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ArticleMolecular microbiology2023

Arginine methylation sites on SepIVA help balance elongation and septation in Mycobacterium smegmatis.

Angela H Freeman, Karen Tembiwa, James R Brenner, Michael R Chase, Sarah M Fortune, Yasu S Morita, Cara C Boutte

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Article in Molecular microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Angela H FreemanDepartment of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA.
Karen TembiwaDepartment of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA.
James R BrennerDepartment of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
Michael R ChaseDepartment of Immunology and Infectious Disease, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Sarah M FortuneDepartment of Immunology and Infectious Disease, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Yasu S MoritaDepartment of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.
Cara C BoutteDepartment of Biology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7645-6221
The University of Texas at Arlington · USMassachusetts Department of Public Health · USUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst · US

Funding

Surviving evolution: Short-term adaptations for fitnessP01AI143575 · NIAID · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI SABINE EHRT · 2020 to 2026
$18.2M
Environmental regulation of cell growth and division in mycobacteriaR15GM131317 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ARLINGTON · PI BOUTTE, CARA CHENEY · 2018 to 2018
$444k
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI143575NIGMS NIH HHS R15 GM131317
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The growth of mycobacterial cells requires successful coordination between elongation and septation. However, it is not clear which factors mediate this coordination. Here, we studied the function and post-translational modification of an essential division factor, SepIVA, in Mycobacterium smegmatis. We find that SepIVA is arginine methylated, and that alteration of its methylation sites affects both septation and polar elongation of Msmeg. Furthermore, we show that SepIVA regulates the localization of MurG and that this regulation may impact polar elongation. Finally, we map SepIVA's two regulatory functions to different ends of the protein: the N-terminus regulates elongation while the C-terminus regulates division. These results establish SepIVA as a regulator of both elongation and division and characterize a physiological role for protein arginine methylation sites for the first time in mycobacteria.

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Bacterial ProteinsMycobacterium smegmatisCell DivisionCytokinesisMethylationBacterial Proteinscell wallMycobacteriapeptidoglycanpolar elongationpost-translationalregulation

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PMID36416406
PMCPMC10023300
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