Roles of the DedD Protein in Escherichia coli Cell Constriction

A central role for PBP2 in the activation of peptidoglycan polymerization by the bacterial cell elongation machinery

(2018) Patricia D. A. Rohs et al.   PLoS Genetics

GTPase activity–coupled treadmilling of the bacterial tubulin FtsZ organizes septal cell wall synthesis

(2017) Xinxing Yang et al.   SCIENCE

Treadmilling by FtsZ filaments drives peptidoglycan synthesis and bacterial cell division

(2017) Alexandre W. Bisson-Filho et al.   SCIENCE

Escherichia coli FtsA forms lipid-bound minirings that antagonize lateral interactions between FtsZ protofilaments

(2017) Marcin Krupka et al.   Nature Communications

NlpD links cell wall remodeling and outer membrane invagination during cytokinesis in Escherichia coli

(2017) Mary-Jane Tsang et al.   PLoS Genetics

RodA as the missing glycosyltransferase in Bacillus subtilis and antibiotic discovery for the peptidoglycan polymerase pathway

(2017) Kaveh Emami et al.   Nature Microbiology

Interplay between Penicillin-binding proteins and SEDS proteins promotes bacterial cell wall synthesis

(2017) Sophie Leclercq et al.   Scientific Reports

A requirement for cell elongation protein RodZ and cell division proteins FtsN and DedD to maintain the small rod morphology of Escherichia coli at growth temperatures near 8°C

(2016) T. Porter et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

SEDS proteins are a widespread family of bacterial cell wall polymerases

(2016) Alexander J. Meeske et al.   NATURE

Defining the rate-limiting processes of bacterial cytokinesis

(2016) Carla Coltharp et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

FtsEX acts on FtsA to regulate divisome assembly and activity

(2016) Shishen Du et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DamX Controls Reversible Cell Morphology Switching in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

(2016) Surabhi Khandige et al.   mBio

Bacterial physiology: Life minus Z

(2016) Piet A. J. de Boer   Nature Microbiology

Bacterial cell wall biogenesis is mediated by SEDS and PBP polymerase families functioning semi-autonomously

(2016) Hongbaek Cho et al.   Nature Microbiology

FtsZ does not initiate membrane constriction at the onset of division

(2016) Daniel O. Daley et al.   Scientific Reports

The Soluble Periplasmic Domains ofEscherichia coliCell Division Proteins FtsQ/FtsB/FtsL Form a Trimeric Complex with Submicromolar Affinity

(2015) Marjolein Glas et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A role for the FtsQLB complex in cytokinetic ring activation revealed by anftsLallele that accelerates division

(2015) Mary-Jane Tsang et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The bypass of ZipA by overexpression of FtsN requires a previously unknown conserved FtsN motif essential for FtsA-FtsN interaction supporting a model in which FtsA monomers recruit late cell division proteins to the Z ring

(2015) Sebastien Pichoff et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Roles for both FtsA and the FtsBLQ subcomplex in FtsN-stimulated cell constriction inEscherichia coli

(2015) Bing Liu et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Activities and regulation of peptidoglycan synthases

(2015) Alexander J. F. Egan et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Bacterial SPOR domains are recruited to septal peptidoglycan by binding to glycan strands that lack stem peptides

(2015) Atsushi Yahashiri et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Large-scale determination of previously unsolved protein structures using evolutionary information

(2015) Sergey Ovchinnikov et al.   eLife

Specificity of the Transport of Lipid II by FtsW inEscherichia coli

(2014) Tamimount Mohammadi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The bacterial septal ring protein RlpA is a lytic transglycosylase that contributes to rod shape and daughter cell separation inPseudomonas aeruginosa

(2014) Matthew A. Jorgenson et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A role for FtsA in SPOR-independent localization of the essentialEscherichia colicell division protein FtsN

(2014) Kimberly K. Busiek et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

