title: Polymerization of the actin-like protein MamK, which is associated with magnetosomes.
abstract: The recombinant actin-like protein MamK was purified from Escherichia coli and used as an antigen to generate the anti-MamK antibody. Immunostaining studies showed a linear distribution of MamK in Magnetospirillum magnetotacticum cells and of MamK in association with magnetosomes. Moreover, we demonstrated that MamK polymerizes into filamentous bundles in vitro.
authors: Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University, Kakuma-machi, Kanazawa 920-1192, Japan.
authors: Azuma
authors: A
authors: Taoka
authors: Ryuji
authors: R
authors: Asada
authors: Long-Fei
authors: LF
authors: Wu
authors: Yoshihiro
authors: Y
authors: Fukumori
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000737:chemistry; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*; D042201:Magnetospirillum / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D015388:Organelles / Q000378:metabolism*; D021381:Protein Transport
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001704:Biopolymers