Article
Forespore engulfment mediated by a ratchet-like mechanism.
Cell - 8 Sept 2006
Broder Dan H, Pogliano Kit
Abstract excerpt
A key step in bacterial endospore formation is engulfment, during which one bacterial cell engulfs another in a phagocytosis-like process that normally requires SpoIID, SpoIIM, and SpoIIP (DMP). We here describe a second mechanism involving the zipper-like interaction between the forespore protein SpoIIQ and its mother cell ligand SpoIIIAH, which are essential for engulfment when DMP activity is reduced or SpoIIB...
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