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B. Nan

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 6 Approach:experimental assay· 5 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 3 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Assay:imaging· 2 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1

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H. Zhang· 3 shared T. Mignot· 2 shared A. Garza· 1 shared A. J. Ehrlicher· 1 shared A. M. Belgrave· 1 shared B. Fleuchot· 1 shared B. P. Bratton· 1 shared C. A. Ramirez Carbo· 1 shared

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A lytic transglycosylase connects bacterial focal adhesion complexes to the peptidoglycan cell wall

C. A. Ramirez Carbo, O. G. Faromiki, B. Nan

This study identifies AgmT as a lytic transglycosylase that links bacterial focal adhesion complexes to the peptidoglycan cell wall, enabling mechanical force transmission during gliding motility.

bioRxiv · Apr 4, 2024Microbiology

Integrin-like adhesin CglD confers traction and stabilizes bacterial focal adhesions involved in myxobacterial gliding motility

N. Y. Jolivet, E. Han, A. M. Belgrave, F. Saïdi, N. Koushki, D. J. Lemon, L. M. Faure, B. Fleuchot, U. Mahanta, H. Jiang, G. Sharma, J.-B. Fiche, B. P. Bratton, M. Diallo, B. Nan, , S. T. Islam

The paper identifies CglD as a β-integrin-like adhesin in Myxococcus xanthus that stabilizes bacterial focal adhesions and enables gliding motility through mechanosensory and mechanotransductory functions.

bioRxiv · Oct 19, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

Myxococcus xanthus, a nonpathogenic bacterium, eliminates Cryptococcus neoformans, a fungal pathogen of human, independent of cell-cell contact

H. Zhang, J. D. Pettibon, R. Patel, B. Nan

This study shows that the nonpathogenic bacterium Myxococcus xanthus eliminates the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans without requiring cell-cell contact, by increasing fungal cell permeability.

bioRxiv · Aug 25, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology

The coordination between penicillin-binding protein 1a (PBP1a) and the hydrolytic peptidase DacB determines the integrity of bacterial cell poles

H. Zhang, S. Venkatesan, E. Ng, B. Nan

The paper shows that moenomycin inhibits PBP1a2, leading to pole degradation by DacB in Myxococcus xanthus, revealing coordination between PG synthases and hydrolases is critical for cell integrity.

bioRxiv · Mar 18, 2022Microbiology

Establishing Rod-Shape from Spherical, Peptidoglycan-Deficient Bacterial Spores

H. Zhang, G. A. Mulholland, S. Seef, S. Zhu, J. Liu, T. Mignot, B. Nan

This study investigates how peptidoglycan-deficient spherical spores of Myxococcus xanthus germinate into rod-shaped cells by elucidating the role of MglB, MglA, MreB, and molecular motors in de novo PG synthesis and shape establishment.

bioRxiv · Jan 23, 2020Microbiology

Second messengers and divergent HD-GYP enzymes regulate 3’,3’-cGAMP signaling

T. A. Wright, L. Jiang, J. J. Park, W. A. Anderson, G. Chen, Z. F. Hallberg, B. Nan, M. C. Hammond

This study identifies cAMP as an activator of GacB and cGAMP-specific phosphodiesterase PmxA, revealing cross-regulation between CDN pathways and predicting non-canonical HD-GYP enzymes.

bioRxiv · Apr 5, 2019Biochemistry