Membrane affinity difference between MinD monomer and dimer is not crucial for MinD gradient formation in Bacillus subtilis
· 2026-09-02 · 原文
Proteins can diffuse micrometers in seconds, yet bacterial cells are able to maintain stable protein gradients. The best-studied bacterial protein gradient is the Min system of Escherichia coli . In rod-shaped bacteria, the MinCD proteins prevent formation of minicells by inhibiting FtsZ polymerization close to the cell poles. In E. coli , these proteins oscillate between cell poles within a minute, resulting in an increased MinCD concentration at the poles. This oscillation is caused by the interaction between MinD and the protein MinE, which form an ATP-driven reaction-diffusion system, whereby the ATPase MinD cycles between a monomeric cytosolic and a dimeric membrane-attached state. Bacillus subtilis also has MinCD, but lacks MinE. In this case, MinCD forms a static gradient that requi
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1. 人话版
Proteins can diffuse micrometers in seconds, yet bacterial cells are able to maintain stable protein gradients.
The best-studied bacterial protein gradient is the Min system of Escherichia coli .
2. 领域脉络
In rod-shaped bacteria, the MinCD proteins prevent formation of minicells by inhibiting FtsZ polymerization close to the cell poles.
3. 机制拆解
coli , these proteins oscillate between cell poles within a minute, resulting in an increased MinCD concentration at the poles.
This oscillation is caused by the interaction between MinD and the protein MinE, which form an ATP-driven reaction-diffusion system, whereby the ATPase MinD cycles between a monomeric cytosolic and a dimeric membrane-attached state.
4. 证据与数字
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5. 反例与边界
Bacillus subtilis also has MinCD, but lacks MinE.
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