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    Multiplex CRISPRi System Enables the Study of Stage-Specific Biofilm Genetic Requirements in <span class="named-content genus-species" id="named-content-1">Enterococcus faecalis</span>
    Research Article | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    Multiplex CRISPRi System Enables the Study of Stage-Specific Biofilm Genetic Requirements in Enterococcus faecalis

    Enterococcus faecalis causes multidrug-resistant life-threatening infections and is often coisolated with other pathogenic bacteria from polymicrobial biofilm-associated infections. Genetic tools to dissect complex interactions in mixed microbial communities are largely limited to transposon mutagenesis and traditional time- and labor-intensive allelic-exchange...

    Irina Afonina, June Ong, Jerome Chua, Timothy Lu, Kimberly A. Kline
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    Hfq and RNase R Mediate rRNA Processing and Degradation in a Novel RNA Quality Control Process
    Research Article | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    Hfq and RNase R Mediate rRNA Processing and Degradation in a Novel RNA Quality Control Process

    Quality control pathways that oversee the quality of stable RNA molecules are critical for the cell. In this work, we demonstrate, for the first time, a functional link between Hfq and RNase R in the processing and degradation of the highly structured rRNAs. These RNA-binding proteins are required for the maturation of 16S and 23S rRNAs and correct ribosome assembly. Furthermore, they participate in the degradation of rRNAs and...

    Ricardo F. dos Santos, José M. Andrade, Joana Pissarra, Murray P. Deutscher, Cecília M. Arraiano
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    Micron Scale Spatial Measurement of the O<sub>2</sub> Gradient Surrounding a Bacterial Biofilm in Real Time
    Observation | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    Micron Scale Spatial Measurement of the O2 Gradient Surrounding a Bacterial Biofilm in Real Time

    O2 is a fundamental environmental metabolite that affects all life on earth. While toxic to many microbes and obligately required by others, those that have appropriate physiological responses survive and can even benefit from various levels of O2, particularly in biofilm communities. Although most studies have focused on measuring O2 within biofilms, little is known about O2 gradients...

    Alexander D. Klementiev, Zhaoyu Jin, Marvin Whiteley
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    <span class="named-content genus-species" id="named-content-1">Plasmodium falciparum</span> Apicomplexan-Specific Glucosamine-6-Phosphate <em>N</em>-Acetyltransferase Is Key for Amino Sugar Metabolism and Asexual Blood Stage Development
    Research Article | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    Plasmodium falciparum Apicomplexan-Specific Glucosamine-6-Phosphate N-Acetyltransferase Is Key for Amino Sugar Metabolism and Asexual Blood Stage Development

    Apicomplexan parasites cause a major burden on global health and economy. The absence of treatments, the emergence of resistances against available therapies, and the parasite’s ability to manipulate host cells and evade immune systems highlight the urgent need to characterize new drug targets to treat infections caused by these parasites. We demonstrate that glucosamine-6-phosphate N-acetyltransferase (GNA1), required for the...

    Jordi Chi, Marta Cova, Matilde de las Rivas, Ana Medina, Rafael Junqueira Borges, Pablo Leivar, Antoni Planas, Isabel Usón, Ramón Hurtado-Guerrero, Luis Izquierdo
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    Nonoptimal Codon Usage Is Critical for Protein Structure and Function of the Master General Amino Acid Control Regulator CPC-1
    Research Article | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    Nonoptimal Codon Usage Is Critical for Protein Structure and Function of the Master General Amino Acid Control Regulator CPC-1

    The general amino acid control response is critical for adaptation of organisms to amino acid starvation conditions. The preference to use certain synonymous codons is a universal feature of all genomes. Synonymous codon changes were previously thought to be silent mutations. In this study, we showed that the Neurospora cpc-1 gene has an unusual codon usage profile compared to other genes in the genome. We found that codon...

