ArticleNucleic acids research2015
Specific and non-specific interactions of ParB with DNA: implications for chromosome segregation.
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- A dual-function regulatory element couples ParB expression and DNA substrate specificity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- OT-Curtains: an approach for studying protein interactions with DNA ends using optical tweezers and confocal fluorescence microscopy.Nucleic acids research · 2026Article
- Reversible DNA condensation drives natural transformation.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Bacillus subtilis ParB C-terminal lysine residues are essential for dimerization and in vivo function, indicating their roles in DNA sliding.Nucleic acids research · 2026Article
- The ParB-CTP cycle activates phase separation in bacterial DNA segregation.Nucleic acids research · 2025Article
- Significance of the CTP-binding motif for the interactions of S. coelicolor ParB with DNA, chromosome segregation, and sporogenic hyphal growth.Nucleic acids research · 2025Article
- DNA supercoiling enhances DNA condensation by ParB proteins.Nucleic acids research · 2024Article
- Phase-separated ParB enforces diverse DNA compaction modes and stabilizes the parS-centered partition complex.Nucleic acids research · 2024Article
- Connecting the dots: key insights on ParB for chromosome segregation from single-molecule studies.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2024Review
- Dynamic ParB-DNA interactions initiate and maintain a partition condensate for bacterial chromosome segregation.Nucleic acids research · 2023Article
- VirB, a transcriptional activator of virulence in Shigella flexneri, uses CTP as a cofactor.Communications biology · 2023Article
- Robust ParB Binding to Half-International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Partition complex structure can arise from sliding and bridging of ParB dimers.Nature communications · 2023Article
- Molecular architecture and oligomerization of Candida glabrata Cdc13 underpin its telomeric DNA-binding and unfolding activity.Nucleic acids research · 2023Article
- Chromosome remodelling by SMC/Condensin inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- ParB proteins can bypass DNA-bound roadblocks via dimer-dimer recruitment.Science advances · 2022Article
- The structure of the bacterial DNA segregation ATPase filament reveals the conformational plasticity of ParA upon DNA binding.Nature communications · 2021Article
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- Single-molecule measurements reveal that PARP1 condenses DNA by loop stabilization.Science advances · 2021Article
- CTP andeLife · 2021Article
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Abstract
The segregation of many bacterial chromosomes is dependent on the interactions of ParB proteins with centromere-like DNA sequences called parS that are located close to the origin of replication. In this work, we have investigated the binding of Bacillus subtilis ParB to DNA in vitro using a variety of biochemical and biophysical techniques. We observe tight and specific binding of a ParB homodimer to the parS sequence. Binding of ParB to non-specific DNA is more complex and displays apparent positive co-operativity that is associated with the formation of larger, poorly defined, nucleoprotein complexes. Experiments with magnetic tweezers demonstrate that non-specific binding leads to DNA condensation that is reversible by protein unbinding or force. The condensed DNA structure is not well ordered and we infer that it is formed by many looping interactions between neighbouring DNA segments. Consistent with this view, ParB is also able to stabilize writhe in single supercoiled DNA molecules and to bridge segments from two different DNA molecules in trans. The experiments provide no evidence for the promotion of non-specific DNA binding and/or condensation events by the presence of parS sequences. The implications of these observations for chromosome segregation are discussed.
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