Caulobacter crescentus is a premier model organism for studying the molecular basis of cellular asymmetry. University of California, San Francisco; Shapiro completed her undergraduate degree at Stanford University, for which she was a member of the varsity womens soccer team. The Min proteins that govern division site selection in Escherichia coli may be the first example of a system that generates positional information de novo. Kozdon, J. S-layer proteins (SLPs) regulate their extracellular self-assembly by crystallizing when exposed to an environmental trigger. We propose that disruption of the trans-envelope Tol-Pal complex releases TipN from its subcellular position. We demonstrate quantitative multicolor three-dimensional (3D) subdiffraction imaging of the structural arrangement of fluorescent protein fusions in living Caulobacter crescentus bacteria. Using site-directed mutagenesis, we provide the first demonstration that natural enhancer sequences and IHF binding elements that reside 3' to the sigma 54 promoter of a bacterial gene, flaNQ, are required for transcription of the operon, in vivo. We show here that two genes, gyrB (encoding the gyrase B subunit) and orf-1, are specifically transcribed from the chromosome in the portion of the predivisional cell destined for the progeny stalked cell. We demonstrate that SciP binds to DNA at a motif distinct from the CtrA binding motif that is present in the promoters of genes co-regulated by SciP and CtrA. Stanford Bio-X is Stanford University's pioneering interdisciplinary biosciences institute, bringing researchers together to cross the boundaries between disciplines, bring interdisciplinary solutions, and create new knowledge of biological systems, in benefit of human health. Britos, L., Abeliuk, E., Taverner, T., Lipton, M., McAdams, H., Shapiro, L. Super-Resolution Imaging of the Nucleoid-Associated Protein HU in Caulobacter crescentus. The bound ATP plays an important role in dimerization of ErTadZ. On the basis of its location in the hook-filament complex, this region may contain hook-associated proteins. The polarly localized DivK response regulator promotes CtrA localization and proteolysis, but it does not directly recruit CtrA to the cell pole. Switching Brain Circuits On and Off Without Surgery. By. Ely, B., GERARDOT, C. J., Fleming, D. L., Gomes, S. L., Frederikse, P., Shapiro, L. DIFFERENTIAL LOCALIZATION OF MEMBRANE-RECEPTOR CHEMOTAXIS PROTEINS IN THE CAULOBACTER PREDIVISIONAL CELL. B., Cohen, M., Delli-Santi, M., Fennell, C., Leinberry, C., Husband, J., Ladd, A., Seitz, W. R., Constanz, B. Faithful cell cycle progression in the dimorphic bacterium Caulobacter crescentus requires spatiotemporal regulation of gene expression and cell pole differentiation. View details for Web of Science ID A1984SJ69300012. The UBI Research Visualization bolsters basic income research by presenting existing knowledge in an accessible platform organized across multiple themes and subthemes. Here, we demonstrate that the Caulobacter crescentus SLP readily crystallizes into sheets in vitro via a calcium-triggered multistep assembly pathway. The kinetic properties of an adenine DNA methyltransferase involved in cell cycle regulation of Caulobacter crescentus have been elucidated by using defined unmethylated or hemimethylated DNA (DNAHM) substrates. The activities of these enzymes were significantly higher in C. crescentus than the fully induced levels observed in Escherichia coli. Rev. We have identified a positive feedback loop in this network and present evidence that the negative feedback regulator, FixT, acts to inhibit FixL by mimicking a response regulator. Our work demonstrates how a second messenger provides spatiotemporal cues to change the physical behavior of an effector protein, thereby facilitating asymmetry. Welcome, Rebecca! Expression of the latter two phenotypes required complex media and both were repressed by glucose. Advancing Ambiguity.Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2006),103-107. Thus, in both R. meliloti and C. crescentus, CcrM methylation is an integral component of the cell cycle. The in vivo intracellular location of components of the Caulobacter replication apparatus was visualized during the cell cycle. Here, we review bacterial chromosome dynamics and our understanding of the mechanisms that direct and coordinate them. Temporal control of DNA methylation state has an important role in Caulobacter development, and we show that this organism utilizes an unusual mechanism for control of remethylation of newly replicated DNA. Spontaneous mutants have been isolated which are able to grow on galactose in the absence of exogenous cyclic nucleotides. Thus, CpdR function is regulated by a feedback loop that incorporates its differential phosphorylation, the transient polar localization and activity of the ClpXP protease, and