Xer Site Specific Recombination: Double and Single Recombinase Systems

Cre Recombinase and Other Tyrosine Recombinases

(2016) Gretchen Meinke et al.   CHEMICAL REVIEWS

Single-strand gap repair involves both RecF and RecBCD pathways

(2016) Vincent Pagès   CURRENT GENETICS

The conserved molecular machinery in DNA mismatch repair enzyme structures

(2016) Flora S. Groothuizen et al.   DNA REPAIR

Crystal structure ofThermoplasma acidophilumXerA recombinase shows large C-shape clamp conformation andcis-cleavage mode for nucleophilic tyrosine

(2016) Chang Hwa Jo et al.   FEBS LETTERS

S taphylococcus aureus requires at least one FtsK/SpoIIIE protein for correct chromosome segregation

(2016) Helena Veiga et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Missense Mutations Allow a Sequence-Blind Mutant of SpoIIIE to Successfully Translocate Chromosomes during Sporulation

(2016) Baundauna Bose et al.   PLoS One

How Xer-exploiting mobile elements overcome cellular control

(2016) Caroline Midonet et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

FtsK translocation permits discrimination between an endogenous and an imported Xer/difrecombination complex

(2016) Florian Fournes et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Activation of Xer-recombination at dif: structural basis of the FtsKγ–XerD interaction

(2016) Andrew N. Keller et al.   Scientific Reports

RecG Directs DNA Synthesis during Double-Strand Break Repair

(2016) Benura Azeroglu et al.   PLoS Genetics

Structural snapshots of Xer recombination reveal activation by synaptic complex remodeling and DNA bending

(2016) Aleksandra Bebel et al.   eLife

A checkpoint control orchestrates the replication of the two chromosomes of Vibrio cholerae

(2016) M.-E. Val et al.   Science Advances

Characterization of a Novel Putative Xer-Dependent Integrative Mobile Element Carrying theblaNMC-ACarbapenemase Gene, Inserted into the Chromosome of Members of the Enterobacter cloacae Complex

(2015) Alberto Antonelli et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Replisome speed determines the efficiency of the Tus−Ter replication termination barrier

(2015) Mohamed M. Elshenawy et al.   NATURE

The BER necessities: the repair of DNA damage in human-adapted bacterial pathogens

(2015) Stijn van der Veen et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Bacterial global regulators DksA/ppGpp increase fidelity of transcription

(2015) Mohammad Roghanian et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Two mechanisms coordinate replication termination by theEscherichia coliTus–Tercomplex

(2015) Manjula Pandey et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Assembly, translocation, and activation of XerCD-difrecombination by FtsK translocase analyzed in real-time by FRET and two-color tethered fluorophore motion

(2015) Peter F. J. May et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

RecFOR Is Not Required for Pneumococcal Transformation but Together with XerS for Resolution of Chromosome Dimers Frequently Formed in the Process

(2015) Calum Johnston et al.   PLoS Genetics

End of the Beginning: Elongation and Termination Features of Alternative Modes of Chromosomal Replication Initiation in Bacteria

(2015) Jayaraman Gowrishankar   PLoS Genetics

Visualization and functional dissection of coaxial paired SpoIIIE channels across the sporulation septum

(2015) Jae Yen Shin et al.   eLife

Mechanism and structure of the bacterial type IV secretion systems

(2014) Peter J. Christie et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Site-directed Fluorescence Labeling Reveals a Revised N-terminal Membrane Topology and Functional Periplasmic Residues in theEscherichia coliCell Division Protein FtsK

(2014) Alison M. Berezuk et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Accessory Replicative Helicases and the Replication of Protein-Bound DNA

(2014) Jan-Gert Brüning et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Single-Molecule Imaging of FtsK Translocation Reveals Mechanistic Features of Protein-Protein Collisions on DNA

(2014) Ja Yil Lee et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Do the same traffic rules apply? Directional chromosome segregation by SpoIIIE and FtsK

(2014) Marina Besprozvannaya et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Repair on the Go: E. coli Maintains a High Proliferation Rate while Repairing a Chronic DNA Double-Strand Break

