ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2015
An evolutionary link between capsular biogenesis and surface motility in bacteria.
Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Decoupling Filamentous Phage Uptake and Energy of the TolQRA Motor in Escherichia coli.Journal of bacteriology · 2020Article
- Tree of motility - A proposed history of motility systems in the tree of life.Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms · 2020Review
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- Highly Signal-Responsive Gene Regulatory Network Governing Myxococcus Development.Trends in genetics : TIG · 2017Review
- Myxobacteria: Moving, Killing, Feeding, and Surviving Together.Frontiers in microbiology · 2016Review
- Evolution and Design Governing Signal Precision and Amplification in a Bacterial Chemosensory Pathway.PLoS genetics · 2015Article
- Contact- and Protein Transfer-Dependent Stimulation of Assembly of the Gliding Motility Machinery in Myxococcus xanthus.PLoS genetics · 2015Article
- Genome sequence of Lysobacter dokdonensis DS-58(T), a gliding bacterium isolated from soil in Dokdo, Korea.Standards in genomic sciences · 2015Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Studying the evolution of macromolecular assemblies is important to improve our understanding of how complex cellular structures evolved, and to identify the functional building blocks that are involved. Recent studies suggest that the macromolecular complexes that are involved in two distinct processes in Myxococcus xanthus - surface motility and sporulation - are derived from an ancestral polysaccharide capsule assembly system. In this Opinion article, we argue that the available data suggest that the motility machinery evolved from this capsule assembly system following a gene duplication event, a change in carbohydrate polymer specificity and the acquisition of additional proteins by the motility complex, all of which are key features that distinguish the motility and sporulation systems. Furthermore, the presence of intermediates of these systems in bacterial genomes suggests a testable evolutionary model for their emergence and spread.
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