Structural Determinants and Their Role in Cyanobacterial Morphogenesis

A novel septal protein of multicellular heterocystous cyanobacteria is associated with the divisome

(2020) Benjamin L. Springstein et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Identification and characterization of novel filament-forming proteins in cyanobacteria

(2020) Benjamin L. Springstein et al.   Scientific Reports

Cyanobacterial multi-copy chromosomes and their replication

(2020) Satoru Watanabe   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Regulation of peptidoglycan synthesis and remodelling

(2020) Alexander J. F. Egan et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Interactions of PatA with the Divisome during Heterocyst Differentiation in Anabaena

(2020) Ana Valladares et al.   mSphere

Two novel heteropolymer‐forming proteins maintain the multicellular shape of the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

(2020) Benjamin L. Springstein et al.   FEBS Journal

Centre-Finding in E. coli and the Role of Mathematical Modelling: Past, Present and Future

(2019) Seán M. Murray et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

ZipN is an essential FtsZ membrane tether and contributes to the septal localization of SepJ in the filamentous cyanobacterium Anabaena

(2019) Sergio Camargo et al.   Scientific Reports

A nanopore array in the septal peptidoglycan hosts gated septal junctions for cell-cell communication in multicellular cyanobacteria

(2019) Ann-Katrin Kieninger et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Apical assemblies of intermediate filament‐like protein FilP are highly dynamic and affect polar growth determinant DivIVA in Streptomyces venezuelae

(2019) Markus J. Fröjd et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Structure and Function of a Bacterial Gap Junction Analog

(2019) Gregor L. Weiss et al.   CELL

Chromatic Acclimation in Cyanobacteria: A Diverse and Widespread Process for Optimizing Photosynthesis

(2019) Joseph E. Sanfilippo et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Assembly properties of the bacterial tubulin homolog FtsZ from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

(2019) Na Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The evolution of spherical cell shape; progress and perspective

(2019) Paul Richard Jesena Yulo et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

ParA-like protein influences the distribution of multi-copy chromosomes in cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942

(2018) Satoru Watanabe et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

LytM factor Alr3353 affects filament morphology and cell-cell communication in the multicellular cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

(2018) Jan Bornikoel et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Prokaryotic cytoskeletons: protein filaments organizing small cells

(2018) James Wagstaff et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Living off the Sun: chlorophylls, bacteriochlorophylls and rhodopsins

(2018) A. W. D. Larkum et al.   PHOTOSYNTHETICA

The Molecular Basis of Noncanonical Bacterial Morphology

(2018) Paul D. Caccamo et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Robust workflow and instrumentation for cryo-focused ion beam milling of samples for electron cryotomography

(2018) João M. Medeiros et al.   ULTRAMICROSCOPY

Diversity of Growth Patterns Probed in Live Cyanobacterial Cells Using a Fluorescent Analog of a Peptidoglycan Precursor

(2018) Ju-Yuan Zhang et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Roles for ClpXP in regulating the circadian clock inSynechococcus elongatus

(2018) Susan E. Cohen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Diverse light responses of cyanobacteria mediated by phytochrome superfamily photoreceptors

(2018) Lisa B. Wiltbank et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Protein gradients on the nucleoid position the carbon-fixing organelles of cyanobacteria

(2018) Joshua S MacCready et al.   eLife

FtsZ of Filamentous, Heterocyst-Forming Cyanobacteria Has a Conserved N-Terminal Peptide Required for Normal FtsZ Polymerization and Cell Division

(2018) Laura Corrales-Guerrero et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Min Oscillator Defines Sites of Asymmetric Cell Division in Cyanobacteria during Stress Recovery

(2018) Yi Liao et al.   Cell Systems

Dynamic localization of HmpF regulates type IV pilus activity and directional motility in the filamentous cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme

(2017) Ye Won Cho et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Assembly and activation of the Escherichia coli divisome

(2017) Shishen Du et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A Novel Mechanism, Linked to Cell Density, Largely Controls Cell Division inSynechocystis

(2017) Alberto A. Esteves-Ferreira et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The Molecular Machinery of Chloroplast Division

(2017) Cheng Chen et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

An amidase is required for proper intercellular communication in the filamentous cyanobacteriumAnabaenasp. PCC 7120

