Relaxosome function and conjugation regulation in F-like plasmids - a structural biology perspective

ProQ Is an RNA Chaperone that Controls ProP Levels inEscherichia coli

(2011) Steven G. Chaulk et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

A PAS domain within F plasmid TraJ is critical for its function as a transcriptional activator

(2011) D. Arutyunov et al.   Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Architecture of the Helicobacter pylori Cag-type IV secretion system

(2011) Laurent Terradot et al.   FEBS Journal

Plasmid-mediated transfer of the blaNDM-1 gene in Gram-negative rods

(2011) Anaïs Potron et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Functional Characterization of the Multidomain F Plasmid TraI Relaxase-Helicase

(2011) Yuan Cheng et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

cis-Antisense RNA, Another Level of Gene Regulation in Bacteria

(2011) J. Georg et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

An activation domain of plasmid R1 TraI protein delineates stages of gene transfer initiation

(2011) Silvia Lang et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Mapping interactions between the RNA chaperone FinO and its RNA targets

(2011) David C. Arthur et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Structural basis of cooperative DNA recognition by the plasmid conjugation factor, TraM

(2011) Joyce J. W. Wong et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Structural insights into the dynamics and function of the C-terminus of the E. coli RNA chaperone Hfq

(2011) Mads Beich-Frandsen et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Structural basis for RNA 3′-end recognition by Hfq

(2011) Evelyn Sauer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

N. meningitidis1681 is a member of the FinO family of RNA chaperones

(2011) Steven G Chaulk et al.   RNA Biology

Horizontal Transfer, Not Duplication, Drives the Expansion of Protein Families in Prokaryotes

(2011) Todd J. Treangen et al.   PLoS Genetics

Horizontal gene transfer and the genomics of enterococcal antibiotic resistance

(2010) Kelli L Palmer et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

The F plasmid transfer activator TraJ is a dimeric helix-turn-helix DNA-binding protein

(2010) J. Manuel Rodriguez-Maillard et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Regulation of bacterial conjugation: balancing opportunity with adversity

(2010) Laura S Frost et al.   Future Microbiology

Regulation of Bacterial Conjugation in Microaerobiosis by Host-Encoded Functions ArcAB and SdhABCD

(2010) A. Serna et al.   GENETICS

Single-Stranded DNA Binding by F TraI Relaxase and Helicase Domains Is Coordinately Regulated

(2010) L. Dostal et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Crystal Structures of the Multidrug Binding Repressor Corynebacterium glutamicum CgmR in Complex with Inducers and with an Operator

(2010) Hiroshi Itou et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Molecular recognition determinants for type IV secretion of diverse families of conjugative relaxases

(2010) Silvia Lang et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Integrative and conjugative elements: mosaic mobile genetic elements enabling dynamic lateral gene flow

(2010) Rachel A. F. Wozniak et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The mechanism and control of DNA transfer by the conjugative relaxase of resistance plasmid pCU1

(2010) Rebekah Potts Nash et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Tracking F plasmid TraI relaxase processing reactions provides insight into F plasmid transfer

(2010) Lubomír Dostál et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

H-NS forms a superhelical protein scaffold for DNA condensation

(2010) S. T. Arold et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A novel family of plasmid-transferred anti-sense ncRNAs

(2010) Sven Findeiß et al.   RNA Biology

Plasmid-Mediated Quinolone Resistance: a Multifaceted Threat

(2009) J. Strahilevitz et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Plasmid R1 Conjugative DNA Processing Is Regulated at the Coupling Protein Interface

(2009) S. Mihajlovic et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Protein and DNA Effectors Control the TraI Conjugative Helicase of Plasmid R1

(2009) M. V. Sut et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Pathogenomics of the Virulence Plasmids of Escherichia coli

(2009) T. J. Johnson et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Biological Diversity of Prokaryotic Type IV Secretion Systems

(2009) C. E. Alvarez-Martinez et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Activation of the Cpx regulon destabilizes the F plasmid transfer activator, TraJ, via the HslVU protease inEscherichia coli

(2009) Isabella C. Lau-Wong et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial type IV secretion systems in human disease

(2009) Matxalen Llosa et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Agrobacterium tumefaciens VirC2 enhances T-DNA transfer and virulence through its C-terminal ribbon-helix-helix DNA-binding fold

(2009) J. Lu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structure of Escherichia coli Hfq bound to polyriboadenylate RNA

(2009) T. M. Link et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Changing the recognition site of a conjugative relaxase by rational design

(2008) Blanca González-Pérez et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Type IV secretion systems: tools of bacterial horizontal gene transfer and virulence

(2008) Mario Juhas et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Analysis of ColE1 MbeC Unveils an Extended Ribbon-Helix-Helix Family of Nicking Accessory Proteins

(2008) A. Varsaki et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Conjugal Transfer of the Salmonella enterica Virulence Plasmid in the Mouse Intestine

(2008) M. Garcia-Quintanilla et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A Novel Fold in the TraI Relaxase–Helicase C-Terminal Domain Is Essential for Conjugative DNA Transfer

(2008) Laura M. Guogas et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Structural basis of specific TraD-TraM recognition during F plasmid-mediated bacterial conjugation

(2008) Jun Lu et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

TraM protein of plasmid R1: In vitro selection of the target region reveals two consensus 7bp binding motifs spaced by a 4bp linker of defined sequence

(2007) Carsten Geist et al.   PLASMID