mreB
Cell shape-determining protein MreBBBF10K_001135
source
Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655
Forms membrane-associated dynamic filaments that are essential for cell shape determination (PubMed:15612918, PubMed:21903929). Acts by regulating cell wall synthesis and cell elongation, and thus cell shape (PubMed:21903929). A feedback loop between cell geometry and MreB localization maintains elongated cell shape by targeting cell wall growth to regions of negative cell wall curvature (PubMed:24550515). Filaments rotate around the cell circumference in concert with the cell wall synthesis enzymes. The process is driven by the cell wall synthesis machinery and does not depend on MreB polymerization (PubMed:21903929). Rotation may contribute to the robust maintenance of rod shape (PubMed:21903929).
attr.
Keoni Gandall
Usage
growth
shipping strain
{shipping_strain}
growth conditions
37 C, shaking 300 rpm
antibiotic
ampicillin
expression
strain
N/A
promoter
N/A
inducer
N/A
cloning
method
GoldenGate
enzyme
BsaI
overhangs
3' - AATG … GCTT - 5'
sequencing
forward primer
M13 For
reverse primer
M13 Rev
Construct
plasmid name
pOpen-mreB
plasmid size
3167
insert size
563
origin
ColE1 High Copy
copy number
500-700
Safety
BSL
BSL1
other information
No Value
References
Available Elsewhere
FALSE