(2017) Zhenggao Zheng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Full color palette of fluorescent d-amino acids for in situ labeling of bacterial cell walls

(2017) Yen-Pang Hsu et al.   Chemical Science

Three-Dimensional Superresolution Imaging of the FtsZ Ring during Cell Division of the Cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus

(2017) Riyue Liu et al.   mBio

Cyanobacteria Maintain Constant Protein Concentration despite Genome Copy-Number Variation

(2017) Xiao-yu Zheng et al.   Cell Reports

Determinants of Bacterial Morphology: From Fundamentals to Possibilities for Antimicrobial Targeting

(2017) Muriel C. F. van Teeseling et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Chemotaxis without Conventional Two-Component System, Based on Cell Polarity and Aerobic Conditions in Helicity-Switching Swimming of Spiroplasma eriocheiris

(2017) Peng Liu et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Mutation of themurCandmurBGenes Impairs Heterocyst Differentiation in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120

(2016) Patrick Videau et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Robust Min-system oscillation in the presence of internal photosynthetic membranes in cyanobacteria

(2016) Joshua S. MacCready et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Overexpression of SepJ alters septal morphology and heterocyst pattern regulated by diffusible signals in Anabaena

(2016) Vicente Mariscal et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Intermediate Filaments: Structure and Assembly

(2016) Harald Herrmann et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Greening of the Earth and its drivers

(2016) Zaichun Zhu et al.   Nature Climate Change

CyDiv, a Conserved and Novel Filamentous Cyanobacterial Cell Division Protein Involved in Septum Localization

(2016) Dinka Mandakovic et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Production of Reactive Oxygen Species by Photosystem II as a Response to Light and Temperature Stress

(2016) Pavel Pospíšil   Frontiers in Plant Science

Cytoskeletal crosstalk: when three different personalities team up

(2015) Florian Huber et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

Intermediate filament mechanics in vitro and in the cell: from coiled coils to filaments, fibers and networks

(2015) Sarah Köster et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CELL BIOLOGY

The Role of Cytoskeletal Elements in Shaping Bacterial Cells

(2015) Hongbaek Cho   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Divisome-dependent subcellular localization of cell-cell joining protein SepJ in the filamentous cyanobacteriumAnabaena

(2015) Félix Ramos-León et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Evidence that a modified type IV pilus-like system powers gliding motility and polysaccharide secretion in filamentous cyanobacteria

(2015) Behzad Khayatan et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Nostopeptolide plays a governing role during cellular differentiation of the symbiotic cyanobacteriumNostoc punctiforme

(2015) Anton Liaimer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Intercellular Diffusion of a Fluorescent Sucrose Analog via the Septal Junctions in a Filamentous Cyanobacterium

(2015) Dennis J. Nürnberg et al.   mBio

The Peptidoglycan-Binding Protein SjcF1 Influences Septal Junction Function and Channel Formation in the Filamentous Cyanobacterium Anabaena

(2015) Mareike Rudolf et al.   mBio

Cell Envelope Components Influencing Filament Length in the Heterocyst-Forming Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120

(2014) M. Burnat et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

MorphogenesbolAandmreBmediate the photoregulation of cellular morphology during complementary chromatic acclimation inFremyella diplosiphon

(2014) Shailendra P. Singh et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Branching and intercellular communication in the Section V cyanobacteriumMastigocladus laminosus, a complex multicellular prokaryote

(2014) Dennis J. Nürnberg et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial solutions to multicellularity: a tale of biofilms, filaments and fruiting bodies

(2014) Dennis Claessen et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Escherichia coli Peptidoglycan Structure and Mechanics as Predicted by Atomic-Scale Simulations

(2014) James C. Gumbart et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

FtsZ-less prokaryotic cell division as well as FtsZ- and dynamin-less chloroplast and non-photosynthetic plastid division

(2014) Shin-ya Miyagishima et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Nucleotide-independent cytoskeletal scaffolds in bacteria

(2013) Lin Lin et al.   Cytoskeleton

Direct interaction of FtsZ and MreB is required for septum synthesis and cell division in Escherichia coli

