Phosphorylation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ParB participates in regulating the ParABS chromosome segregation system.

Here, we present for the first time that Mycobacterium tuberculosis ParB is phosphorylated by several mycobacterial Ser/Thr protein kinases in vitro. ParB and ParA are the key components of bacterial chromosome segregation apparatus. ParB is a cytosolic conserved protein that binds specifically to c...

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Main Authors: Grégory Baronian, Katarzyna Ginda, Laurence Berry, Martin Cohen-Gonsaud, Jolanta Zakrzewska-Czerwińska, Dagmara Jakimowicz, Virginie Molle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4373775?pdf=render