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Editorial
. 2023 Dec 13:12:e93719.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.93719.

Getting bacterial cells into shape

Mrinmayee Bapat  1 , Vani Pande  1 , Pananghat Gayathri  1
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Editorial

Getting bacterial cells into shape

Mrinmayee Bapat et al. Elife. .

Abstract

The conformational state of a structural protein in bacteria can vary, depending on the concentration level of potassium ions or the nucleotide bound to it.

Keywords: ATPase; Geobacillus stearothermophilus; actin-like MreB; biochemistry; chemical biology; crystal structure; electron microscopy; polymerization.

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Conflict of interest statement

MB, VP, PG No competing interests declared

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Mechanisms to shape bacterial cells.
(A) In the absence of the protein MreB, cell-like structures called liposomes are spherical. (B) In the presence of ATP (blue circles) but not ADP or AMPPNP (red and orange circles), MreB filaments induce a negative membrane curvature on liposomes when salt concentrations are low. (C) When salt concentrations are high, MreB filaments induce a tubular shape in the liposome.
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