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Superstructure formation by RodZ hexamers of Shigella sonnei maintains the rod shape of bacilli.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Mitobe Jiro, Nishiumi Fumiko, Yanagihara Itaru, Yamamoto Shouji, Ohnishi Makoto
Abstract excerpt
The rod shape of bacilli is maintained by bacterial cytoskeletal protein MreB, an actin homolog that acts in concert with the inner membrane protein RodZ. We previously reported RodZ binds RNA to control the posttranscriptional regulation of invE (virB), which controls the type III secretion system essential for the virulence of Shigella. Here, we show that purified RodZ forms "superstructures" of high molecular...
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