  Here we provide a thorough discussion of the model for Min protein dynamics
proposed by Schweizer et al. [11]. The manuscript serves as supplementary
document for our letter to the editor to appear in PNAS. Our analysis is based
on the original COMSOL simulation files that were used for the publication. We
show that all computational data in Schweizer et al. rely on exploitation of
simulation artifacts and various unmentioned modifications of model parameters
that strikingly contradict the experimental setup and experimental data. We
find that the model neither accounts for MinE membrane interactions nor for any
observed MinDE protein patterns. All conclusions drawn from the computational
model are void. There is no evidence at all that persistent MinE membrane
binding has any role in geometry sensing.
