FtsZ of Filamentous, Heterocyst-Forming Cyanobacteria Has a Conserved N-Terminal Peptide Required for Normal FtsZ Polymerization and Cell Division [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Filamentous cyanobacteria grow by intercalary cell division, which should involve distinct steps compared to those producing separate daughter cells. The N-terminal region of FtsZ is highly conserved in the clade of filamentous cyanobacteria capable of ...
Laura Corrales-Guerrero +6 more
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis ClpX interacts with FtsZ and interferes with FtsZ assembly.
PLoS ONE, 2010 FtsZ assembly at the midcell division site in the form of a Z-ring is crucial for initiation of the cell division process in eubacteria. It is largely unknown how this process is regulated in the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Renata Dziedzic +9 more
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The pH dependence of polymerization and bundling by the essential bacterial cytoskeletal protein FtsZ. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 There is a growing body of evidence that bacterial cell division is an intricate coordinated process of comparable complexity to that seen in eukaryotic cells.
Raúl Pacheco-Gómez +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2014 The Deinococcus radiodurans genome encodes homologues of divisome proteins including FtsZ and FtsA. FtsZ of this bacterium (Dr-FtsZ) has been recently characterized. In this paper, we study FtsA of D.
Kruti Modi, Hari S Misra
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FtsZ placement in nucleoid-free bacteria.
PLoS ONE, 2014 We describe the placement of the cytoplasmic FtsZ protein, an essential component of the division septum, in nucleoid-free Escherichia coli maxicells. The absence of the nucleoid is accompanied in maxicells by degradation of the SlmA protein.
Manuel Pazos +5 more
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In Situ Bacterioplankton Growth Partitioning by High-Resolution Metatranscriptomics. [PDF]
Environ Microbiol RepBacterial growth and primary production are key ecological indicators, yet often measured in bulk. Using metatranscriptomics, the authors identify FtsZ expression to track dividing cells (A, B). Phylogenetic placement of transcripts (C–E) enables linking growth activity to specific taxa (E, F), potentially bridging bulk measurements with fine‐scale ...
Ignacio-Espinoza JC +5 more
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Mimicking Cellular Membranes With Micropatterned Lipid Bilayers. [PDF]
ChemphyschemThis Perspective spotlights micropatterning of as a key tool to model membrane systems which capture the complexities of cellular membranes, specifically of bacterial ones. Through precise manipulation of compositional heterogeneity, morphology, and topography in artificial bilayers, these synthetic membranes serve as in vitro analogs of cellular ...
Nguyen TA, Xu Z, Schwille P.
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Dual Cytoplasmic and Chloroplastic Mechanisms Fine-Tune Chloroplast Division through ARC3 Protein Stability. [PDF]
Adv Sci (Weinh)ARC3 levels are controlled by cytosolic and chloroplast proteolytic systems. PUB52 mediates ARC3 precursor ubiquitination and degradation in the cytosol, while CLPC1 promotes ARC3 degradation in chloroplasts, where ARC2 protects ARC3 from excessive breakdown. Disrupting these components causes chloroplast division defects, placing them upstream of ARC3.
Yuan Y +5 more
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Thermal adaptation of mesophilic and thermophilic FtsZ assembly by modulation of the critical concentration. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 Cytokinesis is the last stage in the cell cycle. In prokaryotes, the protein FtsZ guides cell constriction by assembling into a contractile ring-shaped structure termed the Z-ring.
Luis Concha-Marambio +4 more
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Early origin and evolution of the FtsZ/tubulin protein family
, 2023 The origin of the FtsZ/tubulin protein family was extremely relevant for life since these proteins are present in nearly all organisms, carrying out essential functions such as cell division or forming a major part of the cytoskeleton in eukaryotes ...
Devos, Damien P. +3 more
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