Segregation of four Agrobacterium tumefaciens replicons during polar growth: PopZ and PodJ control segregation of essential replicons. 2020

J S Robalino-Espinosa, and J R Zupan, and A Chavez-Arroyo, and P Zambryski
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.

Agrobacterium tumefaciens C58 contains four replicons, circular chromosome (CC), linear chromosome (LC), cryptic plasmid (pAt), and tumor-inducing plasmid (pTi), and grows by polar growth from a single growth pole (GP), while the old cell compartment and its old pole (OP) do not elongate. We monitored the replication and segregation of these four genetic elements during polar growth. The three largest replicons (CC, LC, pAt) reside in the OP compartment prior to replication; post replication one copy migrates to the GP prior to division. CC resides at a fixed location at the OP and replicates first. LC does not stay fixed at the OP once the cell cycle begins and replicates from varied locations 20 min later than CC. pAt localizes similarly to LC prior to replication, but replicates before the LC and after the CC. pTi does not have a fixed location, and post replication it segregates randomly throughout old and new cell compartments, while undergoing one to three rounds of replication during a single cell cycle. Segregation of the CC and LC is dependent on the GP and OP identity factors PopZ and PodJ, respectively. Without PopZ, replicated CC and LC do not efficiently partition, resulting in sibling cells without CC or LC. Without PodJ, the CC and LC exhibit abnormal localization to the GP at the beginning of the cell cycle and replicate from this position. These data reveal PodJ plays an essential role in CC and LC tethering to the OP during early stages of polar growth.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D012093 Replicon Any DNA sequence capable of independent replication or a molecule that possesses a REPLICATION ORIGIN and which is therefore potentially capable of being replicated in a suitable cell. (Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed) Replication Unit,Replication Units,Replicons,Unit, Replication,Units, Replication
D002453 Cell Cycle The complex series of phenomena, occurring between the end of one CELL DIVISION and the end of the next, by which cellular material is duplicated and then divided between two daughter cells. The cell cycle includes INTERPHASE, which includes G0 PHASE; G1 PHASE; S PHASE; and G2 PHASE, and CELL DIVISION PHASE. Cell Division Cycle,Cell Cycles,Cell Division Cycles,Cycle, Cell,Cycle, Cell Division,Cycles, Cell,Cycles, Cell Division,Division Cycle, Cell,Division Cycles, Cell
D002455 Cell Division The fission of a CELL. It includes CYTOKINESIS, when the CYTOPLASM of a cell is divided, and CELL NUCLEUS DIVISION. M Phase,Cell Division Phase,Cell Divisions,Division Phase, Cell,Division, Cell,Divisions, Cell,M Phases,Phase, Cell Division,Phase, M,Phases, M
D002876 Chromosomes, Bacterial Structures within the nucleus of bacterial cells consisting of or containing DNA, which carry genetic information essential to the cell. Bacterial Chromosome,Bacterial Chromosomes,Chromosome, Bacterial
D001426 Bacterial Proteins Proteins found in any species of bacterium. Bacterial Gene Products,Bacterial Gene Proteins,Gene Products, Bacterial,Bacterial Gene Product,Bacterial Gene Protein,Bacterial Protein,Gene Product, Bacterial,Gene Protein, Bacterial,Gene Proteins, Bacterial,Protein, Bacterial,Proteins, Bacterial
D016960 Agrobacterium tumefaciens A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria isolated from soil and the stems, leafs, and roots of plants. Some biotypes are pathogenic and cause the formation of PLANT TUMORS in a wide variety of higher plants. The species is a major research tool in biotechnology. Alcaligenes radiobacter,Bacillus radiobacter,Bacterium radiobacter,Bacterium tumefaciens,Phytomonas tumefaciens,Polymonas tumefaciens,Pseudomonas radiobacter,Pseudomonas tumefaciens,Rhizobium radiobacter,Agrobacterium radiobacter
D018797 Cell Cycle Proteins Proteins that control the CELL DIVISION CYCLE. This family of proteins includes a wide variety of classes, including CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES, mitogen-activated kinases, CYCLINS, and PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES as well as their putative substrates such as chromatin-associated proteins, CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS, and TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS. Cell Division Cycle Proteins,Cell-Cycle Regulatory Proteins,cdc Proteins,Cell Cycle Regulatory Proteins
D020090 Chromosome Segregation The orderly segregation of CHROMOSOMES during MEIOSIS or MITOSIS. Chromosome Segregations,Segregation, Chromosome,Segregations, Chromosome

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