472: Caulobacter Condensates Compartmentalize Kinase

<p>This episode: Bacteria can use blobs of disordered proteins to quickly adapt to new conditions!</p> <div> </div> <div>Thanks to Dr. Saumya Saurabh for his contribution!</div> <p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/bacteriofiles/BF472.mp3">Download Episode</a></span> (10.9 MB, 15.9 minutes)<br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Show notes:</span><br /> Microbe of the episode: <em>Drosophila melanogaster</em> Micropia virus</p> <div> </div> <div> <div> </div> <div> <div><strong>Takeaways</strong></div> <div> <div>Bacteria can adapt to environmental fluctuations via mechanisms operating at the various levels of the central dogma, or metabolism (stringent response). Recently, researchers at Stanford University discovered a mechanism that allows bacteria to sense and rapidly adapt to nutrient fluctuations by simply tuning protein self-assembly as a function of nutrient availability. Termed membraneless organelles or condensates, these proteinaceou...