Structural basis for the geometry-driven localization of a small protein.
Gill, R.L., Castaing, J.P., Hsin, J., Tan, I.S., Wang, X., Huang, K.C., Tian, F., Ramamurthi, K.S.(2015) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112: E1908-E1915
- PubMed: 25825747 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1423868112
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
2MVH, 2MVJ - PubMed Abstract: 
In bacteria, certain shape-sensing proteins localize to differently curved membranes. During sporulation in Bacillus subtilis, the only convex (positively curved) surface in the cell is the forespore, an approximately spherical internal organelle. Previously, we demonstrated that SpoVM localizes to the forespore by preferentially adsorbing onto slightly convex membranes ...