MurJ is the flippase of lipid-linked precursors for peptidoglycan biogenesis

(2014) L.-T. Sham et al.   SCIENCE

Role of the FtsA C Terminus as a Switch for Polymerization and Membrane Association

(2014) Marcin Krupka et al.   mBio

Architecture of the ring formed by the tubulin homologue FtsZ in bacterial cell division

(2014) Piotr Szwedziak et al.   eLife

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Solution Structure of the Peptidoglycan-Binding SPOR Domain from Escherichia coli DamX: Insights into Septal Localization

(2013) Kyle B. Williams et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Structure-function analysis of the LytM domain of EnvC, an activator of cell wall remodelling at theEscherichia colidivision site

(2013) Nick T. Peters et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The bacterial cell division proteins FtsA and FtsZ self-organize into dynamic cytoskeletal patterns

(2013) Martin Loose et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Genes Required for Growth at High Hydrostatic Pressure in Escherichia coli K-12 Identified by Genome-Wide Screening

(2013) S. Lucas Black et al.   PLoS One

Liposome division by a simple bacterial division machinery

(2013) M. Osawa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

FtsA forms actin-like protofilaments

(2012) Piotr Szwedziak et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

The Early Divisome Protein FtsA Interacts Directly through Its 1c Subdomain with the Cytoplasmic Domain of the Late Divisome Protein FtsN

(2012) K. K. Busiek et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A conformational switch controls cell wall-remodelling enzymes required for bacterial cell division

(2012) Desirée C. Yang et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

FtsA mutants impaired for self-interaction bypass ZipA suggesting a model in which FtsA's self-interaction competes with its ability to recruit downstream division proteins

(2011) Sebastien Pichoff et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

An ATP-binding cassette transporter-like complex governs cell-wall hydrolysis at the bacterial cytokinetic ring

(2011) D. C. Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Advances in understanding E. coli cell fission

(2010) Piet AJ de Boer   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Daughter cell separation is controlled by cytokinetic ring-activated cell wall hydrolysis

(2010) Tsuyoshi Uehara et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Multiple Interaction Domains in FtsL, a Protein Component of the Widely Conserved Bacterial FtsLBQ Cell Division Complex

(2010) M. D. Gonzalez et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

FtsZ in Bacterial Cytokinesis: Cytoskeleton and Force Generator All in One

(2010) H. P. Erickson et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

The integral membrane FtsW protein and peptidoglycan synthase PBP3 form a subcomplex in Escherichia coli

(2010) C. Fraipont et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Direct interactions of early and late assembling division proteins in Escherichia coli cells resolved by FRET

(2010) Svetlana Alexeeva et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Databases of homologous gene families for comparative genomics

(2009) Simon Penel et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Self-Enhanced Accumulation of FtsN at Division Sites and Roles for Other Proteins with a SPOR Domain (DamX, DedD, and RlpA) in Escherichia coli Cell Constriction

(2009) M. A. Gerding et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Discovery and Characterization of Three New Escherichia coli Septal Ring Proteins That Contain a SPOR Domain: DamX, DedD, and RlpA

(2009) S. J. R. Arends et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

LytM-Domain Factors Are Required for Daughter Cell Separation and Rapid Ampicillin-Induced Lysis in Escherichia coli

(2009) T. Uehara et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

ATP-Binding Site Lesions in FtsE Impair Cell Division

(2009) S. J. R. Arends et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

RodZ (YfgA) is required for proper assembly of the MreB actin cytoskeleton and cell shape in E. coli

(2008) Felipe O Bendezú et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Involvement of an Essential Gene, mviN, in Murein Synthesis in Escherichia coli

(2008) A. Inoue et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Growth of Escherichia coli: Significance of Peptidoglycan Degradation during Elongation and Septation

(2008) T. Uehara et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Bioinformatics identification of MurJ (MviN) as the peptidoglycan lipid II flippase in Escherichia coli

(2008) N. Ruiz   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Murein (peptidoglycan) structure, architecture and biosynthesis in Escherichia coli

(2007) Waldemar Vollmer et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES