Abstract
The basis of MreB research is the study of the MreB protein from the Thermotoga maritima species, since it was the first one whose crystal structure was described. Since MreB proteins from different bacterial species show different polymerisation properties in terms of nucleotide and salt dependence, we conducted our research in this direction. For this, we performed measurements based on tryptophan emission, which were supplemented with temperature-dependent and chemical denaturation experiments. The role of nucleotide binding was studied through the fluorescent analogue TNP-ATP. These experiments show that Thermotoga maritima MreB is stabilised in the presence of low salt buffer and ATP. In the course of our work, we developed a new expression and purification procedure that allows us to obtain a large amount of pure, functional protein.
Funder
National Research, Development and Innovation Fund
Subject
Inorganic Chemistry,Organic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Computer Science Applications,Spectroscopy,Molecular Biology,General Medicine,Catalysis
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