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ArticleDevelopmental cell2021

Activation of a signaling pathway by the physical translocation of a chromosome.

Mathilde Guzzo, Allen G Sanderlin, Lennice K Castro, Michael T Laub

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Article in Developmental cell, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 16 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mathilde GuzzoDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Allen G SanderlinDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Lennice K CastroDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Michael T LaubDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: laub@mit.edu.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Cell Cycle Regulation in Caulobacter CrescentusR01GM082899 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LAUB, MICHAEL · 2008 to 2020
$3.8M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM082899
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In every organism, the cell cycle requires the execution of multiple processes in a strictly defined order. However, the mechanisms used to ensure such order remain poorly understood, particularly in bacteria. Here, we show that the activation of the essential CtrA signaling pathway that triggers cell division in Caulobacter crescentus is intrinsically coupled to the initiation of DNA replication via the physical translocation of a newly replicated chromosome, powered by the ParABS system. We demonstrate that ParA accumulation at the new cell pole during chromosome segregation recruits ChpT, an intermediate component of the CtrA signaling pathway. ChpT is normally restricted from accessing the selective PopZ polar microdomain until the new chromosome and ParA arrive. Consequently, any disruption to DNA replication initiation prevents ChpT polarization and, in turn, cell division. Collectively, our findings reveal how major cell-cycle events are coordinated in Caulobacter and, importantly, how chromosome translocation triggers an essential signaling pathway.

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Bacterial ProteinsCaulobacter crescentusCell CycleCell DivisionChromosomesChromosome SegregationDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA ReplicationProtein TransportSignal TransductionTranscription FactorsTranslocation, GeneticBacterial ProteinsCtrA protein, CaulobacterDNA-Binding ProteinsTranscription Factorsbacteriacell cyclecell polaritychromosome segregationsignal transduction

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PMID34242584
PMCPMC8355130
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