De novo synthesized Min proteins drive oscillatory liposome deformation and regulate FtsA-FtsZ cytoskeletal patterns

Elisa Godino; Jonás Noguera López; David Foschepoth; Céline Cleij; Anne Doerr; Clara Ferrer Castellà; Christophe Danelon

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12932-w

Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

De novo synthesized Min proteins drive oscillatory liposome deformation and regulate FtsA-FtsZ cytoskeletal patterns

Elisa Godino,
Jonás Noguera López,
David Foschepoth,
Céline Cleij,
Anne Doerr,
Clara Ferrer Castellà,
Christophe Danelon

Affiliations

Elisa Godino: Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology
Jonás Noguera López: Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology
David Foschepoth: Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology
Céline Cleij: Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology
Anne Doerr: Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology
Clara Ferrer Castellà: Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology
Christophe Danelon: Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12932-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The Min biochemical network regulates bacterial cell division and is a prototypical example of self-organizing molecular systems. Here authors synthesize Min proteins from their genes inside liposomes and observe dynamic protein patterns and liposome shape deformation.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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