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M. Thanbichler

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Microbiology· 7 Biophysics· 1 Cell Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 7 Organism:bacteria (other)· 5 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 5 Organism:C. elegans· 4 Research Focus:chromatin & epigenetic regulation· 4 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 3 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 2 Approach:biophysical modeling· 1

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G. Bange· 3 shared J. Biboy· 3 shared M. Billini· 3 shared M. Osorio-Valeriano· 3 shared W. Steinchen· 3 shared W. Vollmer· 3 shared G. Panis· 2 shared J. Hanssmann· 2 shared

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The cytoplasmic phosphate level has a central regulatory role in the phosphate starvation response of Caulobacter crescentus

M. Billini, T. Hoffmann, J. Kuhn, E. Bremer, M. Thanbichler

This study investigates how cytoplasmic phosphate levels regulate the phosphate starvation response in Caulobacter crescentus, revealing distinct physiological and transcriptional responses to environmental and cytoplasmic phosphate changes.

bioRxiv · Oct 7, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

The virulence regulator VirB from Shigella flexneri uses a CTP-dependent switch mechanism to activate gene expression

S. Jakob, W. Steinchen, J. Hanssmann, J. Rosum, M. Osorio-Valeriano, P. I. Giammarinaro, G. Bange, M. Thanbichler

This study shows VirB, a virulence regulator in Shigella flexneri, uses CTP binding and hydrolysis to control DNA binding and sliding, thereby regulating gene expression.

bioRxiv · Jun 1, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology

A dynamic bactofilin cytoskeleton cooperates with an M23 endopeptidase to control bacterial morphogenesis

S. Pöhl, M. Osorio-Valeriano, E. Cserti, J. Harberding, R. Hernandez-Tamayo, J. Biboy, P. Sobetzko, W. Vollmer, P. L. Graumann, M. Thanbichler

This study identifies bactofilin and M23 peptidase interactions that regulate bacterial cell shape by controlling cell wall biosynthesis in two alphaproteobacteria.

bioRxiv · Feb 27, 2023Microbiology

Partition complex structure can arise from sliding and bridging of ParB dimers

L. Connolley, L. Schnabel, M. Thanbichler, S. M. Murray

This study uses simulations to show how ParB sliding and bridging explain partition complex formation and predict its structure.

bioRxiv · Dec 1, 2022Biophysics

DipM controls multiple autolysins and mediates two regulatory feedback loops promoting cell constriction in C. crescentus

A. Izquierdo-Martinez, V. Miguel-Ruano, R. Hernandez-Tamayo, J. Biboy, M. T. Batuecas, M. Billini, T. Glatter, W. Vollmer, P. L. Graumann, J. A. Hermoso, M. Thanbichler

This paper identifies DipM as a LytM factor that regulates autolysins through two feedback loops to promote cell constriction in C. crescentus.

bioRxiv · Sep 10, 2022 · PreprintMicrobiology

The CTPase activity of ParB acts as a timing mechanism to control the dynamics and function of prokaryotic DNA partition complexes

M. Osorio-Valeriano, F. Altegoer, C. K. Das, W. Steinchen, G. Panis, L. Connolley, G. Giacomelli, H. Feddersen, L. Corrales-Guerrero, P. Giammarinaro, J. Hanssmann, M. Bramkamp, P. H. Viollier, S. Murray, L. V. Schäfer, , M. Thanbichler

This study identifies how ParB's CTPase activity regulates DNA partition complex dynamics and function by controlling clamp sliding time and spreading.

bioRxiv · May 5, 2021Microbiology

Molecular architecture of the DNA-binding sites of the P-loop ATPases MipZ and ParA from Caulobacter crescentus

Y. Refes, B. He, L. Corrales-Guerrero, W. Steinchen, G. Panis, P. H. Viollier, G. Bange, M. Thanbichler

This study identifies the DNA-binding residues of MipZ and ParA from Caulobacter crescentus, revealing sequence-independent electrostatic interactions and conserved binding mechanisms across ParA-like ATPases.

bioRxiv · Sep 12, 2019Microbiology

A specialized MreB-dependent complex mediates the formation of stalk-specific peptidoglycan in Caulobacter crescentus

M. Billini, J. Biboy, J. Kühn, W. Vollmer, M. Thanbichler

bioRxiv · Aug 9, 2018Cell Biology

BacStalk: a comprehensive and interactive image analysis software tool for bacterial cell biology

R. Hartmann, M. C. F. van Teeseling, M. Thanbichler, K. Drescher

BacStalk is an image analysis tool for bacterial cell biology that enables detailed analysis of morphologically complex bacteria through interactive visualization and quantitative data extraction.

bioRxiv · Jul 3, 2018Microbiology