cell shape-determining protein, forms filaments, the polymers control/restrict the mobility of the cell wall elongation enzyme complex, required for [protein|4F9D70C4BB4FCA809BEAC341C3F8122FB7FD8872|CwlO] activity
function
[SW|cell shape] determination
product
[protein|A4C8719E06F774A6EB4D79757CC79CF89E453A54|MreB]-like 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 4.2|Sporulation] → [category|SW 4.2.1|Sporulation proteins] → [category|SW 4.2.1.4|Sporulation proteins/ other][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.1|Essential genes][category|SW 6|Groups of genes] → [category|SW 6.2|Membrane proteins]Gene
Coordinates
3,747,254 3,748,255
Phenotypes of a mutant
essential [Pubmed|28189581]non-viable in the presence of low Mg(2 )readily accumulate ''[gene|D6C2B8ABBBD1F9F2D36C34098D5B811A15C60D3B|rsgI]'' suppressor mutants [Pubmed|19114499]The protein
Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity
forms helical filaments in a heterologous system [Pubmed|21091501]required for [protein|4F9D70C4BB4FCA809BEAC341C3F8122FB7FD8872|CwlO] activity [Pubmed|23869552]Protein family
[SW|FtsA/MreB family] (according to UniProt)Paralogous protein(s)
[protein|A4C8719E06F774A6EB4D79757CC79CF89E453A54|MreB], [protein|40829C3632E9DCEB9E1C14A674B4B217F504CFE0|MreBH] Structure
[PDB|1JCF] ([protein|A4C8719E06F774A6EB4D79757CC79CF89E453A54|MreB] from ''Thermotoga maritima'', 52% identity) [Pubmed|11544518][SW|Localization]
during logarithmic growth, [protein|6ED386D49F973C1F6B1076974F54275DD583C9D3|Mbl] forms discrete patches that 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 Mbl [Pubmed|16950129,20566861] seem to be misinterpretation of data [Pubmed|21636744]Mbl patch speed depends on the growth rate, the faster growth, the higher the patch speed [pubmed|28589952]Expression and Regulation
Operons
genes
[gene|6ED386D49F973C1F6B1076974F54275DD583C9D3|mbl]
description
[Pubmed|22383849]
sigma factors
[protein|3CB24D493B3282278B7DC61CE3C793DFA815F9E2|SigE]: sigma factor, promoter p1, upstream of [protein|487990143C84D245743C0014E648699627204FF0|Usd] [Pubmed|9023218], in [regulon|3CB24D493B3282278B7DC61CE3C793DFA815F9E2|SigE regulon][protein|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA]: sigma factor, promoter p2, upstream of [protein|6ED386D49F973C1F6B1076974F54275DD583C9D3|Mbl] [Pubmed|26091431], in [regulon|360F48D576DE950DF79C1A2677B7A35A8D8CC30C|SigA regulon]regulatory mechanism
[regulon|stringent response|stringent response]: negative regulation, in [regulon|stringent response|stringent response]regulation
expressed early during sporulation in the mother cell ([protein|search|SigE]) [Pubmed|9023218]additional information
An [ncRNA|search|antisense RNA] is predicted for '[protein|search|mbl]' [PubMed|20525796]view in new tabgenes
[gene|487990143C84D245743C0014E648699627204FF0|usd]-[gene|90DCE4F286D2C151D8BDBF0E024E6BBEC94E2397|spoIIID]-[gene|6ED386D49F973C1F6B1076974F54275DD583C9D3|mbl]
description
[Pubmed|22383849]
sigma factors
[protein|3CB24D493B3282278B7DC61CE3C793DFA815F9E2|SigE]: sigma factor, [Pubmed|9023218], in [regulon|3CB24D493B3282278B7DC61CE3C793DFA815F9E2|SigE regulon]regulation
expressed early during sporulation in the mother cell ([protein|search|SigE]) [Pubmed|9023218]additional information
An [ncRNA|search|antisense RNA] is predicted for '[protein|search|mbl]' [PubMed|20525796]view in new tabadditional information
the mRNA is cleaved by [protein|BAB297D18F94FFA67B8D12A684AB4D1BCDFB4981|RNase III] [PubMed|26883633]Biological materials
Mutant
BKE36410 ([gene|6ED386D49F973C1F6B1076974F54275DD583C9D3|mbl]::erm trpC2) available at [http://www.bgsc.org/getdetail.php?bgscid=BKE36410 BGSC], [Pubmed|28189581], upstream reverse: _UP1_CATCTATTTATATCCTCCTT, downstream forward: _UP4_TGATTTCACAAACCTCATTCtwo-hybrid system
''B. pertussis'' adenylate cyclase-based bacterial two hybrid system ([SW|BACTH]), available in [SW|Boris Görke]'s labAntibody
available in the [SW|Jeff Errington]'s and [SW|Peter Graumann]'s labslabs
[SW|Peter Graumann], Freiburg University, Germany [http://www.biologie.uni-freiburg.de/data/bio2/graumann/index.htm homepage]References
Localization
17064365,20566861,21636744,21636745,22069484,29203279 Other original publications
19643765,16832063,11290328,12809607,16101995,12530960,7836311,16950129,9023218,19659933,19114499,21091501,20525796,22048160,22343529,23879732,23869552,26091431,22383849,27215790,28189581,28589952,26883633