the clearance of the CpdR by polar ClpXP that, in turn, releases ClpXP from the pole relieving the degradation of CtrA. Perched at top: Mike Shapiro, Ben Blackman, Kyle Gurley Perched in middle: Helen Cha, Katie Peichel ,Kim Hosemann Goundish level: Luiz Pantalena-Filho, Ryan Rountree, Sarita Balabhadra, Kate Guenther, Kris Nereng, Doug Mortlock, David Kingsley, Pam Colosimo, Hao Chen, Melissa Marks, Mike McLaughlin . Antigen-antibody complex formation occurring within a vector-phage plaque can be used to detect the production of a specific protein from an amplified gene. When parS is moved farther from the origin, the cell waits for parS to be replicated before segregation can begin. The enzyme is thermally inactivated at 30 degrees C within 20 min; this process is substantially decreased in the presence of saturating concentrations of DNAHM, suggesting that the enzyme preferentially binds DNA before S-adenosylmethionine. Our research focuses on the development and function of glial cells in the vertebrate nervous system. Bacterial scaffold directs pole-specific centromere segregation. Three Caulobacter crescentus heat-shock proteins were shown to be immunologically related to the Escherichia coli heat-shock proteins GroEL, Lon and DnaK. Their goal is to define these mechanisms using both molecular genetics and biochemistry. The type 1 incoherent feedforward circuit motif enhances the pulse-like expression of the downstream genes, and the negative feedback to ctrA expression reduces peak CtrA accumulation. We verified novel promoter motifs that regulate stress-response genes, including those responding to uranium challenge, a stress-response sigma factor and a stress-response noncoding RNA. View details for DOI 10.1016/j.cell.2006.05.038, View details for Web of Science ID 000239224800023. We show that Caulobacter crescentus makes use of and requires a dedicated mechanism to initiate chromosome segregation. The essential transcriptional circuitry for growth on rich media includes 10 transcription factors, 2 RNA polymerase sigma factors and 1 anti-sigma factor. Moreover, we show that GapR is maintained as a tetramer upon its dissociation from DNA and that tetrameric GapR is capable of binding DNA molecules in vitro Analysis of protein chimeras revealed that two helices of GapR are functionally conserved in H-NS, demonstrating that two evolutionarily distant NAPs with distinct mechanisms of action utilize conserved structural elements to oligomerize and bind DNA.IMPORTANCE Bacteria organize their genetic material in a structure called the nucleoid, which needs to be compact to fit inside the cell and, at the same time, dynamic to allow high rates of replication and transcription. The regulatory network that functions to control the transcription of the heat shock genes in bacteria includes unique structural motifs in the promoter region of these genes and the expression of alternate sigma factors. As a result of the altered genetic structure, these tmRNAs are composed of two distinct RNA molecules. Dahlberg, P. D., Sartor, A. M., Wang, J., Saurabh, S., Shapiro, L., Moerner, W. E. Integration of cell cycle signals by multi-PAS domain kinases. Phase separation in many eukaryotic condensates has been shown to be responsive to intracellular adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels, although the consequences of these mechanisms for enzymes sequestered within the condensates are unknown. Sartor, A. M., Dahlberg, P. D., Wang, J., Saurabh, S., Shapiro, L., Moerner, W. E., Gregor, Koberling, F., Erdmann, R. A bacterial surface layer protein exploits multistep crystallization for rapid self-assembly. Small-molecule modulators of the Hedgehog pathway. Pros & Cons of Pooling Covid-19 Tests View details for DOI 10.1126/sciadv.abm6570. Revertant strains had wild-type levels of glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity and normal rates of phospholipid and macromolecular synthesis. What drives genomic innovation and diversity from bacterial to eukaryotes? The mechanism of CrfA-mediated gene activation was investigated for one of the genes predicted to encode a TonB-dependent receptor, CC3461. Slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus requires testing -- lots of it. Select search scope, currently: catalog all catalog, articles, website, & more in one search; catalog books, media & more in the Stanford Libraries' collections; articles+ journal articles & other e-resources Superresolution fluorescence microscopy based on covalent labeling highlights specific proteins and has sufficient sensitivity to observe single fluorescent molecules, but the reconstructions lack detailed cellular context. The transposons were altered so that upon insertion into the chromosome, transcription fusions are formed in which the promoter regions of fla genes drive the expression of the downstream