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Self-assembly of the bacterial cytoskeleton-associated RNA helicase B protein into polymeric filamentous structures.

ABSTRACT: The Escherichia coli RNA degradosome proteins are organized into a helical cytoskeletal-like structure within the cell. Here we describe the ATP-dependent assembly of the RhlB component of the degradosome into polymeric filamentous structures in vitro, which suggests that extended polymers of RhlB are likely to comprise a basic core element of the degradosome cytoskeletal structures.

SUBMITTER: Taghbalout A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2901688 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Self-assembly of the bacterial cytoskeleton-associated RNA helicase B protein into polymeric filamentous structures.

Taghbalout Aziz A Yang Qingfen Q

Journal of bacteriology 20100409 12

The Escherichia coli RNA degradosome proteins are organized into a helical cytoskeletal-like structure within the cell. Here we describe the ATP-dependent assembly of the RhlB component of the degradosome into polymeric filamentous structures in vitro, which suggests that extended polymers of RhlB are likely to comprise a basic core element of the degradosome cytoskeletal structures. ...[more]

PMID: 20382767

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