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Löwe and Amos [ 11] showed pairs of Methanococcus FtsZ protofilaments with a ∼ 3.9 nm spacing.
The alanine substitution reduced the in vitro GTPase activity to 5% of wild type and appeared to eliminate the ability to form straight protofilaments, either alone or with 0.06 mg/ml DEAE dextran.
FtsZ84 produced normal sheets of straight protofilaments in 0.06 mg/ml DEAE dextran, but they were abnormal in also producing sheets at 0.6 mg/ml DEAE dextran (with GTP).
The top and bottom faces of the subunit, which we call longitudinal, contact subunits above and below it in the protofilament; the right and left faces, which we call lateral, contact subunits in adjacent protofilaments; and the front and back faces correspond to the outside and inside of the microtubule.
The protofilaments in both sheets and tubes assembled in DEAE dextran are spaced 5.3-5.