(2013) Andrew K Fenton et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

An expanded view of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton

(2013) James B. Moseley   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

The bacterial cell division proteins FtsA and FtsZ self-organize into dynamic cytoskeletal patterns

(2013) Martin Loose et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

How to get (a)round: mechanisms controlling growth and division of coccoid bacteria

(2013) Mariana G. Pinho et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Carbon Availability Affects Diurnally Controlled Processes and Cell Morphology of Cyanothece 51142

(2013) Jana Stöckel et al.   PLoS One

Improving the coverage of the cyanobacterial phylum using diversity-driven genome sequencing

(2013) P. M. Shih et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Structural and genetic analyses reveal the protein SepF as a new membrane anchor for the Z ring

(2013) R. Duman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Coiled-coil protein Scy is a key component of a multiprotein assembly controlling polarized growth in Streptomyces

(2013) N. A. Holmes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The pleiotropic effects of ftn2 and ftn6 mutations in cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942

(2013) O. A. Gorelova et al.   PROTOPLASMA

Transformation and Conjugal Transfer of Foreign Genes into the Filamentous Multicellular Cyanobacteria (Subsection V) Fischerella and Chlorogloeopsis

(2012) Karina Stucken et al.   CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY

FtsA forms actin-like protofilaments

(2012) Piotr Szwedziak et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

FurA is the master regulator of iron homeostasis and modulates the expression of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis genes inAnabaenasp. PCC 7120

(2012) Andrés González et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Genomes of Stigonematalean Cyanobacteria (Subsection V) and the Evolution of Oxygenic Photosynthesis from Prokaryotes to Plastids

(2012) Tal Dagan et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Cell Wall Amidase AmiC1 Is Required for Cellular Communication and Heterocyst Development in the Cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120 but Not for Filament Integrity

(2012) S. Berendt et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Type VI secretion requires a dynamic contractile phage tail-like structure

(2012) M. Basler et al.   NATURE

On the Mysterious Propulsion of Synechococcus

(2012) Kurt Ehlers et al.   PLoS One

Spatial and Temporal Organization of Chromosome Duplication and Segregation in the Cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942

(2012) Anna H. Chen et al.   PLoS One

Spatial ordering of chromosomes enhances the fidelity of chromosome partitioning in cyanobacteria

(2012) I. H. Jain et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The origin of multicellularity in cyanobacteria

(2011) Bettina E Schirrmeister et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Directional RNA deep sequencing sheds new light on the transcriptional response of Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 to combined-nitrogen deprivation

(2011) Britt L Flaherty et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Nutrient-associated elongation and asymmetric division of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC 7942

(2011) Hagit Goclaw-Binder et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Helicobacter pyloriPossesses Four Coiled-Coil-Rich Proteins That Form Extended Filamentous Structures and Control Cell Shape and Motility

(2011) M. Specht et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Physiological Roles of the cyAbrB Transcriptional Regulator Pair Sll0822 and Sll0359 in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803

(2011) Y. Yamauchi et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The evolution of the cytoskeleton

(2011) Bill Wickstead et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

FtsZ degradation in the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

(2011) Fernando Lopes Pinto et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

The morphogene AmiC2 is pivotal for multicellular development in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme

(2011) Josef Lehner et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

From the regulation of peptidoglycan synthesis to bacterial growth and morphology

(2011) Athanasios Typas et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The Plasma Membrane of the CyanobacteriumGloeobacter violaceusContains Segregated Bioenergetic Domains

(2011) Sascha Rexroth et al.   PLANT CELL

The bacterial actin MreB rotates, and rotation depends on cell-wall assembly

(2011) S. van Teeffelen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dynamics of transcriptional start site selection during nitrogen stress-induced cell differentiation in Anabaena sp. PCC7120

(2011) J. Mitschke et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

An experimentally anchored map of transcriptional start sites in the model cyanobacteriumSynechocystissp. PCC6803

(2011) Jan Mitschke et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Processive Movement of MreB-Associated Cell Wall Biosynthetic Complexes in Bacteria

(2011) J. Dominguez-Escobar et al.   SCIENCE

Coupled, Circumferential Motions of the Cell Wall Synthesis Machinery and MreB Filaments in B. subtilis

