PMID:15752189
| Citation |
Aarsman, ME, Piette, A, Fraipont, C, Vinkenvleugel, TM, Nguyen-Distèche, M and den Blaauwen, T (2005) Maturation of the Escherichia coli divisome occurs in two steps. Mol. Microbiol. 55:1631-45 |
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| Abstract |
Cell division proteins FtsZ (FtsA, ZipA, ZapA), FtsE/X, FtsK, FtsQ, FtsL/B, FtsW, PBP3, FtsN and AmiC localize at mid cell in Escherichia coli in an interdependent order as listed. To investigate whether this reflects a time dependent maturation of the divisome, the average cell age at which FtsZ, FtsQ, FtsW, PBP3 and FtsN arrive at their destination was determined by immuno- and GFP-fluorescence microscopy of steady state grown cells at a variety of growth rates. Consistently, a time delay of 14-21 min, depending on the growth rate, between Z-ring formation and the mid cell recruitment of proteins down stream of FtsK was found. We suggest a two-step model for bacterial division in which the Z-ring is involved in the switch from cylindrical to polar peptidoglycan synthesis, whereas the much later localizing cell division proteins are responsible for the modification of the envelope shape into that of two new poles. |
| Links |
PubMed Online version:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04502.x |
| Keywords |
ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters/metabolism; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism; Cell Division; Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator/metabolism; Escherichia coli/chemistry; Escherichia coli/cytology; Escherichia coli/growth & development; Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism; Fluorescent Antibody Technique; Genes, Reporter; Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics; Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism; Kinetics; Macromolecular Substances/metabolism; Membrane Proteins/metabolism; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Morphogenesis; Peptidoglycan/biosynthesis; Protein Binding; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism |
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