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Authors Renner, LD; Weibel, DB
Title MinD and MinE Interact with Anionic Phospholipids and Regulate Division Plane Formation in Escherichia coli
Date 25.09.2012
Number 3017
Abstract The Min proteins (MinC, MinD, and MinE) form a pole-to-pole oscillator that controls the spatial assembly of the division machinery in Escherichia coli cells. Previous studies identified that interactions of MinD with phospholipids positioned the Min machinery at the membrane. We extend these studies by measuring the affinity, kinetics, and ATPase activity of E. coli MinD, MinE, and MinDE binding to supported lipid bilayers containing varying compositions of anionic phospholipids. Using quartz crystal microbalance measurements, we found that the binding affinity (Kd) for the interaction of recombinant E. coli MinD and MinE with lipid bilayers increased with increasing concentration of the anionic phospholipids phosphatidylglycerol and cardiolipin. The Kd for MinD (1.8 µm) in the presence of ATP was smaller than for MinE (12.1 µm) binding to membranes consisting of 95:5 phosphatidylcholine/cardiolipin. The simultaneous binding of MinD and MinE to membranes revealed that increasing the concentration of anionic phospholipid stimulates the initial rate of adsorption (kon). The ATPase activity of MinD decreased in the presence of anionic phospholipids. These results indicate that anionic lipids, which are concentrated at the poles, increase the retention of MinD and MinE and explain its dwell time at this region of bacterial cells. These studies provide insight into interactions between MinD and MinE and between these proteins and membranes that are relevant to understanding the process of bacterial cell division, in which the interaction of proteins and membranes is essential.
Publisher Journal of Biological Chemistry
Wikidata
Citation Journal of Biological Chemistry 287 (2012) 38835-38844
DOI https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M112.407817
Tags cardiolipin cell division escherichia coli lipids membrane bilayer mind/mine qcm-d bacterial division supported lipid bilayer

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