The Chaperonin GroESL Facilitates Caulobacter crescentus Cell Division by Supporting the Functions of the Z-Ring Regulators FtsA and FzlA

Kristen Schroeder; Kristina Heinrich; Ines Neuwirth; Kristina Jonas

doi:10.1128/mBio.03564-20

mBio (Jun 2021)

The Chaperonin GroESL Facilitates Caulobacter crescentus Cell Division by Supporting the Functions of the Z-Ring Regulators FtsA and FzlA

Kristen Schroeder,
Kristina Heinrich,
Ines Neuwirth,
Kristina Jonas

Affiliations

Kristen Schroeder: ORCiD; Science for Life Laboratory and Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Kristina Heinrich: Science for Life Laboratory and Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Ines Neuwirth: Science for Life Laboratory and Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Kristina Jonas: ORCiD; Science for Life Laboratory and Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03564-20
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 3

Abstract

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All organisms depend on mechanisms that protect proteins from misfolding and aggregation. GroESL is a highly conserved molecular chaperone that functions to prevent protein aggregation in organisms ranging from bacteria to humans.

Published in mBio

ISSN: 2161-2129 (Print); 2150-7511 (Online)
Publisher: American Society for Microbiology
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Microbiology
Website: https://journals.asm.org/journal/mbio

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