PMID:11790739
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Chen, JC, Minev, M and Beckwith, J (2002) Analysis of ftsQ mutant alleles in Escherichia coli: complementation, septal localization, and recruitment of downstream cell division proteins. J. Bacteriol. 184:695-705 |
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| Abstract |
FtsQ, a 276-amino-acid, bitopic membrane protein, is one of the nine proteins known to be essential for cell division in gram-negative bacterium Escherichia coli. To define residues in FtsQ critical for function, we performed random mutagenesis on the ftsQ gene and identified four alleles (ftsQ2, ftsQ6, ftsQ15, and ftsQ65) that fail to complement the ftsQ1(Ts) mutation at the restrictive temperature. Two of the mutant proteins, FtsQ6 and FtsQ15, are functional at lower temperatures but are unable to localize to the division site unless wild-type FtsQ is depleted, suggesting that they compete poorly with the wild-type protein for septal targeting. The other two mutants, FtsQ2 and FtsQ65, are nonfunctional at all temperatures tested and have dominant-negative effects when expressed in an ftsQ1(Ts) strain at the permissive temperature. FtsQ2 and FtsQ65 localize to the division site in the presence or absence of endogenous FtsQ, but they cannot recruit downstream cell division proteins, such as FtsL, to the septum. These results suggest that FtsQ2 and FtsQ65 compete efficiently for septal targeting but fail to promote the further assembly of the cell division machinery. Thus, we have separated the localization ability of FtsQ from its other functions, including recruitment of downstream cell division proteins, and are beginning to define regions of the protein responsible for these distinct capabilities. |
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Alleles; Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/isolation & purification; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Cell Compartmentation; Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism; Cell Division; Escherichia coli/cytology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli Proteins; Membrane Proteins/genetics; Membrane Proteins/isolation & purification; Membrane Proteins/metabolism; Mutation; Phenotype; Selection, Genetic |
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