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Dynamic relocalization of MinD in Bacillus subtilis arises from membrane binding of monomers and dimers with membrane-triggered ATP hydrolysis, suggesting MinE-like activators are unnecessary for Min...

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Brandon Jutras, associate professor of microbiology-immunology at the Feinberg School of Medicine, has been studying Borrelia burgdorferi — the bacterium that causes Lyme disease — for over a decade. ...

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Title: Assistant Professor of Biochemistry - Protein Homeostasis Executive Area: Academic Affairs College/School/MBU: College of Natural Sciences Department: Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Work Locati...

Bacterial contractile injection systems (CIS) mediates cell-cell contacts, but the firing mechanism is unclear. Here, the authors employ a multimodal cryoEM approach and structure guided engineering t...

An immunity-like system functions as a lysis control hub to promote gene transfer agent particle release from host bacterial cells, suggesting that bacterial immune systems may be co-opted to promote ...

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PcdA interacts with DivIVA and FtsZ, promoting Z-ring formation and division plane selection in Staphylococcus aureus, which increases virulence in mice and reduces sensitivity to cell-wall-targeting ...

The chemical structure of the Borrelia burgdorferi cell wall may dictate the frequency and severity of Lyme arthritis, a finding that could have implications for future treatment, according to data pu...

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Author summary Many of the pathogenic mechanisms by which Borrelia burgdorferi causes disease involve cell envelope interactions with host components. To further elucidate the role of peptidoglycan in...

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A two-component system, DbfRS, regulates biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae. Here, Nguyen et al. identify a small periplasmic protein that controls the activity of the system’s receptor, and show th...

S protein interacts with and activates PBP1a during cell division, as part of a larger GpsB-associated multiprotein complex that coordinates peptidoglycan remodelling in Streptococcus pneumoniae.