Active Transport of Membrane Components by Self-Organization of the Min Proteins |
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| Authors: | Yu-Ling Shih Ling-Ting Huang Yu-Ming Tu Bo-Fan Lee Yu-Chiuan Bau Chia Yee Hong Hsiao-lin Lee Yan-Ping Shih Min-Feng Hsu Zheng-Xin Lu Jui-Szu Chen Ling Chao |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan;2. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan;3. Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | Heterogeneous distribution of components in the biological membrane is critical in the process of cell polarization. However, little is known about the mechanisms that can generate and maintain the heterogeneous distribution of the membrane components. Here, we report that the propagating wave patterns of the bacterial Min proteins can impose steric pressure on the membrane, resulting in transport and directional accumulation of the component in the membrane. Therefore, the membrane component waves represent transport of the component in the membrane that is caused by the steric pressure gradient induced by the differential levels of binding and dissociation of the Min proteins in the propagating waves on the membrane surface. The diffusivity, majorly influenced by the membrane anchor of the component, and the repulsed ability, majorly influenced by the steric property of the membrane component, determine the differential spatial distribution of the membrane component. Thus, transportation of the membrane component by the Min proteins follows a simple physical principle, which resembles a linear peristaltic pumping process, to selectively segregate and maintain heterogeneous distribution of materials in the membrane. |
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