Analysis of ParB-centromere interactions by multiplex SPR imaging reveals specific patterns for binding ParB in six centromeres of Burkholderiales chromosomes and plasmids.
Bacterial centromeres-also called parS, are cis-acting DNA sequences which, together with the proteins ParA and ParB, are involved in the segregation of chromosomes and plasmids.The specific binding of ParB to parS modbiv nucleates the assembly of a large ParB/DNA complex from which ParA-the motor protein, segregates the sister replicons.Closely re