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Title | In vivo Architecture of the Polar Organizing Protein Z (PopZ) Meshwork in the Alphaproteobacteria Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense and Caulobacter crescentus. |
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Journal, issue, pages | J Mol Biol, Vol. 434, Issue 5, Page 167423, Year 2022 |
Publish date | Mar 15, 2022 |
Authors | Mauricio Toro-Nahuelpan / Jürgen M Plitzko / Dirk Schüler / Daniel Pfeiffer / |
PubMed Abstract | The polar organizing protein Z (PopZ) forms a polar microdomain that is inaccessible to larger macromolecules such as ribosomes, and selectively sequesters proteins crucial for cell cycle control and ...The polar organizing protein Z (PopZ) forms a polar microdomain that is inaccessible to larger macromolecules such as ribosomes, and selectively sequesters proteins crucial for cell cycle control and polar morphogenesis in various Alphaproteobacteria. However, the in vivo architecture of this microdomain has remained elusive. Here, we analyzed the three-dimensional ultrastructural organization of the PopZ network in Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense and Caulobacter crescentus by Volta phase plate cryo-electron tomography, which provides high spatial resolution and improved image contrast. Our results suggest that PopZ forms a porous network of disordered short, flexible, and branching filaments. |
External links | J Mol Biol / PubMed:34971672 |
Methods | EM (tomography) |
Structure data | EMDB-14021: EMDB-14022: |
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