ReviewMolecular microbiology2012
Surfing biological surfaces: exploiting the nucleoid for partition and transport in bacteria.
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85 citing papers in PubMed, 149 citations in OpenAlex.
- Segregation of sister chromosomes during the shape change of developingJournal of bacteriology · 2025Article
- Expanding the diversity of bacterial DNA partitioning: A CTP-independent ParABProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Mutational analysis of the F plasmid partitioning protein ParA reveals residues required for oligomerization and plasmid maintenance.Nucleic acids research · 2025Article
- Tuning the interaction of a ParA-type ATPase with its partner separates bacterial organelle positioning from partitioning.Research square · 2025Article
- Tuning the interaction of a ParA-type ATPase with its partner separates bacterial organelle positioning from partitioning.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Polyphosphate: The "Dark Matter" of Bacterial Chromatin Structure.Molecular microbiology · 2025Review
- An invariant C-terminal tryptophan in McdB mediates its interaction and positioning function with carboxysomes.Molecular biology of the cell · 2024Article
- Bacterial nucleoid is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.Journal of bacteriology · 2024Review
- Connecting the dots: key insights on ParB for chromosome segregation from single-molecule studies.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2024Review
- The selfish yeast plasmid exploits a SWI/SNF-type chromatin remodeling complex for hitchhiking on chromosomes and ensuring high-fidelity propagation.PLoS genetics · 2023Article
- Dissecting the phase separation and oligomerization activities of the carboxysome positioning protein McdB.eLife · 2023Article
- Partition complex structure can arise from sliding and bridging of ParB dimers.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Multiple ParA/MinD ATPases coordinate the positioning of disparate cargos in a bacterial cell.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Molecular Analysis of pSK1 par: A Novel Plasmid Partitioning System Encoded by Staphylococcal Multiresistance Plasmids.Journal of molecular biology · 2022Article
- Chemophoresis engine: A general mechanism of ATPase-driven cargo transport.PLoS computational biology · 2022Article
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- Cross-linkers at growing microtubule ends generate forces that drive actin transport.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- Catching a Walker in the Act-DNA Partitioning by ParA Family of Proteins.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
- Dissection of the ATPase active site of McdA reveals the sequential steps essential for carboxysome distribution.Molecular biology of the cell · 2021Article
- Spatial control over near-critical-point operation ensures fidelity of ParABS-mediated DNA partition.Biophysical journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
The ParA family of ATPases is responsible for transporting bacterial chromosomes, plasmids and large protein machineries. ParAs pattern the nucleoid in vivo, but how patterning functions or is exploited in transport is of considerable debate. Here we discuss the process of self-organization into patterns on the bacterial nucleoid and explore how it relates to the molecular mechanism of ParA action. We review ParA-mediated DNA partition as a general mechanism of how ATP-driven protein gradients on biological surfaces can result in spatial organization on a mesoscale. We also discuss how the nucleoid acts as a formidable diffusion barrier for large bodies in the cell, and make the case that the ParA family evolved to overcome the barrier by exploiting the nucleoid as a matrix for movement.
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