Ramírez-Aportela…Chacón {Biophys J 107: 2164}
Understanding Nucleotide-Regulated FtsZ Filament Dynamics and the Monomer Assembly Switch with Large-Scale Atomistic Simulations
Ramírez-Aportela E, López-Blanco JR, Andreu JM, Chacón P.
Biophys J. 2014 Nov 4; 107: 2164.
Bacterial cytoskeletal protein FtsZ assembles in a head-to-tail manner, forming dynamic filaments that are essential for cell division. Here, we study their dynamics using unbiased atomistic molecular simulations from representative filament crystal structures. In agreement with experimental data, we find different filament curvatures that are supported by a nucleotide-regulated hinge motion between consecutive FtsZ monomers [….]
PubMed: 25418101. Doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.09.033
PubMed: 25418101. Doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.09.033
