Genus-Specific Interactions of Bacterial Chromosome Segregation Machinery Are Critical for Their Function

Most bacteria use the ParABS system to segregate their newly replicated chromosomes. The two protein components of this system from various bacterial species share their biochemical properties: ParB is a CTPase that binds specific centromere-like parS sequences to assemble a nucleoprotein complex, w...

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Main Authors: Monika Pióro, Izabela Matusiak, Adam Gawek, Tomasz Łebkowski, Patrycja Jaroszek, Matthieu Bergé, Kati Böhm, Judith Armitage, Patrick H. Viollier, Marc Bramkamp, Dagmara Jakimowicz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.928139/full