(2014) Elise Darmon et al.   PLoS One

XerD-mediated FtsK-independent integration of TLCϕ into theVibrio choleraegenome

(2014) Caroline Midonet et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Differential Management of the Replication Terminus Regions of the Two Vibrio cholerae Chromosomes during Cell Division

(2014) Gaëlle Demarre et al.   PLoS Genetics

Mechanistic insights into filamentous phage integration in Vibrio cholerae

(2014) Bhabatosh Das   Frontiers in Microbiology

The topology of plasmid-monomerizing Xer site-specific recombination

(2013) Sean D. Colloms   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Plasmid dimerization increases the production of hepatitis B core particles in E. coli

(2013) Ieva Berza et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING

SpoIIIE Protein Achieves Directional DNA Translocation through Allosteric Regulation of ATPase Activity by an Accessory Domain

(2013) Marina Besprozvannaya et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Xer/dif site-specific recombination system of Campylobacter jejuni

(2013) Maxime Leroux et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Organization and segregation of bacterial chromosomes

(2013) Xindan Wang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

TPM analyses reveal that FtsK contributes both to the assembly and the activation of the XerCD-dif recombination synapse

(2013) Cheikh Tidiane Diagne et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Structure and DNA-binding properties of the Bacillus subtilis SpoIIIE DNA translocase revealed by single-molecule and electron microscopies

(2013) Diego I. Cattoni et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The Carboxy-Terminal αN Helix of the Archaeal XerA Tyrosine Recombinase Is a Molecular Switch to Control Site-Specific Recombination

(2013) Marie-Claude Serre et al.   PLoS One

Conformational transitions during FtsK translocase activation of individual XerCD-dif recombination complexes

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

The N-Terminal Membrane-Spanning Domain of the Escherichia coli DNA Translocase FtsK Hexamerizes at Midcell

(2013) P. Bisicchia et al.   mBio

Prokaryotic Nucleotide Excision Repair

(2013) C. Kisker et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Rescuing Stalled or Damaged Replication Forks

(2013) J. T. P. Yeeles et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Recruitment, Assembly, and Molecular Architecture of the SpoIIIE DNA Pump Revealed by Superresolution Microscopy

(2013) Jean-Bernard Fiche et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Chromosome Replication and Segregation in Bacteria

(2012) Rodrigo Reyes-Lamothe et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Chromosome dynamics in multichromosome bacteria

(2012) Jyoti K. Jha et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

On the molecular mechanism of GC content variation among eubacterial genomes

(2012) Hao Wu et al.   Biology Direct

Holliday junction affinity of the base excision repair factor Endo III contributes to cholera toxin phage integration

(2012) Julien Bischerour et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

DNA Repair and Genome Maintenance in Bacillus subtilis

(2012) J. S. Lenhart et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Replication–transcription conflicts in bacteria

(2012) Houra Merrikh et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Co-evolution of segregation guide DNA motifs and the FtsK translocase in bacteria: identification of the atypical Lactococcus lactis KOPS motif

(2012) Sophie Nolivos et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Xer Recombinase and Genome Integrity in Helicobacter pylori, a Pathogen without Topoisomerase IV

(2012) Aleksandra W. Debowski et al.   PLoS One

Single-molecule imaging of DNA curtains reveals mechanisms of KOPS sequence targeting by the DNA translocase FtsK

(2012) J. Y. Lee et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Integrative mobile elements exploiting Xer recombination

(2012) Bhabatosh Das et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Phage-bacterial interactions in the evolution of toxigenicVibrio cholerae

(2012) Shah M. Faruque et al.   Virulence

Site-specific recombinases as tools for heterologous gene integration

(2011) Nobutaka Hirano et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Comprehensive prediction of chromosome dimer resolution sites in bacterial genomes

(2011) Nobuaki Kono et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Players between the worlds: multifunctional DNA translocases

(2011) Christine Kaimer et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of the Streptococcus suis XerS recombinase and its unconventional cleavage of the difSL site

(2011) Maxime Leroux et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Prevalence and Significance of Plasmid Maintenance Functions in the Virulence Plasmids of Pathogenic Bacteria

