[SW|cell shape]-determining protein, forms filaments, the polymers control/restrict the mobility of the cell wall elongation enzyme complex, required for [protein|321F248C22D7283C0F3323F1F4069E36F8D7FE6C|LytE] activity
function
[SW|cell shape] determation
product
[SW|cell shape]-determining protein
Genomic Context
categories
[category|SW 1|Cellular processes] → [category|SW 1.1|Cell envelope and cell division] → [category|SW 1.1.2|Cell shape][category|SW 4|Lifestyles] → [category|SW 4.3|Coping with stress] → [category|SW 4.3.4|Heat shock proteins][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.2|Membrane proteins]Gene
Coordinates
1,516,574 1,517,581
The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
forms ring-shaped filaments in a heterologous system [Pubmed|21091501]required for the activity of [protein|321F248C22D7283C0F3323F1F4069E36F8D7FE6C|LytE] [Pubmed|23869552,16950129]Protein family
[SW|FtsA/MreB family] (according to UniProt)Paralogous protein(s)
[protein|6ED386D49F973C1F6B1076974F54275DD583C9D3|Mbl], [protein|A4C8719E06F774A6EB4D79757CC79CF89E453A54|MreB] Structure
[PDB|1JCF] ([protein|A4C8719E06F774A6EB4D79757CC79CF89E453A54|MreB] from ''Thermotoga maritima'', 52% identity) [Pubmed|11544518][SW|Localization]
during logarithmic growth, [protein|40829C3632E9DCEB9E1C14A674B4B217F504CFE0|MreBH] forms discrete patches thst move processively along peripheral tracks perpendicular to the cell axis [Pubmed|21636744]forms transverse bands as cells enter the stationary phase [Pubmed|21636744]close to the inner surface of the cytoplasmic membrane [Pubmed|16950129]reports on helical structures formed by MreBH [Pubmed|16950129,20566861] seem to be misinterpretation of data [Pubmed|21636744]normal localization depends on the presence of glucolipids, [protein|A4C8719E06F774A6EB4D79757CC79CF89E453A54|MreB] forms irregular clusters in an ''[gene|7A606B8E952AE8CA4F9A62008BA4B156725BB5B5|ugtP]'' mutant [Pubmed|22362028]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|40829C3632E9DCEB9E1C14A674B4B217F504CFE0|mreBH]-[gene|440E24C24D7B12175A839D7DC310339DF75BCB09|ykpC]
description
[Pubmed|27965289]
sigma factors
[protein|3DEAC421B4B173C6BBC700E57790751B7AFDF319|SigI]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|18156261], in [regulon|3DEAC421B4B173C6BBC700E57790751B7AFDF319|SigI regulon]regulatory mechanism
[protein|7F340423A34CE40D1F1AA8D373F7C4B859A6496D|WalR]: activation, [Pubmed|24125693], in [regulon|7F340423A34CE40D1F1AA8D373F7C4B859A6496D|WalR regulon]regulation
expression is increased in an [gene|7A606B8E952AE8CA4F9A62008BA4B156725BB5B5|ugtP] mutant [Pubmed|22362028]induced at high temperature ([protein|3DEAC421B4B173C6BBC700E57790751B7AFDF319|SigI], [protein|7F340423A34CE40D1F1AA8D373F7C4B859A6496D|WalR]) [Pubmed|24125693,18156261]view in new tabBiological materials
Mutant
BKE14470 ([gene|40829C3632E9DCEB9E1C14A674B4B217F504CFE0|mreBH]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE14470 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGTTTTCACCCAATCTCT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAGTCTTTACCCGCAAAATTBKK14470 ([gene|40829C3632E9DCEB9E1C14A674B4B217F504CFE0|mreBH]::kan trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKK14470 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATGTTTTCACCCAATCTCT, downstream forward: _UP4_TAGTCTTTACCCGCAAAATTReferences
Localization
17064365,20566861,21636744,21636745,22362028 Other original publications
16950129,19643765,19659933,21091501,22069484,23879732,23869552,24125693,11544518,18156261,22362028,27965289,29914988