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ArticleeLife2025

Membrane binding properties of the cytoskeletal protein bactofilin.

Ying Liu, Rajani Karmakar, Maria Billini, Wieland Steinchen, Saumyak Mukherjee, Rogelio Hernandez-Tamayo, Thomas Heimerl, Gert Bange, Lars V Schäfer, Martin Thanbichler

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Article in eLife, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Ying LiuDepartment of Biology, Marburg University, Marburg, Germany.
Rajani KarmakarTheoretical Chemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Maria BilliniDepartment of Biology, Marburg University, Marburg, Germany.
Wieland SteinchenDepartment of Chemistry, Marburg University, Marburg, Germany.
Saumyak MukherjeeTheoretical Chemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Rogelio Hernandez-TamayoMicrocosm Earth Center, Marburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4666-3929
Thomas HeimerlCenter for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO), Marburg, Germany.
Gert BangeDepartment of Chemistry, Marburg University, Marburg, Germany.
Lars V SchäferTheoretical Chemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Martin ThanbichlerDepartment of Biology, Marburg University, Marburg, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1303-1442

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 260989694Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 324652314Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 450420164 - TH 885/3-1Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft EXC 2033 - 390677874 - RESOLVMarie Sklodowska-Curie Actions 10.3030/801459Max-Planck-Gesellschaft Max Planck FellowshipMax-Planck-Gesellschaft Postdoctoral research grant from the Microcosm Earth CenterUniversity of Marburg Core funding
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bactofilins are a widespread family of cytoskeletal proteins that are essential for bacterial morphogenesis, chromosome organization, and motility. They assemble into non-polar filaments independently of nucleotides and typically associate with the cytoplasmic membrane. Their membrane interaction is thought to involve a short N-terminal peptide, but the underlying mechanism is unclear. Here, we clarify the complete membrane-targeting sequence (MTS) of the

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Bacterial ProteinsCaulobacter crescentusCell MembraneCytoskeletal ProteinsMolecular Dynamics SimulationProtein BindingBacterial ProteinsCytoskeletal Proteinsamphiphilic peptidebactofilinCcmAcytoskeletal proteininfectious diseasemembrane bindingmembrane-targeting sequencemicrobiologyprotein-membrane interaction

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PMID40970374
PMCPMC12448750

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