MinC and FtsZ mutant analysis provides insight into MinC/MinD-mediated Z ring disassembly.
J Biol Chem
; 293(16): 5834-5846, 2018 04 20.
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The Min system negatively regulates the position of the Z ring, which serves as a scaffold for the divisome that mediates bacterial cytokinesis. In Escherichia coli, this system consists of MinC, which antagonizes assembly of the tubulin homologue FtsZ. MinC is recruited to the membrane by MinD and induced by MinE to oscillate between the cell poles. MinC is a dimer with each monomer consisting of functionally distinct MinCN and MinCC domains, both of which contact FtsZ. According to one model, MinCC/MinD binding to the FtsZ tail positions MinCN at the junction of two GDP-containing subunits in the filament, leading to filament breakage. Others posit that MinC sequesters FtsZ-GDP monomers or that MinCN caps the minus end of FtsZ polymers and that MinCC interferes with lateral interactions between FtsZ filaments. Here, we isolated minC mutations that impair MinCN function and analyzed FtsZ mutants resistant to MinC/MinD. Surprisingly, we found mutations in both minC and ftsZ that differentiate inhibition by MinC from inhibition by MinC/MinD. Analysis of these mutations suggests that inhibition of the Z ring by MinC alone is due to sequestration, whereas inhibition by MinC/MinD is not. In conclusion, our genetic and biochemical data support the model that MinC/MinD fragments FtsZ filaments.
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Proteínas de Bactérias
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Adenosina Trifosfatases
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Proteínas de Escherichia coli
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Proteínas do Citoesqueleto
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Escherichia coli K12
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Proteínas de Membrana
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J Biol Chem
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2018
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