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K. E. Bruce

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 4 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 3 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Approach:microscopy & imaging analysis· 2 Assay:proteomics· 2 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 1 Assay:fluorescence / live-cell microscopy· 1

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Elongasome core proteins and class A PBP1a display zonal, processive movement at the midcell of Streptococcus pneumoniae

A. J. Perez, M. M. Lamanna, K. E. Bruce, M. A. Touraev, J. E. Page, S. L. Shaw, H.-C. T. Tsui, M. E. Winkler

This study identifies three types of single-molecule motions of PG synthesis proteins in Streptococcus pneumoniae, revealing zonal, circumferential movement of core elongasome proteins and distinct behaviors of aPBP1a and MpgA.

bioRxiv · Jan 10, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology

Organization of Peptidoglycan Synthesis in Nodes and Separate Rings at Different Stages of Cell Division of Streptococcus pneumoniae

A. J. Perez, M. J. Boersma, K. E. Bruce, M. M. Lamanna, S. L. Shaw, H.-C. T. Tsui, A. Taguchi, E. E. Carlson, M. S. VanNieuwenhze, M. E. Winkler

This paper investigates the spatial organization of peptidoglycan synthesis in Streptococcus pneumoniae during cell division, revealing distinct rings and nodes of transpeptidase activity and PBP localization.

bioRxiv · Sep 27, 2020Microbiology

Treadmilling FtsZ polymers drive the directional movement of sPG-synthesis enzymes via a Brownian ratchet mechanism

J. W. McCausland, X. Yang, G. R. Squyres, Z. Lyu, K. E. Bruce, M. M. Lamanna, B. W. Söderström, E. C. Garner, M. E. Winkler, J. Xiao, J. Liu

This study shows FtsZ treadmilling drives directional movement of sPG-synthesis enzymes via a Brownian ratchet mechanism, controlling enzyme processivity and sPG synthesis.

bioRxiv · Jul 17, 2020Biophysics

Structure of the large extracellular loop of FtsX and its interaction with the essential peptidoglycan hydrolase PcsB in Streptococcus pneumoniae

B. E. Rued, M. Alcorlo, K. A. Edmonds, S. Martinez-Caballero, D. Straume, Y. Fu, K. E. Bruce, H. Wu, L. S. Havarstein, J. A. Hermoso, M. E. Winkler, D. P. Giedroc

This study presents the structure of FtsX's extracellular loop and shows its essential interaction with PcsB for cell viability in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

bioRxiv · Oct 2, 2018Microbiology