promoter-less drug resistance genes. Independent mutations in the conserved sequence that lies between the -10 and -35 regions increased transcription, suggesting that a repressor may bind at this site. A cellular differentiation programme that culminates in an asymmetric cell division is an integral part of the cell cycle in the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus. In these cells, as appears to be the case with C. crescentus, the individual enzymes form multimers of identical subunits. M.S. Using CckA reconstituted on liposomes, we show that one PAS domain modulates kinase activity in a CckA density-dependent manner, mimicking the stimulation of CckA kinase activity that occurs on its transition from diffuse to densely packed at the cell poles. The essential dnaN gene encodes a homolog of the Escherichia coli beta subunit of DNA polymerase III. The dynamic range of a bacterial species' natural environment is reflected in the complexity of its systems that control cell cycle progression and its range of adaptive responses. Thus, the hook operon upstream region contains a sequence element that responds to a temporally controlled trans-acting factor(s), and in concert with a second sequence element causes the timed activation of transcription. Genetic analysis of these mutants resulted in the identification of at least eight che genes located at six different positions on the Caulobacter crescentus chromosome. The second PAS domain interacts with the asymmetrically partitioned second messenger cyclic-di-GMP, inhibiting kinase activity while stimulating phosphatase activity, consistent with the selective inactivation of CtrA in the incipient stalked cell compartment. These changes in DNA methylation could signal differential binding of regulatory proteins to activate or repress transcription. When sufficient details accumulate, as for Caulobacter cell cycle regulation, the system design has been found to be eminently rational and indeed consistent with good design practices for human-designed asynchronous control systems. Both CtrA and CpdR are phosphorylated via the same CckA histidine kinase phospho-signaling pathway, providing a reinforcing mechanism that simultaneously activates CtrA and prevents its degradation by delocalizing the CpdR/ClpXP complex. From these data, we extract several characteristics of single MreB filaments, including that they are, on average, much shorter than the cell length and that the direction of their polarized assembly seems to be independent of the overall cellular polarity. Remarkably, the transcriptional circuitry is dependent on three-dimensional dynamic deployment of key regulatory and signaling proteins. Dye, N. A., Pincus, Z., Fisher, I. C., Shapiro, L., Theriot, J. A nitrogen regulatory circuit can be regulated by the intracellular level of tryptophan, which mimics the allosteric role of glutamine in this feedback loop. Acyl-CoA synthase activity was shown to be the same in oleic acid-grown cells and in cells grown in the presence of succinate, a carbon source not affected by catabolite repression. Even in Escherichia coli, which is generally thought to be symmetrical, old poles are more static than new poles with respect to cell wall assembly (1), and they differ in the deposition of phospholipid domains (2). DNA sequence analysis of the 3413 base-pairs encompassing the flaE and flaY coding sequences and the 5' regulatory region showed that flaE encodes a protein of 16,000 Mr and flaY a protein of 17,000 Mr. 2015;48 (10): 1893-1898, JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS -Wolf, J. M., Cannada, L., Van Heest, A. E., O'Connor, M. I., Ladd, A. L.2015;23 (6): 339-347, Hand clinics -Comer, G. C., Ladd, A. 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The outcome of these experiences, together with the extraordinary scientists I came to know along the way, was and is an abiding passion to fully understand a simple cell in all its complexity and beauty. We investigate the midplane protein FtsZ in Caulobacter crescentus with super-resolution imaging based on fluorescent-protein photoswitching and the natural polymerization/depolymerization dynamics of FtsZ associated with the Z-ring. The CckA histidine kinase is known to contribute to CtrA phosphorylation. The "glycerol-less" death of the gpsA mutant could be prevented if the cells were treated with novobiocin to prevent the initiation of DNA replication. Chemical Engineering Maddock, J. R., Alley, M. R., Shapiro, L. ASYMMETRIC EXPRESSION OF THE GYRASE-B GENE FROM THE REPLICATION-COMPETENT CHROMOSOME IN THE CAULOBACTER-CRESCENTUS PREDIVISIONAL CELL. We determined that a chromosomal DNA-based platform stimulates CcrM degradation by Lon and that the CcrM C terminus both binds to its DNA substrate and is recognized by the Lon protease. The PleA protein contains a region that is similar