The CTPase activity of ParB acts as a timing mechanism to control the dynamics and function of prokaryotic DNA partition complexes
M. Osorio-Valeriano, F. Altegoer, C. K. Das, W. Steinchen, G. Panis, L. Connolley, G. Giacomelli, H. Feddersen, L. Corrales-Guerrero, P. Giammarinaro, J. Hanssmann, M. Bramkamp, P. H. Viollier, S. Murray, L. V. Schäfer, , M. Thanbichler
This study identifies how ParB's CTPase activity regulates DNA partition complex dynamics and function by controlling clamp sliding time and spreading.
bioRxiv · May 5, 2021Microbiology