MinC
- Description: cell-division inhibitor (septum placement), destabilizes FtsZ-rings at new cell poles
Gene name | minC |
Synonyms | |
Essential | no |
Product | cell-division inhibitor |
Function | septum placement |
MW, pI | 24 kDa, 6.262 |
Gene length, protein length | 678 bp, 226 aa |
Immediate neighbours | minD, mreD |
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009) | |
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Contents
The gene
Basic information
- Locus tag: BSU28000
Phenotypes of a mutant
Database entries
- DBTBS entry: [1]
- SubtiList entry: [2]
Additional information
Categories containing this gene/protein
cell division, cell envelope stress proteins (controlled by SigM, W, X, Y), membrane proteins
The protein
Basic information/ Evolution
- Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: The Min system prevents minicell formation adjacent to recently completed division sites by promoting the disassembly of the cytokinetic ring, thereby ensuring that cell division occurs only once per cell cycle PubMed
- Protein family: minC family (according to Swiss-Prot)
- Paralogous protein(s):
Extended information on the protein
- Kinetic information:
- Domains:
- Modification:
- Cofactor(s):
- Effectors of protein activity:
- Localization:
Database entries
- Structure:
- UniProt: Q01463
- KEGG entry: [3]
- E.C. number:
Additional information
Expression and regulation
- Regulation:
- Regulatory mechanism:
- Additional information:
Biological materials
- Mutant:
- Expression vector:
- lacZ fusion:
- GFP fusion:
- two-hybrid system:
- Antibody:
Labs working on this gene/protein
Your additional remarks
References
Reviews
Original Publications
Inês Filipa Fernandes de Oliveira, Anabela de Sousa Borges, Viola Kooij, Jeremy Bartosiak-Jentys, Joen Luirink, Dirk-Jan Scheffers
Characterization of ftsZ mutations that render Bacillus subtilis resistant to MinC.
PLoS One: 2010, 5(8);e12048
[PubMed:20711458]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I e)
Henrik Strahl, Leendert W Hamoen
Membrane potential is important for bacterial cell division.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2010, 107(27);12281-6
[PubMed:20566861]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Suey van Baarle, Marc Bramkamp
The MinCDJ system in Bacillus subtilis prevents minicell formation by promoting divisome disassembly.
PLoS One: 2010, 5(3);e9850
[PubMed:20352045]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I e)
James A Gregory, Eric C Becker, Kit Pogliano
Bacillus subtilis MinC destabilizes FtsZ-rings at new cell poles and contributes to the timing of cell division.
Genes Dev: 2008, 22(24);3475-88
[PubMed:19141479]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
Marc Bramkamp, Robyn Emmins, Louise Weston, Catriona Donovan, Richard A Daniel, Jeff Errington
A novel component of the division-site selection system of Bacillus subtilis and a new mode of action for the division inhibitor MinCD.
Mol Microbiol: 2008, 70(6);1556-69
[PubMed:19019154]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(I p)
Dirk-Jan Scheffers
The effect of MinC on FtsZ polymerization is pH dependent and can be counteracted by ZapA.
FEBS Lett: 2008, 582(17);2601-8
[PubMed:18588879]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
David E Anderson, Frederico J Gueiros-Filho, Harold P Erickson
Assembly dynamics of FtsZ rings in Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli and effects of FtsZ-regulating proteins.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(17);5775-81
[PubMed:15317782]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
A L Marston, J Errington
Selection of the midcell division site in Bacillus subtilis through MinD-dependent polar localization and activation of MinC.
Mol Microbiol: 1999, 33(1);84-96
[PubMed:10411726]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
S Lee, C W Price
The minCD locus of Bacillus subtilis lacks the minE determinant that provides topological specificity to cell division.
Mol Microbiol: 1993, 7(4);601-10
[PubMed:8459776]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)
P A Levin, P S Margolis, P Setlow, R Losick, D Sun
Identification of Bacillus subtilis genes for septum placement and shape determination.
J Bacteriol: 1992, 174(21);6717-28
[PubMed:1400224]
[WorldCat.org]
[DOI]
(P p)