Cell Division Protein FtsZ

FtsZ is the first protein to localize at the division site and recruits other proteins involved in bacterial cell division. Besides serving as a scaffold for ...

ftsZ - Synechocystis sp. (strain ATCC 27184 / PCC 6803 / Kazusa)

Essential cell division protein that forms a contractile ring structure (Z ring) at the future cell division site. The regulation of the ring assembly ...

An essential Staphylococcus aureus cell division protein directly ...

When a bacterium is preparing to divide, filaments made of a protein called FtsZ form a ring at the site where the cell will split. Many other ...

Architecture of Bacterial Cell Division Protein FtsZ Polymers

Architecture of Bacterial Cell Division Protein FtsZ Polymers. FtsZ is a self-assembling protein that forms the contractile ring guiding the cell division ...

Cell division protein FtsZ (PR00423) - PRINTS entry - InterPro

In bacteria, ftsZ is an essential cell division protein. It has been suggested that ftsZ is a prokaryotic cytoskeletal element and possibly an evolutionary ...

FtsZ and bacterial cell division | Cell and Tissue Biology

In this review we describe proteins and supermolecular structures which take part in the division of bacterial cells. FtsZ, a eukaryotic tubulin homolog is.

Escherichia coli K-12 substr. MG1655 cell division protein FtsZ

Regulation of FtsZ expression and activity is complex and has been summarized in [Addinall02]. Under nutrient-rich growth conditions the inner membrane ...

Comparison of Small Molecule Inhibitors of the Bacterial Cell ...

Cell division in bacteria is controlled by several proteins that make up the divisome in which FtsZ, the bacterial homologue of eukaryotic ...

The Interactions of Cell Division Protein FtsZ with Guanine Nucleotides

FtsZ binds GTP and GDP with Kb values ranging from 20 to 300 μm-1 under various conditions. GTP·Mg2+ and GDP·Mg2+ bind with slightly reduced affinity. Bound GTP ...

Cell division protein FtsZ, conserved site (IPR020805) - InterPro entry

Description ... , encoded by the MinB locus, form a complex which appears to block the formation of FtsZ rings at the cell poles, at the ancient mid cell division ...

Rings and networks: the amazing complexity of FtsZ in chloroplasts

7. Strepp, R. ... Plant nuclear gene knockout reveals a role in plastid division for the homolog of the bacterial cell division protein FtsZ, an ancestral ...

1FSZ: CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF THE CELL-DIVISION PROTEIN ...

During septation, FtsZ, a protein of relative molecular mass 40,000 which is ubiquitous in eubacteria and is also found in archaea and ...

The Stress-Active Cell Division Protein ZapE Alters FtsZ ... - Frontiers

ZapE is a stress-regulated cell division protein that interacts directly with FtsZ and phospholipids, promoting growth and division after exposure to ...

The bacterial cell division protein FtsZ assembles into cytoplasmic ...

FtsZ is the first protein to localize to the mid-cell site, where it plays a critical role in the recruitment of a dozen other proteins that are required for ...

Assembly of bacterial cell division protein FtsZ into dynamic ...

Previous work revealed FtsZ, a protein essential for cytokinesis in most bacteria, and the E. coli division site selection factor SlmA form FtsZ ...

Nucleotide‐induced folding of cell division protein FtsZ ... - FEBS Press

Abstract. The essential bacterial division protein FtsZ uses GTP binding and hydrolysis to assemble into dynamic filaments that treadmill around ...

The bacterial cell-division protein FtsZ

FtsZ is a key molecule in bacterial cell division. In the presence of GTP, it polymerizes into tubulin-like protofilaments by head-to-tail association.

Activation of Cell Division Protein FtsZ

The effect of bound nucleotide on the conformation of cell division protein FtsZ from Methanococcus jannaschii has been investigated using ...

FtsZ / Anti-Cell division protein FtsZ Antibody - PhytoAB

Immunogen: WP_011244037.1 O85785. Synonyms: FtsZ, ftsZ. Background: FtsZ is a essential cell division protein that forms a contractile ring structure (Z ...

Bacterial cell division: modeling FtsZ assembly and force generation ...

The bacterial cytoskeletal protein FtsZ binds and hydrolyzes GTP, self-aggregates into dynamic filaments and guides the.