Surface waves of Min-proteins

Publikation: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftForschungsartikelBeigetragenBegutachtung

Beitragende

  • Elisabeth Fischer-Friedrich - , Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme (Autor:in)
  • Romain Nguyen van yen - (Autor:in)
  • Karsten Kruse - (Autor:in)

Abstract

In the bacterium Escherichia coli, the Min-proteins show pronounced pole-to-pole oscillations. They are functional for suppressing cell division at the cell ends, leaving the center as the only possible site for division. Analyzing different models of Min-protein dynamics in a bacterial geometry, we find waves on the cytoplasmic membrane. Interestingly, the surface wave solutions of different models belong to different symmetry classes. We suggest that experiments on Min-protein surface waves in vitro are helpful in distinguishing between different classes of models of Min-protein dynamics.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)38-47
Seitenumfang10
FachzeitschriftPhysical biology
Jahrgang4
Ausgabenummer1
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 22 März 2007
Peer-Review-StatusJa
Extern publiziertJa

Externe IDs

Scopus 34147126292
ORCID /0000-0002-2433-916X/work/142250449

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Adenosine Triphosphatases/chemistry, Cell Cycle Proteins/chemistry, Cell Division, Cell Membrane/metabolism, Escherichia coli, Escherichia coli Proteins/chemistry, Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, Models, Biological, Protein Transport, Stochastic Processes