FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as MREB_CAUVN, mreB. Forms membrane-associated dynamic filaments that are essential for cell shape determination (PubMed:14982627, PubMed:17880425, PubMed:24843005). Acts by regulating cell wall synthesis and cell elongation, and thus cell shape (PubMed:14982627, PubMed:17880425). A feedback loop between cell geometry and MreB localization may maintain elongated cell shape by targeting cell wall growth to regions of negative cell wall curvature (By similarity). Required for mid-cell peptidoglycan synthesis and cell division. Directs the localization of the cytosolic peptidoglycan precursor-synthesizing enzyme MurG (PubMed:17880425). Also required for proper chromosome segregation (PubMed:15707892). Directs the segregation of origin-proximal but not origin-distal loci (PubMed:15707892). Forms polymers in the presence of ATP. Forms pairs of protofilaments that adopt an antiparallel arrangement and bind to lipids.

EXTERNAL LINKS

mreB

Cell shape-determining protein MreB

mreB

Molecular Synopsis