Regulation of major bacterial survival strategies by transcript sequestration in a membraneless organelle
T. Szoke, N. Albocher, O. Goldberger, M. Barsheshet, A. Nussbaum-Shochat, R. Wiener, M. Schuldiner, O. Amster-Choder
The paper shows that TmaR-mediated liquid-liquid phase separation in E. coli regulates sugar metabolism and enables bacterial survival strategies like motility and biofilm formation.
bioRxiv · Jan 6, 2022Microbiology