    Xueliang Lyu, Yi Liu
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    <span class="named-content genus-species" id="named-content-1">Aspergillus fumigatus</span> G-Protein Coupled Receptors GprM and GprJ Are Important for the Regulation of the Cell Wall Integrity Pathway, Secondary Metabolite Production, and Virulence
    Research Article | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    Aspergillus fumigatus G-Protein Coupled Receptors GprM and GprJ Are Important for the Regulation of the Cell Wall Integrity Pathway, Secondary Metabolite Production, and Virulence

    A. fumigatus is the main etiological agent of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, a life-threatening fungal disease that occurs in severely immunocompromised humans. Withstanding the host environment is essential for A. fumigatus virulence, and sensing of extracellular cues occurs primarily through G-...

    Aílton Pereira da Costa Filho, Guilherme Thomaz Pereira Brancini, Patrícia Alves de Castro, Clara Valero, Jaire Alves Ferreira Filho, Lilian Pereira Silva, Marina Campos Rocha, Iran Malavazi, João Guilherme de Moraes Pontes, Taícia Fill, Roberto Nascimento Silva, Fausto Almeida, Jacob L. Steenwyk, Antonis Rokas, Thaila F. dos Reis, Laure N. A. Ries, Gustavo H. Goldman
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    Bacterial Cell Wall Quality Control during Environmental Stress
    Minireview | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    Bacterial Cell Wall Quality Control during Environmental Stress

    Nearly all bacteria are encased in a peptidoglycan cell wall, an essential polysaccharide structure that protects the cell from osmotic rupture and reinforces cell shape. The integrity of this protective barrier must be maintained across the diversity of environmental conditions wherein bacteria replicate. However, at the cell surface, the cell wall and its synthesis machinery face unique challenges that threaten their integrity....

    Elizabeth A. Mueller, Petra Anne Levin
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    Rsr1 Palmitoylation and GTPase Activity Status Differentially Coordinate Nuclear, Septin, and Vacuole Dynamics in <span class="named-content genus-species" id="named-content-1">Candida albicans</span>
    Research Article | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    Rsr1 Palmitoylation and GTPase Activity Status Differentially Coordinate Nuclear, Septin, and Vacuole Dynamics in Candida albicans

    Understanding how single eukaryotic cells self-organize to replicate and migrate is relevant to health and disease. In the fungal pathogen, Candida albicans, the small GTPase, Rsr1, guides the directional growth of hyphae that invade human tissue during life-threatening infections. Rsr1 is a Ras-like GTPase and a homolog of the conserved Rap1 subfamily, which directs...

    T. Bedekovic, E. Agnew, A. C. Brand
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    Structure-Based Modification of an Anti-neuraminidase Human Antibody Restores Protection Efficacy against the Drifted Influenza Virus
    Research Article | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    Structure-Based Modification of an Anti-neuraminidase Human Antibody Restores Protection Efficacy against the Drifted Influenza Virus

    The immune system produces antibodies to protect the human body from harmful invaders. The monoclonal antibody (MAb) is one kind of effective antivirals. In this study, we isolated an antibody (Z2B3) from an H7N9 influenza virus-infected child. It shows cross-reactivity to both group 1 (N1) and group 2 (N9) neuraminidases (NAs) but is sensitive to N1 NA with a K432E substitution. Structural analysis of the NA-antibody fragment antigen-...

    Haihai Jiang, Weiyu Peng, Jianxun Qi, Yan Chai, Hao Song, Yuhai Bi, Pramila Rijal, Haiyuan Wang, Babayemi O. Oladejo, Jinhua Liu, Yi Shi, George F. Gao, Alain R. Townsend, Yan Wu
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    Copy Number of an Integron-Encoded Antibiotic Resistance Locus Regulates a Virulence and Opacity Switch in <span class="named-content genus-species" id="named-content-1">Acinetobacter baumannii</span> AB5075
    Research Article | Molecular Biology and Physiology
    Copy Number of an Integron-Encoded Antibiotic Resistance Locus Regulates a Virulence and Opacity Switch in Acinetobacter baumannii AB5075

    Acinetobacter baumannii remains a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections. Widespread multidrug resistance in this species has prompted the WHO to name carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii as its top priority for research and development of new antibiotics. Many strains of...

    Sarah E. Anderson, Chui Yoke Chin, David S. Weiss, Philip N. Rather

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