cell shape-determining protein, forms filaments, the polymers control/restrict the mobility of the cell wall elongation enzyme complex, required for LytE activity
function
cell shape determation
product
cell shape-determining protein
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 1|Cellular processes] → [category|SW 1.1|Cell envelope and cell division] → [category|SW 1.1.2|Cell shape][category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.3|Coping with stress] → [category|SW 4.3.4|Heat shock proteins][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.2|Membrane proteins]This gene is a member of the following [SW|regulons]
[SW|SigI regulon], [SW|WalR regulon]Gene
Coordinates on the chromosome (coding sequence)
1,516,574 -> 1,517,581
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
forms ring-shaped filaments in a heterologous system [Pubmed|21091501]required for the activity of [protein|321F248C22D7283C0F3323F1F4069E36F8D7FE6C|LytE] [Pubmed|23869552,16950129]Protein family
ftsA/mreB family (according to Swiss-Prot)Paralogous protein(s)
[protein|A4C8719E06F774A6EB4D79757CC79CF89E453A54|MreB], [protein|6ED386D49F973C1F6B1076974F54275DD583C9D3|Mbl]Structure
[PDB|1JCF] ([protein|A4C8719E06F774A6EB4D79757CC79CF89E453A54|MreB] from ''Thermotoga maritima'', 52% identity) [Pubmed|11544518][SW|Localization]
during logarithmic growth, [protein|40829C3632E9DCEB9E1C14A674B4B217F504CFE0|MreBH] forms discrete patches thst move processively along peripheral tracks perpendicular to the cell axis [Pubmed|21636744]forms transverse bands as cells enter the stationary phase [Pubmed|21636744]close to the inner surface of the cytoplasmic membrane [Pubmed|16950129]reports on helical structures formed by MreBH [Pubmed|16950129,20566861] seem to be misinterpretation of data [Pubmed|21636744]normal localization depends on the presence of glucolipids, [protein|A4C8719E06F774A6EB4D79757CC79CF89E453A54|MreB] forms irregular clusters in an ''[gene|7A606B8E952AE8CA4F9A62008BA4B156725BB5B5|ugtP]'' mutant [Pubmed|22362028]Expression and Regulation
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References
Localization
17064365,20566861,21636744,21636745,22362028 Other original publications
16950129,19643765,16950129,18156261,19659933,21091501,22069484,23879732,23869552,24125693,11544518