Bacterial physiology is a branch of biology that aims to understand overarching principles of
cellular reproduction. Many important issues in bacterial physiology are inherently …

Most, if not all, bacterial and archaeal cells contain at least one protein filament system.
Although these filament systems in some cases form structures that are very similar to …

Acetylation of K40 in α-tubulin is the sole posttranslational modification to mark the luminal
surface of microtubules. It is still controversial whether its relationship with microtubule …

In the past decades, advances in microscopy have made it possible to study the dynamics of
individual biomolecules in vitro and resolve intramolecular kinetics that would otherwise be …

The functional organization of prokaryotic cell membranes, which is essential for many
cellular processes, has been challenging to analyze due to the small size and nonflat …

In the classical “mind-body” wording,“body” is usually associated with the “mass aspect” of
living entities and “mind” with the “immaterial” one. Thoughts, consciousness and soul are …

In many model organisms, diffuse patterning of cell wall peptidoglycan synthesis by the actin
homolog MreB enables the bacteria to maintain their characteristic rod shape. In …

Self-assembly of ESCRT-III complex is a critical step in all ESCRT-dependent events.
ESCRT-III hetero-polymers adopt variable architectures, but the mechanisms of inter-subunit …

The ability of excess Mg2+ to compensate the absence of cell wall related genes in Bacillus
subtilis has been known for a long time, but the mechanism has remained obscure. Here, we …

MreB is an actin homolog that is essential for coordinating the cell wall synthesis required for
the rod shape of many bacteria. Previously we have shown that filaments of MreB bind to the …