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2025
Mechanism of DNA capture by the MukBEF SMC complex and its inhibition by a viral DNA mimic.
Bürmann, F.#, Clifton, B., Koekemoer, S., Wilkinson, O.J., Kimanius, D., Dillingham, M.S.#, and Löwe, J.# (2025).
Cell
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2024
Cyclical MinD membrane affinity differences are not necessary for MinD gradient formation in Bacillus subtilis.
Bohorquez, L.C., Strahl, H., Marenduzzo, D., Thiele, M.J., Bürmann, F., and Hamoen, L.W. (2024).
preprint (2024)
2023
Structural biology of SMC complexes across the tree of life.
Bürmann, F. and Löwe, J. (2023).
Current Opinion in Structural Biology
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2022
Bacterial divisome protein FtsA forms curved antiparallel double filaments when binding to FtsN.
Nierhaus, T., McLaughlin, S. H., Bürmann, F., Kureisaite-Ciziene, D., Maslen, S.L., Skehel, J.M., Yu, C.W.H., Freund, S.M.V., Funke, L.F.H., Chin, J.W., and Löwe, J. (2022).
Nature Microbiology
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2021
Cryo-EM structure of MukBEF reveals DNA loop entrapment at chromosomal unloading sites.
Bürmann, F.#, Funke, L.F.H., Chin, J.W., and Löwe, J.# (2021).
Molecular Cell
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2020
Phospho-regulation of the Shugoshin – Condensin interaction at the centromere in budding yeast.
Yahya, G., Wu, Y., Peplowska, K., Röhrl, J., Soh, Y.-M., Bürmann, F., Gruber, S. and Storchova, Z. (2020).
PLoS Genetics
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2019
A folded conformation of MukBEF and cohesin.
Bürmann, F., Lee, B.-G., Than, T., Sinn, L., O’Reilly, F.J., Yatskevich, S., Rappsilber, J., Hu, B., Nasmyth, K., and Löwe, J. (2019).
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
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High-throughput allelic replacement screening in Bacillus subtilis.
Diebold-Durand, M.-L., Bürmann, F., and Gruber, S. (2019).
Methods in Molecular Biology
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2017
Structure of full-length SMC and rearrangements required for chromosome organization.
Diebold-Durand, M.-L., Lee, H., Ruiz Avila, L. B., Noh, H., Shin, H.-C., Im, H., Bock, F.P., Bürmann, F., Durand, A., Basfeld, A., Ham, S., Basquin, J., Oh, B.-H., and Gruber, S. (2017).
Molecular Cell
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Tuned SMC arms drive chromosomal loading of prokaryotic condensin.
Bürmann, F., Basfeld, A., Vazquez Nunez, R., Durand-Diebold, M.-L., Wilhelm, L., and Gruber, S. (2017).
Molecular Cell
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2016
Control of Smc coiled coil architecture by the ATPase heads facilitates targeting to chromosomal ParB/parS and release onto flanking DNA.
Minnen, A.*, Bürmann, F.*, Wilhelm, L., Anchimiuk, A., Diebold-Durand, M.-L., and Gruber, S. (2016).
Cell Reports
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2015
SMC condensin entraps chromosomal DNA by an ATP hydrolysis dependent loading mechanism in Bacillus subtilis.
Wilhelm, L., Bürmann, F., Minnen, A., Shin, H.-C., Toseland, C.P., Oh, B.-H., and Gruber, S. (2015).
eLife
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Molecular basis for SMC rod formation and its dissolution upon DNA binding.
Soh, Y.-M.*, Bürmann, F.*, Shin, H.-C., Oda, T., Jin, K.S., Toseland, C.P., Kim, C., Lee, H., Kim, S.J., Kong, M.-S., Durand-Diebold, M.-L., Kim, Y.-G., Kim, H.M., Lee, N.K., Sato, M., Oh, B.-H., and Gruber, S. (2015).
Molecular Cell
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SMC condensin: promoting cohesion of replicon arms.
Bürmann, F. and Gruber, S. (2015).
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
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2014
Closing the cohesin ring: structure and function of its Smc3-kleisin interface.
Gligoris, T.G., Scheinost, J.C., Bürmann, F., Petela, N., Chan, K.-L., Uluocak, P., Beckouët, F., Gruber, S., Nasmyth, K., and Löwe, J. (2014).
Science
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The actin homologue MreB organizes the bacterial cell membrane.
Strahl, H., Bürmann, F., and Hamoen, L.W. (2014).
Nature Communications
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2013
An asymmetric SMC-kleisin bridge in prokaryotic condensin.
Bürmann, F.*, Shin, H.-C.*, Basquin, J.*, Soh, Y.-M., Giménez-Oya, V., Kim, Y.-G., Oh, B.-H., and Gruber, S. (2013).
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
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2012
Identification of interaction partners of the dynamin-like protein DynA from Bacillus subtilis.
Bürmann, F., Sawant, P., and Bramkamp, M. (2012).
Communicative & Integrative Biology
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2011
A bacterial dynamin-like protein mediating nucleotide-independent membrane fusion.
Bürmann, F., Ebert, N., van Baarle, S., and Bramkamp, M. (2011).
Molecular Microbiology
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