Faster diffusive dynamics of histone-like nucleoid structuring proteins in live bacteria caused by silver ions
A. A. Sadoon, P. Khadka, J. Freeland, R. K. Gundampati, R. Manso, M. Ruiz, V. R. Krishnamurthi, S. K. Thallapuranam, J. Chen, Y. Wang
This study shows that silver ions increase the diffusive motion of H-NS proteins in live bacteria by weakening their DNA binding through DNA dehybridization.
bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2019Biophysics