The divergent early divisome: is there a functional core?

Santiago-Collazo, Gustavo; Brown, Pamela J.B.; Randich, Amelia M.

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2023.08.010

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Distinct dynamics and proximity networks of hub proteins at the prey-invading cell pole in a predatory bacterium

Remy,

Santin,

Jonckheere

et al. 2024

J Bacteriol

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In bacteria, cell poles function as subcellular compartments where proteins localize during specific lifecycle stages, orchestrated by polar “hub” proteins. Whereas most described bacteria inherit an “old” pole from the mother cell and a “new” pole from cell division, generating cell asymmetry at birth, non-binary division poses challenges for establishing cell polarity, particularly for daughter cells inheriting only new poles. We investigated polarity dynamics in the obligate predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus , proliferating through filamentous growth followed by non-binary division within prey bacteria. Monitoring the subcellular localization of two proteins known as polar hubs in other species, RomR and DivIVA, revealed RomR as an early polarity marker in B. bacteriovorus . RomR already marks the future anterior poles of the progeny during the predator’s growth phase, during a precise period closely following the onset of divisome assembly and the end of chromosome segregation. In contrast to RomR’s stable unipolar localization in the progeny, DivIVA exhibits a dynamic pole-to-pole localization. This behavior changes shortly before the division of the elongated predator cell, where DivIVA accumulates at all septa and both poles. In vivo protein interaction networks for DivIVA and RomR, mapped through endogenous miniTurbo-based proximity labeling, further underscore their distinct roles in cell polarization and reinforce the importance of the anterior “invasive” cell pole in prey-predator interactions. Our work also emphasizes the precise spatiotemporal order of cellular processes underlying B. bacteriovorus proliferation, offering insights into the subcellular organization of bacteria with filamentous growth and non-binary division. IMPORTANCE In bacteria, cell poles are crucial areas where “hub” proteins orchestrate lifecycle events through interactions with multiple partners at specific times. While most bacteria exhibit one “old” and one “new” pole, inherited from the previous division event, setting polar identity poses challenges in bacteria with non-binary division. This study explores polar proteins in the predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus , which undergoes filamentous growth followed by non-binary division inside another bacterium. Our research reveals distinct localization dynamics of the polar proteins RomR and DivIVA, highlighting RomR as an early “hub” marking polar identity in the filamentous mother cell. Using miniTurbo-based proximity labeling, we uncovered their unique protein networks. Overall, our work provides new insights into the cell polarity in non-binary dividing bacteria.

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Distinct dynamics and proximity networks of hub proteins at the prey-invading cell pole in a predatory bacterium

Remy,

Santin,

Jonckheere

et al. 2024

J Bacteriol

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“…This confirms that RomR accumulates at some, but not all, division sites in B. bacteriovorus . Similar co-localization patterns were obtained when a second conserved early divisome component, FtsA, which anchors FtsZ in many bacterial species (30), was labelled together with RomR ( Supp Fig 1C ). Next, we tracked the progress of chromosome replication and segregation by monitoring ParB foci, which label the origin of replication of each copy of the chromosome during the B. bacteriovorus growth phase (8), together with RomR-mCherry.…”

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Distinct dynamics and proximity networks of hub proteins at the prey-invading cell pole in a predatory bacterium

Remy,

Santin,

Jonckheere

et al. 2023

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The divergent early divisome: is there a functional core?

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Distinct dynamics and proximity networks of hub proteins at the prey-invading cell pole in a predatory bacterium

Distinct dynamics and proximity networks of hub proteins at the prey-invading cell pole in a predatory bacterium

Distinct dynamics and proximity networks of hub proteins at the prey-invading cell pole in a predatory bacterium

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