Protein aggregation drives cell aging in a size-specific manner in Escherichia coli
Linda Wagener, Arpita Nath, Murat Tuğrul, Abram Aertsen, Ulrich Karl Steiner, Audrey Menegaz Proenca
This study shows that protein aggregation in E. coli drives aging by reducing intracellular space, leading to larger cell sizes and asymmetric divisions.
mBio · Dec 16, 2025Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology