Diffusional properties of proteins in a bacterial cell
(P16)
Subject Area
Metabolism, Biochemistry and Genetics of Microorganisms
Term
from 2017 to 2020
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 269423233
The aim of this study is to quantitatively characterize protein diffusion in all four sub-cellular compartments of Gram-negative bacteria. Using gut bacterium Escherichia coli as a model organism, we will study how mobility of proteins of different size and shape is affected by cellular environment and cellular state as well as by environmental factors. This analysis should provide quantitative insights into organization of a bacterial cell and thereby to enable more precise mathematical description of spatiotemporal dynamics of cellular processes.
DFG Programme
CRC/Transregios
