PMID:9829918
| Citation |
Buddelmeijer, N, Aarsman, ME, Kolk, AH, Vicente, M and Nanninga, N (1998) Localization of cell division protein FtsQ by immunofluorescence microscopy in dividing and nondividing cells of Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 180:6107-16 |
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| Abstract |
The localization of cell division protein FtsQ in Escherichia coli wild-type cells was studied by immunofluorescence microscopy with specific monoclonal antibodies. FtsQ could be localized to the division site in constricting cells. FtsQ could also localize to the division site in ftsQ1(Ts) cells grown at the permissive temperature. A hybrid protein in which the cytoplasmic domain and the transmembrane domain were derived from the gamma form of penicillin-binding protein 1B and the periplasmic domain was derived from FtsQ was also able to localize to the division site. This result indicates that the periplasmic domain of FtsQ determines the localization of FtsQ, as has also been concluded by others for the periplasmic domain of FtsN. Noncentral FtsQ foci were found in the area of the cell where the nucleoid resides and were therefore assumed to represent sites where the FtsQ protein is synthesized and simultaneously inserted into the cytoplasmic membrane. |
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| Keywords |
Antibodies, Monoclonal; Bacterial Proteins/genetics; Bacterial Proteins/immunology; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Base Sequence; Binding Sites; Blotting, Western; Cell Division; Cell Membrane/metabolism; DNA Primers/genetics; Epitope Mapping; Escherichia coli/cytology; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli Proteins; Genes, Bacterial; Membrane Proteins/genetics; Membrane Proteins/immunology; Membrane Proteins/metabolism; Microscopy, Fluorescence; Mutation; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/immunology; Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism |
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