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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2011

An essential tyrosine phosphatase homolog regulates cell separation, outer membrane integrity, and morphology in Caulobacter crescentus.

Elaine B Shapland, Sarah J Reisinger, Amrita K Bajwa, Kathleen R Ryan

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elaine B ShaplandDepartment of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
Sarah J Reisinger
Amrita K Bajwa
Kathleen R Ryan
University of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although reversible phosphorylation on tyrosine residues regulates the activity of many eukaryotic proteins, there are few examples of this type of regulation in bacteria. We have identified the first essential tyrosine phosphatase homolog in a bacterium, Caulobacter crescentus CtpA. ctpA mutants with altered active-site residues are nonviable, and depletion of CtpA yields chains of cells with blebbed outer membranes, linked by unresolved peptidoglycan. CtpA overexpression reduces cell curvature in a manner similar to deleting the intermediate filament protein crescentin, but it does not disrupt crescentin localization or membrane attachment. Although it has no obvious signal sequence or transmembrane-spanning domains, CtpA associates with the Caulobacter inner membrane. Immunolocalization experiments suggest that CtpA accumulates at the division site during the last quarter of the cell cycle. We propose that CtpA dephosphorylates one or more proteins involved in peptidoglycan biosynthesis or remodeling, which in turn affect cell separation, cell envelope integrity, and vibrioid morphology.

Indexed as

Genes, EssentialAmino Acid SequenceBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsCaulobacter crescentusCell DivisionCell WallGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGenes, BacterialIntermediate Filament ProteinsMicrobial ViabilityMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMolecular Sequence DataMutationPeptidoglycanProtein Tyrosine PhosphatasesSequence AlignmentBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsIntermediate Filament ProteinsPeptidoglycanProtein Tyrosine Phosphatases

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PMID21705597
PMCPMC3165520
OpenAlexW2009173631

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