Lucy Shapiro

The paper shows that the switch of PleC from phosphatase to kinase activity, regulated by PodJ interaction, controls the timing of cell differentiation in Caulobacter crescentus.

The paper investigates the biogenesis of PHB granules in Caulobacter crescentus, showing that PHB polymerase and phasin interact to form and mature these membrane-less compartments.

This study identifies structurally and functionally conserved regions in distantly related bacterial NAPs, GapR and H-NS, and shows how these elements enable distinct regulatory mechanisms.

The paper shows that Lon protease degrades CcrM in a DNA-dependent manner to control cell cycle-specific DNA methylation.