Figure 6
Sequence alignment of MinC from different organisms (240–291 aa) and overall structures of superimposed dimeric AaMinCCTD, TmMinCCTD and EcMinCCTD. (A) The C-terminal tails of MinC of the typical Gram-negative bacteria are highly similar. However, The C-terminal tails of MinC from several bacteria belonging to Thermophile (such as A. aerolicu and T. maritima) and several typical Gram-positive bacteria (such as B. subtilis) are longer than the Gram-negative bacteria. Alignment was performed using the program ClustalX 2.1. (B) As seen from the structures, TmMinCCTD has a flexible loop at its C-terminal tail and AaMinCCTD has a helix3 at its C-terminal tail (blue: AaMinCCTD, green: TmMinCCTD, red: EcMinCCTD).
