Upheaval in the bacterial nucleoid: An active chromosome segregation mechanism

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 70-74

  Sharpe, Michaela E ^a   Errington, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANAPHASE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; ORGANELLES; REPLICATION ORIGIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033083161     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(98)01660-6     Document Type: Review

References (37)

1. Wake R.G., Errington J. Chromosome partitioning in bacteria. Ann. Rev. Genet. 29:1995;41-67.
2. Stragier P., Losick R. Molecular genetics of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Annu. Rev. Genet. 30:1996;297-341.
3. Hiraga S.et al. Chromosome partitioning in Escherichia coli: novel mutants producing anucleate cells. J. Bacteriol. 171:1989;1496-1505.
4. Ireton K.et al. spo0J is required for normal chromosome segregation as well as the initiation of sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol. 176:1994;5320-5329.
5. van Helvoort J.M.L.M., Woldringh C.L. Nucleoid partitioning in Escherichia coli during steady state growth and upon recovery from chloramphenicol treatment. Mol. Microbiol. 13:1994;577-583.
6. Sharpe M.E.et al. Bacillus subtilis cell cycle as studied by fluorescence microscopy: constancy of the cell length at initiation of DNA replication and evidence for active nucleoid partitioning. J. Bacteriol. 180:1998;547-555.
7. Donachie W.D., Begg K.J. Chromosome partition in Escherichia coli requires postreplication protein synthesis. J. Bacteriol. 171:1989;5405-5409.
8. Hiraga S.et al. Positioning of replicated chromosomes in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 172:1990;31-39.
9. Begg K.J., Donachie W.D. Experiments on chromosome separation and positioning in Escherichia coli. New Biol. 3:1991;475-486.
10. Wu L.J., Errington J. Bacillus subtilis SpoIIIE protein required for DNA segregation during asymmetric cell division. Science. 264:1994;572-575.
11. Wu L.J.et al. A conjugation-like mechanism for prespore chromosome partitioning during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Genes Dev. 9:1995;1316-1326.
12. Wu L.J., Errington J. Use of asymmetric cell division and spoIIIE mutants to probe chromosome orientation and organization in Bacillus subtilis. Mol. Microbiol. 27:1998;777-786.
13. Webb C.D.et al. Bipolar localization of the replication origin regions of chromosomes in vegetative and sporulating cells of B. subtilis. Cell. 88:1997;667-674.
14. Gordon G.S.et al. Chromosome and low copy plasmid segregation in E. coli: visual evidence for distinct mechanisms. Cell. 90:1997;1113-1121.
15. Niki H., Hiraga S. Polar localization of the replication origin and terminus in Escherichia coli nucleoids during chromosome partitioning. Genes Dev. 12:1998;1036-1045.
16. Li G.et al. Interphase cell cycle dynamics of a late-replicating, heterochromatic homogeneously staining region: precise choreography of condensation/decondensation and nuclear positioning. J. Cell Biol. 140:1998;957-989.
17. Page B.D., Snyder M. Chromosome segregation in yeast. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. 47:1993;231-261.
18. Sharpe M.E., Errington J. The Bacillus subtilis soj-spo0J locus is required for a centromere-like function involved in prespore chromosome partitioning. Mol. Microbiol. 21:1996;501-509.
19. Williams D.R., Thomas C.M. Active partitioning of bacterial plasmids. J. Gen. Microbiol. 138:1992;1-16.
20. Mohl D.A., Gober J.W. Cell cycle-dependent polar localization of chromosome partitioning proteins in Caulobacter crescentus. Cell. 88:1997;675-684.
21. Lin D.C.H.et al. Bipolar localization of a chromosome partitioning protein in Bacillus subtilis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 94:1997;4721-4726.
22. Glaser P.et al. Dynamic, mitotic-like behaviour of a bacterial protein required for accurate chromosome partitioning. Genes Dev. 11:1997;1160-1168.
23. Lewis P.J., Errington J. Direct evidence for active segregation of oriC regions of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome and co-localization with the Spo0J partitioning protein. Mol. Microbiol. 25:1997;945-954.
24. Sharpe M.E., Errington J. A fixed distance for separation of newly replicated copies of oriC in Bacillus subtilis: implications for co-ordination of chromosome segregation and cell division. Mol. Microbiol. 28:1998;981-990.
25. Lin D.C.H., Grossman A.D. Identification and characterization of a bacterial chromosome partitioning site. Cell. 92:1998;675-685.
26. Webb C.D.et al. Use of time-lapse microscopy to visualize rapid movement of the replication origin region of the chromosome during the cell cycle in Bacillus subtilis. Mol. Microbiol. 28:1998;883-892.
27. Jessberger R.et al. Chromosome dynamics: the SMC protein family. Curr. Opin. Genet. Dev. 8:1998;254-259.
28. Britton R.A.et al. Characterization of a prokaryotic SMC protein involved in chromosome partitioning. Genes Dev. 12:1998;1254-1259.
29. Moriya S.et al. A Bacillus subtilis gene-encoding protein homologous to eukaryotic SMC motor protein is necessary for chromosome partition. Mol. Microbiol. 29:1998;179-187.
30. Niki H.et al. The new gene mukB codes for a 177 kDa protein with coiled-coil domains involved in chromosome partitioning of E. coli. EMBO J. 10:1991;183-193.
31. Niki H.et al. E. coli MukB protein involved in chromosome partition forms a homodimer with a rod-and-hinge structure having DNA binding and ATP/GTP binding activities. EMBO J. 11:1992;5101-5109.
32. Saka Y.et al. Fission yeast cut3 and cut14, members of a ubiquitous protein family, are required for chromosome codensation and segregation in mitosis. EMBO J. 13:1994;4938-4952.
33. Yamanaka K.et al. Identification of two new genes, mukE and mukF, involved in chromosome partitioning in Escherichia coli. Mol. Gen. Genet. 250:1996;241-251.
34. Wang J.C. DNA topoisomerases. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 65:1996;635-692.
35. Kato J.I.et al. New topoisomerase essential for chromosome segregation in E. coli. Cell. 63:1990;393-404.
36. Ullsperger C., Cozzarelli N.R. Contrasting enzymic activities of topoisomerase IV and DNA gyrase from Escherichia coli. J. Biol. Chem. 271:1996;31549-31555.
37. Huang W.M.et al. Bipolar localization of Bacillus subtilis topoisomerase IV, an enzyme required for chromosome segregation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 95:1998;4652-4657.