to a peptidoglycan-hydrolytic active site, and a point mutation at this site in PleA results in the loss of flagellum and pili biogenesis. View details for Web of Science ID A1996VW70900002. Here we provide a detailed protocol for the rapid synchronization of Caulobacter NA1000 cells. Upon the clearance of CtrA from the cell, the DnaA protein accumulates and allows loading of the replisome at the origin. Expression of the ccrM gene was found to be restricted to the portion of the cell cycle immediately prior to cell division. The flbN gene was cloned and sequenced, and the time of transcription activation was determined. Inserting four bases in front of the AUG at the 5' end of dnaX mRNA abolishes translation in the correct frame. Key insights into bacterial regulatory programs that orchestrate cell cycle progression have come from studies of Caulobacter crescentus, a bacterium that divides asymmetrically. The map position of another mutation in membrane lipid biogenesis, the glycerol-3-PO4 auxotroph gpsA505, was also determined. Herrmann, J., Comerci, C., Yoon, J., Jabbarpour, F., Shapiro, L., Wakatsuki, S., Moerner, W. E. Biomolecular Condensates at Bacterial Cell Poles Function to Drive Spatially Restricted Signal Propagation, A Bacterial Biomolecular Condensate Sequesters a Signaling Pathway that Drives Spatial Regulation of Gene Expression and Asymmetric Cell Division. In bacteria, studies of the cell cycle have focused largely on unsynchronized cells making it difficult to order the temporal events required for cell cycle progression, genome replication, and division. The precise and robust regulation of gene expression is a cornerstone for complex biological life. For large aggregates, such as the clusters of MCP, CheA, and CheW complexes, perhaps the size of the aggregate alone prevents displacement. Positional cues are equally important in coordinating movement of the chromosome with cell division site selection in Caulobacter. Mapping of the transcriptional start site revealed a conserved binding motif for the global response regulator CtrA at the -35 position; this motif was footprinted by purified Caulobacter crescentus CtrA protein in its phosphorylated state. The ClpXP protease is required for CtrA proteolysis but is present throughout the cell-cycle, so the mechanism for activating and deactivating CtrA proteolysis is unknown. How organismic complexity is generated during embryonic and post-embryonic development. It has been shown that DNA replication serves as a checkpoint for flagellar biosynthesis and cell division and that this checkpoint is mediated by the availability of active CtrA. Stanford Clinical Pathology offers a wide range of routine & esoteric testing. The C. crescentus homologues of several Escherichia coli genes are adjacent to the origin in the physical order hemE, origin, dnaA and dnaK,J. While recent advances in cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) allow for the visualization and identification of structures within cells at the nanometer scale, information regarding the cellular environment, such as pH, membrane potential, ionic strength etc. Moreover, initiation of DNA replication is allowed only once per cell cycle. Work from several Caulobacter labs has revealed that differentiation requires concerted regulation by several two-component system (TCS) signaling pathways that are differentially positioned at the poles of the predivisional cell (Figure 1). Collaboration: In-vivo Drug Evaluation, University of Colorado and Health Sciences Center NPT II synthesis, measured by agar plate assays of kanamycin resistance and by immunoprecipitation of the NPT II protein, was repressed in the presence of cysteine and derepressed in its absence. Shapiro, L., Quon, K., Marczynski, G., Stephens, C. CAULOBACTER FLIQ AND FLIR MEMBRANE-PROTEINS, REQUIRED FOR FLAGELLAR BIOGENESIS AND CELL-DIVISION, BELONG TO A FAMILY OF VIRULENCE FACTOR EXPORT PROTEINS, Regulation of asymmetry and polarity during the Caulobacter cell cycle, CAULOBACTER FLAGELLAR FUNCTION, BUT NOT ASSEMBLY, REQUIRES FLIL, A NON-POLARLY LOCALIZED MEMBRANE-PROTEIN PRESENT IN ALL CELL-TYPES, CELL-CYCLE ARREST OF A CAULOBACTER-CRESCENTUS SECA MUTANT, BACTERIAL SPORULATION - AN ATP/ADP SWITCH, A CAULOBACTER DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE THAT FUNCTIONS ONLY IN THE PREDIVISIONAL CELL, EXPRESSION OF CAULOBACTER-DNAA AS A FUNCTION OF THE CELL-CYCLE, THE EXPRESSION OF ASYMMETRY DURING CAULOBACTER CELL-DIFFERENTIATION, CHECKPOINTS THAT COUPLE GENE-EXPRESSION TO MORPHOGENESIS. Gonzalez, D., Kozdon, J. Selective recruitment and concentration of signalling proteins within membraneless compartments is a ubiquitous mechanism for subcellular organization1-3. Ross, P. L., Chen, X., Toro, E., Britos, L., Shapiro, L., Pappin, D., Whitelegge, J. 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