria,
chromosome segregation is achieved by the ParABS system, in which the ParB-bound parS …

SMC protein RecN drives RecA filament translocation for in vivo homology search

A Chimthanawala, JJ Parmar… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
While the molecular repertoire of the homologous recombination pathways is well studied,
the search mechanism that enables recombination between distant homologous regions is …

Conformation and dynamic interactions of the multipartite genome in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Z Ren, Q Liao, X Karaboja, IS Barton… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Bacterial species from diverse phyla contain multiple replicons, yet how these multipartite
genomes are organized and segregated during the cell cycle remains poorly understood …

Chromosome choreography during the non-binary cell cycle of a predatory bacterium

J Kaljević, TNV Saaki, SK Govers, O Remy… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
In bacteria, the dynamics of chromosome replication and segregation are tightly coordinated
with cell-cycle progression and largely rely on specific spatiotemporal arrangement of the …

Cell cycle-coordinated maintenance of the Vibrio bipartite genome

T Niault, J Czarnecki, M Lambérioux, D Mazel… - EcoSal …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
To preserve the integrity of their genome, bacteria rely on several genome maintenance
mechanisms that are co-ordinated with the cell cycle. All members of the Vibrio family have a …

Rules and exceptions: the role of chromosomal ParB in DNA segregation and other cellular processes

A Kawalek, P Wawrzyniak, AA Bartosik… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
The segregation of newly replicated chromosomes in bacterial cells is a highly coordinated
spatiotemporal process. In the majority of bacterial species, a tripartite ParAB-parS system …

The divergent early divisome: is there a functional core?

G Santiago-Collazo, PJB Brown, AM Randich - Trends in Microbiology, 2024 - cell.com
The bacterial divisome is a complex nanomachine that drives cell division and separation.
The essentiality of these processes leads to the assumption that proteins with core roles will …

Centromere interactions promote the maintenance of the multipartite genome in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Z Ren, Q Liao, IS Barton, EE Wiesler, C Fuqua, X Wang - Mbio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Many pathogens or symbionts of animals and plants contain multiple replicons, a
configuration called a multipartite genome. Multipartite genomes enable those species to …