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Happy to see our research on SMC Wadjet published in Molecular Cell. We showed DNA loop extrusion (LE) by a bacterial SMC, confirming LE is conserved across all life forms. Wadjet's LE activity is crucial for recognizing and restricting foreign plasmids, serving as a defense mechanism. 🧬🔬🧪
December 2, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Happy to see our research on SMC Wadjet published in Molecular Cell. We showed DNA loop extrusion (LE) by a bacterial SMC, confirming LE is conserved across all life forms. Wadjet's LE activity is crucial for recognizing and restricting foreign plasmids, serving as a defense mechanism. 🧬🔬🧪
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Structural diversity and oligomerization of bacterial ubiquitin-like proteins https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.21.623966v1
Structural diversity and oligomerization of bacterial ubiquitin-like proteins https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.21.623966v1
Bacteria possess a variety of operons with homology to eukaryotic ubiquitination pathways that encod
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November 22, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Structural diversity and oligomerization of bacterial ubiquitin-like proteins https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.21.623966v1
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Mechanistic basis for protein conjugation in a diverged bacterial ubiquitination pathway https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.21.623953v1
Mechanistic basis for protein conjugation in a diverged bacterial ubiquitination pathway https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.21.623953v1
Ubiquitination is a fundamental and highly conserved protein post-translational modification pathway
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November 22, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Mechanistic basis for protein conjugation in a diverged bacterial ubiquitination pathway https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.21.623953v1