Distribution of the Escherichia coli structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC)-like protein MukB in the cell.

Abstract:

:Fluorescent polyclonal antibodies specific for MukB have been used to study its localization in Escherichia coli. In wild-type cells, the MukB protein appeared as a limited number of oblong shapes embracing the nucleoid. MukB remained associated with the nucleoid in the absence of DNA replication. The centre of gravity of the dispersed MukB signal initially localized near mid-cell, but moved to approximately quarter positions well before the termination of DNA replication and its subsequent reinitiation. Because MukB had been reported to bind to FtsZ and to its eukaryotic homologue tubulin in vitro, cells were co-labelled with MukB- and FtsZ-specific fluorophores. No co-localization of MukB with polymerized FtsZ (the FtsZ ring) was observed at any time during the cell cycle. A possible role for MukB in preventing premature FtsZ polymerization and in DNA folding that might assist DNA segregation is discussed.

journal_name

Mol Microbiol

journal_title

Molecular microbiology

authors

den Blaauwen T,Lindqvist A,Löwe J,Nanninga N

doi

10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02691.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-12-01 00:00:00

pages

1179-88

issue

5

eissn

0950-382X

issn

1365-2958

pii

2691

journal_volume

42

pub_type

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