Assembly and Deformation of the Bacterial Cell Wall
Rico Rojas
Huang and Theriot Labs
MicrasteriasSpirochete Bacteria
PhycomycesAcetabularia
Cell Morphogenesis – The cell wall defines cell shape
Pollen tube growth
Pulsatile pollen tube growth
Actin homologs orchestrate cell wall assembly in bacteria
Jones 2001
Research Agenda
1. What is the growth rate dependence on turgor pressure?2. What determines MreB localization?
What is the growth rate dependence on turgor pressure – varying the turgor pressure
Furchgott 2011
Growth rate dependence on turgor pressure – computational framework
MreB Localization – MreB binds ATP and mutations around the nucleotide binding pocket affect MreB localization and cell shape in Caulobacter
Dye 2011
Using MreB mutants as a perturbation to study localization
E. coliC. crescentus
WT
D189G
A325P