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Nat Microbiol ; 9(4): 1049-1063, 2024 Apr.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38480900

RESUMEN

Bacterial cell division requires recruitment of peptidoglycan (PG) synthases to the division site by the tubulin homologue, FtsZ. Septal PG synthases promote septum growth. FtsZ treadmilling is proposed to drive the processive movement of septal PG synthases and septal constriction in some bacteria; however, the precise mechanisms spatio-temporally regulating PG synthase movement and activity and FtsZ treadmilling are poorly understood. Here using single-molecule imaging of division proteins in the Gram-positive pathogen Staphylococcus aureus, we showed that the septal PG synthase complex FtsW/PBP1 and its putative activator protein, DivIB, move with similar velocity around the division site. Impairing FtsZ treadmilling did not affect FtsW or DivIB velocities or septum constriction rates. Contrarily, PG synthesis inhibition decelerated or stopped directional movement of FtsW and DivIB, and septum constriction. Our findings suggest that a single population of processively moving FtsW/PBP1 associated with DivIB drives cell constriction independently of FtsZ treadmilling in S. aureus.


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Proteínas Bacterianas , Staphylococcus aureus , Staphylococcus aureus/metabolismo , Proteínas Bacterianas/genética , Proteínas Bacterianas/metabolismo , Proteínas del Citoesqueleto/genética , Proteínas del Citoesqueleto/metabolismo , Peptidoglicano/metabolismo , Constricción , Óxido Nítrico Sintasa/metabolismo
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Nat Microbiol ; 6(5): 553-562, 2021 05.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33737746

RESUMEN

Although many components of the cell division machinery in bacteria have been identified1,2, the mechanisms by which they work together to divide the cell remain poorly understood. Key among these components is the tubulin FtsZ, which forms a Z ring at the midcell. FtsZ recruits the other cell division proteins, collectively called the divisome, and the Z ring constricts as the cell divides. We applied live-cell single-molecule imaging to describe the dynamics of the divisome in detail, and to evaluate the individual roles of FtsZ-binding proteins (ZBPs), specifically FtsA and the ZBPs EzrA, SepF and ZapA, in cytokinesis. We show that the divisome comprises two subcomplexes that move differently: stationary ZBPs that transiently bind to treadmilling FtsZ filaments, and a moving complex that includes cell wall synthases. Our imaging analyses reveal that ZBPs bundle FtsZ filaments together and condense them into Z rings, and that this condensation is necessary for cytokinesis.


Asunto(s)
Bacillus subtilis/citología , Bacillus subtilis/metabolismo , Proteínas Bacterianas/química , Proteínas Bacterianas/metabolismo , Citocinesis , Proteínas del Citoesqueleto/química , Proteínas del Citoesqueleto/metabolismo , Bacillus subtilis/química , Bacillus subtilis/genética , Proteínas Bacterianas/genética , Proteínas del Citoesqueleto/genética , Unión Proteica , Imagen Individual de Molécula
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Elife ; 72018 02 22.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29469806

RESUMEN

MreB is essential for rod shape in many bacteria. Membrane-associated MreB filaments move around the rod circumference, helping to insert cell wall in the radial direction to reinforce rod shape. To understand how oriented MreB motion arises, we altered the shape of Bacillus subtilis. MreB motion is isotropic in round cells, and orientation is restored when rod shape is externally imposed. Stationary filaments orient within protoplasts, and purified MreB tubulates liposomes in vitro, orienting within tubes. Together, this demonstrates MreB orients along the greatest principal membrane curvature, a conclusion supported with biophysical modeling. We observed that spherical cells regenerate into rods in a local, self-reinforcing manner: rapidly propagating rods emerge from small bulges, exhibiting oriented MreB motion. We propose that the coupling of MreB filament alignment to shape-reinforcing peptidoglycan synthesis creates a locally-acting, self-organizing mechanism allowing the rapid establishment and stable maintenance of emergent rod shape.


Asunto(s)
Bacillus subtilis/citología , Bacillus subtilis/metabolismo , Proteínas Bacterianas/metabolismo , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Pared Celular/metabolismo , Peptidoglicano/metabolismo , Transporte de Proteínas
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