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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
Membrane affinity difference between MinD monomer and dimer is not crucial for MinD gradient formation in Bacillus subtilis.
Bohorquez, L.C., Strahl, H.#, Marenduzzo, D., Thiele, M.J., Bürmann, F., and Hamoen, L.W.# (2026).
eLife
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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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