ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology2010
The structure and function of bacterial actin homologs.
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- Complex state transitions of the bacterial cell division protein FtsZ.Molecular biology of the cell · 2024Article
- Building the Bacterial Divisome at the Septum.Sub-cellular biochemistry · 2024Review
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- Cyanobacterial membrane dynamics in the light of eukaryotic principles.Bioscience reports · 2023Article
- Molecular association of FtsZ with the intrabacterial nanotransportation system for urease in Helicobacter pylori.Medical molecular morphology · 2019Article
- Conservation of conformational dynamics across prokaryotic actins.PLoS computational biology · 2019Article
- Fundamental principles in bacterial physiology-history, recent progress, and the future with focus on cell size control: a review.Reports on progress in physics. Physical Society (Great Britain) · 2018Review
- Dynamics of a Protein Chain Motor Driving Helical Bacteria under Stress.Biophysical journal · 2018Article
- MotAB-like machinery drives the movement of MreB filaments during bacterial gliding motility.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2018Article
- The antibacterial activity of polyoxometalates: structures, antibiotic effects and future perspectives.Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) · 2018Article
- Cyclic-di-GMP andFrontiers in microbiology · 2018Article
- The bacterial Sec system is required for the organization and function of the MreB cytoskeleton.PLoS genetics · 2017Article
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- MreB Orientation Correlates with Cell Diameter in Escherichia coli.Biophysical journal · 2016Article
- The cell's self-generated "electrome": The biophysical essence of the immaterial dimension of Life?Communicative & integrative biology · 2016Article
- Route of intrabacterial nanotransportation system for CagA in Helicobacter pylori.Medical molecular morphology · 2015Article
- Natural transformation occurs independently of the essential actin-like MreB cytoskeleton in Legionella pneumophila.Scientific reports · 2015Article
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Abstract
During the past decade, the appreciation and understanding of how bacterial cells can be organized in both space and time have been revolutionized by the identification and characterization of multiple bacterial homologs of the eukaryotic actin cytoskeleton. Some of these bacterial actins, such as the plasmid-borne ParM protein, have highly specialized functions, whereas other bacterial actins, such as the chromosomally encoded MreB protein, have been implicated in a wide array of cellular activities. In this review we cover our current understanding of the structure, assembly, function, and regulation of bacterial actins. We focus on ParM as a well-understood reductionist model and on MreB as a central organizer of multiple aspects of bacterial cell biology. We also discuss the outstanding puzzles in the field and possible directions where this fast-developing area may progress in the future.
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