Crystal structure of the bacterial cell division regulator MinD.
Cordell, S.C., Lowe, J.(2001) FEBS Lett 492: 160-165
- PubMed: 11248256
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(01)02216-5
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:
1HYQ - PubMed Abstract:
In bacterial cell division MinD plays a pivotal role, selecting the mid-cell over other sites. With MinC, MinD forms a non-specific inhibitor of division, that interacts with FtsZ. Specificity is provided by MinD's interaction with MinE at the mid-cell. We have solved the crystal structure of MinD-1 from Archaeoglobus fulgidus to 2.6 A by multiple anomalous dispersion. MinD is a classic nucleotide binding protein, related to nitrogenase iron proteins, which have a fold of a seven-stranded parallel beta-sheet, surrounded by alpha-helices. Although MinD, unlike the proteins it interacts with and those it is structurally related to, is a monomer, not a dimer.
Organizational Affiliation:
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, UK. scc23@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk