title: SMC complexes in bacterial chromosome condensation and segregation.
abstract: Bacterial chromosomes segregate via a partition apparatus that employs a score of specialized proteins. The SMC complexes play a crucial role in the chromosome partitioning process by organizing bacterial chromosomes through their ATP-dependent chromatin-compacting activity. Recent progress in the composition of these complexes and elucidation of their structural and enzymatic properties has advanced our comprehension of chromosome condensation and segregation mechanics in bacteria.
authors.affiliation: NIH, NICHD, Bethesda, MD, USA. strunnik@mail.nih.gov
authors.forename: Alexander V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Strunnikov
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D020090:Chromosome Segregation / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; C118650:SMC protein, Bacteria