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Histones with an unconventional DNA-binding mode in vitro are major chromatin constituents in the bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus (2023)
Journal Article
Hocher, A., Laursen, S. P., Radford, P., Tyson, J., Lambert, C., Stevens, K. M., Montoya, A., Shliaha, P. V., Picardeau, M., Sockett, R. E., Luger, K., & Warnecke, T. (2023). Histones with an unconventional DNA-binding mode in vitro are major chromatin constituents in the bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus. Nature Microbiology, 8, 2006–2019. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-023-01492-x

Histone proteins bind DNA and organize the genomes of eukaryotes and most archaea, whereas bacteria rely on different nucleoid-associated proteins. Homology searches have detected putative histone-fold domains in a few bacteria, but whether these fun... Read More about Histones with an unconventional DNA-binding mode in vitro are major chromatin constituents in the bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus.

An MltA-Like Lytic Transglycosylase Secreted by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus Cleaves the Prey Septum during Predatory Invasion (2023)
Journal Article
Banks, E. J., Lambert, C., Mason, S. S., Tyson, J., Radford, P. M., McLaughlin, C., Lovering, A. L., & Sockett, R. E. (2023). An MltA-Like Lytic Transglycosylase Secreted by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus Cleaves the Prey Septum during Predatory Invasion. Journal of Bacteriology, 205(4), Article 00475-22. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00475-22

Lytic transglycosylases cut peptidoglycan backbones, facilitating a variety of functions within bacteria, including cell division, pathogenesis, and insertion of macromolecular machinery into the cell envelope. Here, we identify a novel role of a sec... Read More about An MltA-Like Lytic Transglycosylase Secreted by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus Cleaves the Prey Septum during Predatory Invasion.