(2011) E. C. Garner et al.   SCIENCE

Determining cell shape: adaptive regulation of cyanobacterial cellular differentiation and morphology

(2011) Shailendra P. Singh et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

CalA, a cyAbrB protein, binds to the upstream region of ftsZ and is down-regulated in heterocysts in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120

(2010) Dongli He et al.   ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY

The YlmG protein has a conserved function related to the distribution of nucleoids in chloroplasts and cyanobacteria

(2010) Yukihiro Kabeya et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Elevated ATPase Activity of KaiC Applies a Circadian Checkpoint on Cell Division in Synechococcus elongatus

(2010) Guogang Dong et al.   CELL

Peptidoglycan Crosslinking Relaxation Promotes Helicobacter pylori's Helical Shape and Stomach Colonization

(2010) Laura K. Sycuro et al.   CELL

Phosphorylation of a Novel Cytoskeletal Protein (RsmP) Regulates Rod-shaped Morphology inCorynebacterium glutamicum

(2010) Maria Fiuza et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

FtsZ in Bacterial Cytokinesis: Cytoskeleton and Force Generator All in One

(2010) H. P. Erickson et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Fra proteins influencing filament integrity, diazotrophy and localization of septal protein SepJ in the heterocyst-forming cyanobacteriumAnabaenasp.

(2010) Victoria Merino-Puerto et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Overexpression of FurA in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 Reveals New Targets for This Regulator Involved in Photosynthesis, Iron Uptake and Cellular Morphology

(2010) Andrés González et al.   PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Multiple Roles of Soluble Sugars in the Establishment of Gunnera-Nostoc Endosymbiosis

(2010) H. J. Khamar et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Spatially Ordered Dynamics of the Bacterial Carbon Fixation Machinery

(2010) D. F. Savage et al.   SCIENCE

Loss of topological relationships in a Pleurocapsalean cyanobacterium (Chroococcidiopsis sp.) with partially inactivatedftsZ

(2009) Daniela Billi   ANNALS OF MICROBIOLOGY

Curved FtsZ protofilaments generate bending forces on liposome membranes

(2009) Masaki Osawa et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Bactofilins, a ubiquitous class of cytoskeletal proteins mediating polar localization of a cell wall synthase in Caulobacter crescentus

(2009) Juliane Kühn et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Temporal separation of cell division and diazotrophy in the marine diazotrophic cyanobacteriumTrichodesmium erythraeumIMS101

(2009) Gustaf Sandh et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Characterization of the FtsZ-Interacting Septal Proteins SepF and Ftn6 in the Spherical-Celled Cyanobacterium Synechocystis Strain PCC 6803

(2009) M. Marbouty et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Characterization of the Synechocystis Strain PCC 6803 Penicillin-Binding Proteins and Cytokinetic Proteins FtsQ and FtsW and Their Network of Interactions with ZipN

(2009) M. Marbouty et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Ecological Genomics of Marine Picocyanobacteria

(2009) D. J. Scanlan et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

ZipN, an FtsA-like orchestrator of divisome assembly in the model cyanobacteriumSynechocystisPCC6803

(2009) Martial Marbouty et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Compartmentalized function through cell differentiation in filamentous cyanobacteria

(2009) Enrique Flores et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The cyanobacterial cell division factor Ftn6 contains an N-terminal DnaD-like domain

(2009) Martial Marbouty et al.   BMC STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

A Novel System of Cytoskeletal Elements in the Human Pathogen Helicobacter pylori

(2009) Barbara Waidner et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Photoregulation of Cellular Morphology during Complementary Chromatic Adaptation Requires Sensor-Kinase-Class Protein RcaE in Fremyella diplosiphon

(2008) J. R. Bordowitz et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

DNA Microarray Comparisons of Plant Factor- and Nitrogen Deprivation-Induced Hormogonia Reveal Decision-Making Transcriptional Regulation Patterns in Nostoc punctiforme

(2008) E. L. Campbell et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

SepF Increases the Assembly and Bundling of FtsZ Polymers and Stabilizes FtsZ Protofilaments by Binding along Its Length

(2008) Jay Kumar Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Reconstitution of Contractile FtsZ Rings in Liposomes

(2008) M. Osawa et al.   SCIENCE