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Dow, Claire E., Rodger, Alison, Roper, David I. and Berg, Hugo van den (2013) A model of membrane contraction predicting initiation and completion of bacterial cell division. Integrative Biology (Number 5). pp. 778-795. doi:10.1039/c3ib20273a ISSN 1757-9694.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C3IB20273A
Abstract
Bacterial cell division involves a complex and dynamic sequence of events whereby polymers of the protein FtsZ assemble at the division plane and rearrange to achieve the goal of contracting the cell membrane at the site of cell division, thus dividing the parent cell into two daughter cells. We present a mathematical model (which we refer to as CAM-FF: Critical Accumulation of Membrane-bound FtsZ Fibres) of the assembly of the contractile ring in terms of the accumulation of short linear polymers of FtsZ that associate and dissociate from the cell membrane. In prokaryotes, the biochemical function of FtsZ is thought to underpin the assembly and at least the initial kinetic force of ring contraction. Our model extends earlier work of Surovtsev et al. [PLoS Comput. Biol., 2008, 4, e1000102] by adding (i) the kinetics of FtsZ accumulation on cell membrane anchor proteins and (ii) the physical forces required to deform the cell against its surface tension. Moreover, we provide a more rigorous treatment of intracellular diffusion and we revise some of the model parameter values in light of the experimental evidence now available. We derive a critical contraction parameter which links the chemical population dynamics of membrane-bound FtsZ molecules to the force of contraction. Using this parameter as a tool to predict the ability of the cell to initiate division, we are able to predict the division outcome in cells depleted of key FtsZ-binding proteins.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Chemistry Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Mathematics Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Research Centres > Molecular Organisation and Assembly in Cells (MOAC) |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Cell division, Cell membranes, Contractility (Biology), Cells -- Contraction, Polymerization | ||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Integrative Biology | ||||||||||
Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry | ||||||||||
ISSN: | 1757-9694 | ||||||||||
Official Date: | 1 May 2013 | ||||||||||
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Number: | Number 5 | ||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 778-795 | ||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1039/c3ib20273a | ||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 December 2015 | ||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 December 2015 | ||||||||||
Funder: | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | ||||||||||
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