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An essential tyrosine phosphatase homolog regulates cell separation, outer membrane integrity, and morphology in Caulobacter crescentus.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 2011
Shapland Elaine B, Reisinger Sarah J, Bajwa Amrita K, Ryan Kathleen R
Abstract excerpt
Although reversible phosphorylation on tyrosine residues regulates the activity of many eukaryotic proteins, there are few examples of this type of regulation in bacteria. We have identified the first essential tyrosine phosphatase homolog in a bacterium, Caulobacter crescentus CtpA. ctpA mutants with altered active-site residues are nonviable, and depletion of CtpA yields chains of cells with blebbed outer...
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