ArticlemBio2021
Mechanisms of Transforming DNA Uptake to the Periplasm of Bacillus subtilis.
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- Cell-to-Cell Natural Transformation Mediated Efficient Plasmid Transfer BetweenInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Molecular mechanisms and applications of natural transformation in bacteria.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Review
- Secreted nucleases reclaim extracellular DNA during biofilm development.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2024Article
- Contractile injection systems facilitate sporogenic differentiation of Streptomyces davawensis through the action of a phage tapemeasure protein-related effector.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Uptake of environmental DNA in Bacillus subtilis occurs all over the cell surface through a dynamic pilus structure.PLoS genetics · 2023Article
- Watching DNA uptake:Journal of bacteriology · 2023Article
- Visualizing dynamic competence pili and DNA capture throughout the long axis ofJournal of bacteriology · 2023Article
- A model industrial workhorse: Bacillus subtilis strain 168 and its genome after a quarter of a century.Microbial biotechnology · 2023Review
- Visualizing dynamic competence pili and DNA capture throughout the long axis ofbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- The RecA-directed recombination pathway of natural transformation initiates at chromosomal replication forks in the pneumococcus.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Structure-function studies reveal ComEA contains an oligomerization domain essential for transformation in gram-positive bacteria.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Single-Molecule Dynamics of DNA Receptor ComEA, Membrane Permease ComEC, and Taken-Up DNA in Competent Bacillus subtilis Cells.Journal of bacteriology · 2022Article
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Abstract
We demonstrate here that the acquisition of DNase resistance by transforming DNA, often assumed to indicate transport to the cytoplasm, reflects uptake to the periplasm, requiring a reevaluation of conclusions about the roles of several proteins in transformation. The new evidence suggests that the transformation pilus is needed for DNA binding to the cell surface near the cell poles and for the initiation of uptake. The cellular distribution of the membrane-anchored ComEA of Bacillus subtilis does not dramatically change during DNA uptake as does the unanchored ComEA of
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