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ClpXP protease degrades the cytoskeletal protein, FtsZ, and modulates FtsZ polymer dynamics.


ABSTRACT: FtsZ is the major cytoskeletal protein in bacteria and a tubulin homologue. It polymerizes and forms a ring where constriction occurs to divide the cell. We found that FtsZ is degraded by E. coli ClpXP, an ATP-dependent protease. In vitro, ClpXP degrades both FtsZ protomers and polymers; however, polymerized FtsZ is degraded more rapidly than the monomer. Deletion analysis shows that the N-terminal domain of ClpX is important for polymer recognition and that the FtsZ C terminus contains a ClpX recognition signal. In vivo, FtsZ is turned over slower in a clpX deletion mutant compared with a WT strain. Overexpression of ClpXP results in increased FtsZ degradation and filamentation of cells. These results suggest that ClpXP may participate in cell division by modulating the equilibrium between free and polymeric FtsZ via degradation of FtsZ filaments and protomers.

SUBMITTER: Camberg JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2705540 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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ClpXP protease degrades the cytoskeletal protein, FtsZ, and modulates FtsZ polymer dynamics.

Camberg Jodi L JL   Hoskins Joel R JR   Wickner Sue S  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20090617 26


FtsZ is the major cytoskeletal protein in bacteria and a tubulin homologue. It polymerizes and forms a ring where constriction occurs to divide the cell. We found that FtsZ is degraded by E. coli ClpXP, an ATP-dependent protease. In vitro, ClpXP degrades both FtsZ protomers and polymers; however, polymerized FtsZ is degraded more rapidly than the monomer. Deletion analysis shows that the N-terminal domain of ClpX is important for polymer recognition and that the FtsZ C terminus contains a ClpX r  ...[more]

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