Subcompartmentalization by cross-membranes during early growth of Streptomyces hyphae

Paula Yagüe; Joost Willemse; Roman I. Koning; Beatriz Rioseras; María T. López-García; Nathaly Gonzalez-Quiñonez; Carmen Lopez-Iglesias; Pavel V. Shliaha; Adelina Rogowska-Wrzesinska; Abraham J. Koster; Ole N. Jensen; Gilles P. van Wezel; Ángel Manteca

doi:10.1038/ncomms12467

Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

Subcompartmentalization by cross-membranes during early growth of Streptomyces hyphae

Paula Yagüe,
Joost Willemse,
Roman I. Koning,
Beatriz Rioseras,
María T. López-García,
Nathaly Gonzalez-Quiñonez,
Carmen Lopez-Iglesias,
Pavel V. Shliaha,
Adelina Rogowska-Wrzesinska,
Abraham J. Koster,
Ole N. Jensen,
Gilles P. van Wezel,
Ángel Manteca

Affiliations

Paula Yagüe: Departamento de Biología Funcional e IUOPA, Área de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Oviedo
Joost Willemse: Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University
Roman I. Koning: Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Centre
Beatriz Rioseras: Departamento de Biología Funcional e IUOPA, Área de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Oviedo
María T. López-García: Departamento de Biología Funcional e IUOPA, Área de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Oviedo
Nathaly Gonzalez-Quiñonez: Departamento de Biología Funcional e IUOPA, Área de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Oviedo
Carmen Lopez-Iglesias: Crio-Microscòpia Electrònica. Centres Científics i Tecnològics, Universitat de Barcelona
Pavel V. Shliaha: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and VILLUM Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark
Adelina Rogowska-Wrzesinska: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and VILLUM Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark
Abraham J. Koster: Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Centre
Ole N. Jensen: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and VILLUM Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark
Gilles P. van Wezel: Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University
Ángel Manteca: Departamento de Biología Funcional e IUOPA, Área de Microbiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Oviedo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12467
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Bacteria of the genus Streptomyces form cellular filaments (hyphae) in which sporadic peptidoglycan cell walls separate multinucleate compartments. Here, Yagüe et al. show that young hyphae are further compartmentalized by cross-membranes lacking detectable peptidoglycan.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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