Typical curvature of cell
| Value | 1 µm^-1 |
|---|---|
| Organism | bacteria |
| Reference | Wingreen NS, Huang KC. Physics of Intracellular Organization in Bacteria. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2015 Oct 15 69: 361-79. doi: 10.1146/annurev-micro-091014-104313. p.366 3rd paragraphPubMed ID26488278 |
| Comments | p.366 3rd paragraph:"In many rod-shaped bacteria, the actin homolog MreB is localized along the side wall (Figure 2) and is essential for rod-shaped growth (ref 41). Like actin, MreB polymerizes in vitro (ref 114) to form double protofilaments (ref 115), which bind to the outside of vesicles and cause deformations that indicate that MreB polymers have a preferred curvature greater than the typical 1 μm^−1 curvature of bacterial cells." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 112090 |