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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lin L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5703909 | biostudies-other | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Nature communications 20171128 1
In bacteria, homologs of actin, tubulin, and intermediate filament proteins often act in concert with bacteria-specific scaffolding proteins to ensure the proper arrangement of cellular components. Among the bacteria-specific factors are the bactofilins, a widespread family of polymer-forming proteins whose biology is poorly investigated. Here, we study the three bactofilins BacNOP in the rod-shaped bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. We show that BacNOP co-assemble into elongated scaffolds that restr ...[more]