Figure 2.
FtsZ-GDP binding as a function of receptor density. Nonspecific adsorption (a) and specific binding (b–e) of FtsZ-GDP plotted as a function of the concentration of free FtsZ-GDP for various densities of ZipA, proportional to the percentage of NTA-bearing lipid coating the beads: (a) 0% NTA, (b) 0.5% NTA, (c) 2% NTA, (d) 5% NTA, (e) 10% NTA. Symbols are the data. Horizontal dotted lines are the amount of FtsZ that would completely cover the bead as a monolayer, calculated as described in the text. Curves were calculated using equations (1)–(3) with the following parameter values: A 1 = 0; A 2 = 0.00363; c 50 = 150; (b), 38 (c), 58 (d), and 116 (e).
