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* [[Cell division]] is facilitated by a molecular machine - the [[divisome]] - that assembles at mid-cell in dividing cells. The formation of the cytokinetic Z-ring by [[FtsZ]] is regulated by several factors, including the [[divisome]] component [[EzrA]]. [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25403286 Cleverley et al.] now describe the structure of the cytoplasmic domain of [[EzrA]] which comprises five linear repeats of an unusual triple helical bundle. The [[EzrA]] structure is bent into a semicircle, providing the protein with the potential to interact at both N- and C-termini with adjacent membrane-bound [[divisome]] components. The individual repeats, and their linear organization, are homologous to the spectrin proteins that connect actin filaments to the membrane in eukaryotes, and [[EzrA]] is proposed to be the founding member of the bacterial spectrin family.  
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* Proteases are crucial for the maintenance of protein integrity, but also for controlling the cellular levels of specific proteins. For the LonA protease, it has so far been unknown how the protease can specifically target a selected protein as degradation target. Now, [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25538299 Mukherjee et al.] form the lab of [[Daniel Kearns]] have studied the degradation of [[SwrA]], a master regulator of flagellar biosynthesis by [[LonA]]. They found that the adaptor protein [[SmiA]] is required for the productive degradation of [[SwrA]] by [[LonA]]. This regulatory mechanism is important to prevent hyperflagellation in liquid media.
* '''Relevant ''Subti''Wiki pages:''' [[EzrA]], [[FtsZ]], [[divisome]], [[cell division]], [[Rick Lewis]]
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* '''Relevant ''Subti''Wiki pages:''' [[LonA]], [[SwrA]], [[SmiA]], [[proteolysis]], [[Daniel Kearns]]
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Now online: A new description of SubtiWiki and its acompanying modules in the 2014 Database issue of Nucleic Acids Research

Raphael H Michna, Fabian M Commichau, Dominik Tödter, Christopher P Zschiedrich, Jörg Stülke
SubtiWiki-a database for the model organism Bacillus subtilis that links pathway, interaction and expression information.
Nucleic Acids Res: 2014, 42(Database issue);D692-8
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Paper of the month: January 2015

  • Proteases are crucial for the maintenance of protein integrity, but also for controlling the cellular levels of specific proteins. For the LonA protease, it has so far been unknown how the protease can specifically target a selected protein as degradation target. Now, Mukherjee et al. form the lab of Daniel Kearns have studied the degradation of SwrA, a master regulator of flagellar biosynthesis by LonA. They found that the adaptor protein SmiA is required for the productive degradation of SwrA by LonA. This regulatory mechanism is important to prevent hyperflagellation in liquid media.
  • Relevant SubtiWiki pages: LonA, SwrA, SmiA, proteolysis, Daniel Kearns

Sampriti Mukherjee, Anna C Bree, Jing Liu, Joyce E Patrick, Peter Chien, Daniel B Kearns
Adaptor-mediated Lon proteolysis restricts Bacillus subtilis hyperflagellation.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2015, 112(1);250-5
[PubMed:25538299] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)


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