Bacterial dynamin as a membrane puncture repair kit

Dynamin(-like) proteins (DLPs) are widely distributed inbacteria, and both structural and biochemical data haveclearly demonstrated that, like their eukaryotic counter-parts, these proteins can function in membrane modelling.Although various functions for bacterial DLPs have beenhypothesized, a clear function for these proteins withinbacteria remained an enigma. A new study by Bramkampand colleagues (Sawantet al., 2016) provides the rstglimpse for a role of bacterial dynamins as a surveillancesystem that monitors membrane integrity and that coun-teracts pore formation by phages and antibiotics