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CetZ tubulin-like proteins control archaeal cell shape

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  • Iain G. Duggin

    (Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
    The ithree institute, University of Technology Sydney)

  • Christopher H. S. Aylett

    (Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK)

  • James C. Walsh

    (The ithree institute, University of Technology Sydney
    School of Physics, University of New South Wales)

  • Katharine A. Michie

    (Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK)

  • Qing Wang

    (Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK)

  • Lynne Turnbull

    (The ithree institute, University of Technology Sydney)

  • Emma M. Dawson

    (The ithree institute, University of Technology Sydney)

  • Elizabeth J. Harry

    (The ithree institute, University of Technology Sydney)

  • Cynthia B. Whitchurch

    (The ithree institute, University of Technology Sydney)

  • Linda A. Amos

    (Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK)

  • Jan Löwe

    (Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK)

Abstract

The structure and function of CetZ, a protein related to both tubulin and FtsZ (the bacterial homologue of tubulin) from the archaeon Haloferax volcanii, is reported and its involvement in the control of cell shape uncovered; it appears that this family of proteins was involved in the control of cell shape long before the evolution of eukaryotes.

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  • Iain G. Duggin & Christopher H. S. Aylett & James C. Walsh & Katharine A. Michie & Qing Wang & Lynne Turnbull & Emma M. Dawson & Elizabeth J. Harry & Cynthia B. Whitchurch & Linda A. Amos & Jan Löwe, 2015. "CetZ tubulin-like proteins control archaeal cell shape," Nature, Nature, vol. 519(7543), pages 362-365, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:519:y:2015:i:7543:d:10.1038_nature13983
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13983
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    1. Florian Altegoer & Tessa E. F. Quax & Paul Weiland & Phillip Nußbaum & Pietro I. Giammarinaro & Megha Patro & Zhengqun Li & Dieter Oesterhelt & Martin Grininger & Sonja-Verena Albers & Gert Bange, 2022. "Structural insights into the mechanism of archaellar rotational switching," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-12, December.
    2. Joshua N. Hamm & Yan Liao & Andriko Kügelgen & Nina Dombrowski & Evan Landers & Christopher Brownlee & Emma M. V. Johansson & Renee M. Whan & Matthew A. B. Baker & Buzz Baum & Tanmay A. M. Bharat & Ia, 2024. "The parasitic lifestyle of an archaeal symbiont," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, December.
    3. Heather Schiller & Yirui Hong & Joshua Kouassi & Theopi Rados & Jasmin Kwak & Anthony DiLucido & Daniel Safer & Anita Marchfelder & Friedhelm Pfeiffer & Alexandre Bisson & Stefan Schulze & Mechthild P, 2024. "Identification of structural and regulatory cell-shape determinants in Haloferax volcanii," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-15, December.

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