Oligomerization and higher‐order assembly contribute to sub‐cellular localization of a bacterial scaffold
Bowman GR, Perez AM, Ptacin JL, Ighodaro E, Folta‐Stogniew E, Comolli LR, Shapiro L. Oligomerization and higher‐order assembly contribute to sub‐cellular localization of a bacterial scaffold. Molecular Microbiology 2013, 90: 776-795. PMID: 24102805, PMCID: PMC3859194, DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12398.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSub-cellular localizationAmino acidsN-terminal 23 amino acidsDefective mutant proteinsAsymmetric cell divisionC-terminal 76 amino acidsC-terminal domainDimer of trimersCaulobacter crescentusCell polesLocalization determinantsHigher-order structureMutant proteinsScaffold proteinSubcellular fociCell divisionLinker domainPopZMutational analysisBiophysical analysisWild typePolar organizationOrganizing centerDistinct setsProtein