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Isolation of an ftsZ homolog from the archaebacterium Halobacterium salinarium: implications for the evolution of FtsZ and tubulin [PDF]

Journal of Bacteriology, 1996
We have isolated a homolog of the cell division gene ftsZ from the extremely halophilic archaebacterium Halobacterium salinarium. The predicted protein of 39 kDa is divergent relative to eubacterial homologs, with 32% identity to Escherichia coli FtsZ. No other eubacterial cell division gene homologs were found adjacent to H.
W, Margolin, R, Wang, M, Kumar
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Progression of the late-stage divisome is unaffected by the depletion of the cytoplasmic FtsZ pool

Communications Biology, 2021
Silber, Mayer, and colleagues examine how the depletion of the cytoplasmic FtsZ pool, triggered by ADEP antibiotics, affects the different stages of divisome formation and progression in Bacillus subtilis.
Nadine Silber, Christian Mayer, Cruz L. Matos de Opitz, Peter Sass   +3 more
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Dual Cytoplasmic and Chloroplastic Mechanisms Fine‐Tune Chloroplast Division through ARC3 Protein Stability

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
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.
Yang Yuan, Denghao Xiang, Ruiying Li, Zhichuang Yue, Zhipeng Wang, Honghong Hu   +5 more
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A mechanism for FtsZ-independent proliferation in Streptomyces [PDF]

Nature Communications, 2017
AbstractThe central player in bacterial cell division, FtsZ, is essential in almost all organisms in which it has been tested, with the most notable exception being Streptomyces. Streptomycetes differ from many bacteria in growing from the cell tip and undergoing branching, similar to filamentous fungi.
Fernando Santos-Beneit, David M. Roberts, Stuart Cantlay, Joseph R. McCormick, Jeff Errington   +4 more
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Investigating the effect of bacteriophages on bacterial FtsZ localisation

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Escherichia coli is one of the most common Gram-negative pathogens and is responsible for infection leading to neonatal meningitis and sepsis. The FtsZ protein is a bacterial tubulin homolog required for cell division in most species, including E.
Gurneet K. Dhanoa, Inbar Kushnir, Udi Qimron, David I. Roper, Antonia P. Sagona   +4 more
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Benzimidazole Anthelmintic Compounds Albendazole and Fenbendazole Show Distinct Toxicity on the Nitrogen Fixing Bacterium Mesorhizobium loti and Its Symbiosis With Lotus japonicus

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Veterinary medicines, which reach the soil mostly through the application of contaminated manures, can affect beneficial soil microorganisms, such as nitrogen‐fixing rhizobia bacteria, which engage in important symbiotic associations with plants.
Polyxeni Gorgia, Stathis Lagos, Christina N. Nikolaou, Nikoleta Basdeki, Christos Papadopoulos, Dimitrios G. Karpouzas, Daniela Tsikou   +6 more
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Interaction between the min locus and ftsZ [PDF]

Journal of Bacteriology, 1990
In Escherichia coli, distinct but similar minicell phenotypes resulting from mutation at the minB locus and increased expression of ftsZ suggested a possible interaction between these genes. A four- to fivefold increase in FtsZ resulting from increased gene dosage was found to suppress the lethality of minCD expressed from the lac promoter.
E, Bi, J, Lutkenhaus
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Bottom‐Up Coacervate‐Based Artificial Cells: Integrating Cellular Hallmarks into Complex Life‐Like Systems

Angewandte Chemie, Volume 138, Issue 22, 25 May 2026.
Current interest in artificial cell research underscores its potential to deepen our understanding of life's fundamental processes. This review highlights advances in bottom‐up coacervate‐based artificial cell engineering via combined integration of cellular hallmarks.
Arjan Hazegh Nikroo, Angshuman Das, Madelief A. M. Verwiel, Jan C. M. van Hest   +3 more
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Comparative in silico analysis of ftsZ gene from different bacteria reveals the preference for core set of codons in coding sequence structuring and secondary structural elements determination.

PLoS ONE, 2019
The deluge of sequence information in the recent times provide us with an excellent opportunity to compare organisms on a large genomic scale. In this study we have tried to decipher the variation in the gene organization and structuring of a vital ...
Ayon Pal, Barnan Kumar Saha, Jayanti Saha   +2 more
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Cytological profile of antibacterial FtsZ inhibitors and synthetic peptide MciZ

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
Cell division protein FtsZ is the organizer of the cytokinetic ring in almost all bacteria and a target for the discovery of new antibacterial agents that are needed to counter widespread antibiotic resistance.
Lidia Araujo-Bazan, Laura B Ruiz-Avila, David Andreu, Sonia Huecas, Jose M Andreu   +4 more
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