(2011) Manjistha Sengupta et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Two DNA Translocases Synergistically Affect Chromosome Dimer Resolution in Bacillus subtilis

(2011) C. Kaimer et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Multicopy plasmid stability: Revisiting the dimer catastrophe

(2011) C.M. Field et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Activation of XerCD-dif recombination by the FtsK DNA translocase

(2011) I. Grainge et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Vibrio chromosomes share common history

(2010) Benjamin C Kirkup et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

The Transcription Factor DksA Prevents Conflicts between DNA Replication and Transcription Machinery

(2010) Ashley K. Tehranchi et al.   CELL

What happens when replication and transcription complexes collide?

(2010) Richard T. Pomerantz et al.   CELL CYCLE

FtsK DNA Translocase: The Fast Motor That Knows Where It's Going

(2010) Estelle Crozat et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

The processing of double-stranded DNA breaks for recombinational repair by helicase–nuclease complexes

(2010) Joseph T.P. Yeeles et al.   DNA REPAIR

Escherichia coliArgR mutants defective incer/Xer recombination, but not in DNA binding

(2010) Hélène Sénéchal et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Promoting and Avoiding Recombination: Contrasting Activities of the Escherichia coli RuvABC Holliday Junction Resolvase and RecG DNA Translocase

(2010) J. Zhang et al.   GENETICS

XerCD-Mediated Site-Specific Recombination Leads to Loss of the 57-Kilobase Gonococcal Genetic Island

(2010) N. M. Dominguez et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Serine recombinases as tools for genome engineering

(2010) William R.A. Brown et al.   METHODS

Multiple regions along the Escherichia coli FtsK protein are implicated in cell division

(2010) Nelly Dubarry et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Satellite phage TLCφ enables toxigenic conversion by CTX phage through dif site alteration

(2010) Faizule Hassan et al.   NATURE

Control of directionality in the DNA strand-exchange reaction catalysed by the tyrosine recombinase TnpI

(2010) Virginie Vanhooff et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Are two better than one? Analysis of an FtsK/Xer recombination system that uses a single recombinase

(2010) Sophie Nolivos et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Sequence-specific assembly of FtsK hexamers establishes directional translocation on DNA

(2010) J. E. Graham et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Introducing the bacterial ‘chromid’: not a chromosome, not a plasmid

(2010) Peter W. Harrison et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Evidence for a Xer/dif System for Chromosome Resolution in Archaea

(2010) Diego Cortez et al.   PLoS Genetics

Reconstitution of initial steps of dsDNA break repair by the RecF pathway of E. coli

(2009) N. Handa et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Challenging a Paradigm: the Role of DNA Homology in Tyrosine Recombinase Reactions

(2009) L. Rajeev et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

The role of FIS in the Rcd checkpoint and stable maintenance of plasmid ColE1

(2009) I. K. Blaby et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

TheBacillus subtilisSftA (YtpS) and SpoIIIE DNA translocases play distinct roles in growing cells to ensure faithful chromosome partitioning

(2009) Steven J. Biller et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

SpoIIIE and a novel type of DNA translocase, SftA, couple chromosome segregation with cell division inBacillus subtilis

(2009) Christine Kaimer et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

It takes two DNA translocases to untangle chromosomes from the division septum

(2009) Ling Juan Wu   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

FtsK translocation on DNA stops at XerCD-dif

(2009) James E. Graham et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The dif/Xer Recombination Systems in Proteobacteria

(2009) Christophe Carnoy et al.   PLoS One

A comparison of homologous recombination rates in bacteria and archaea

(2008) Michiel Vos et al.   ISME Journal

Molecular Mechanism of Sequence-Directed DNA Loading and Translocation by FtsK

(2008) Jan Löwe et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Mechanism of homologous recombination from the RecA–ssDNA/dsDNA structures

(2008) Zhucheng Chen et al.   NATURE

FtsK-Dependent Dimer Resolution on Multiple Chromosomes in the Pathogen Vibrio cholerae

(2008) Marie-Eve Val et al.   PLoS Genetics