Membrane fission during bacterial spore development requires DNA-pumping driven cellular inflation
A. Landajuela, M. Braun, A. Martinez-Calvo, C. D. A. Rodrigues, C. Gomis Perez, T. Doan, D. Z. Rudner, N. S. Wingreen, E. Karatekin
This study shows that DNA-pumping driven forespore inflation generates membrane tension required for FisB-mediated membrane fission during bacterial spore development.
bioRxiv · Oct 8, 2021 · PreprintBiophysics