Essential Role for FtsL in Activation of Septal Peptidoglycan Synthesis

Structural coordination of polymerization and crosslinking by a SEDS–bPBP peptidoglycan synthase complex

(2020) Megan Sjodt et al.   Nature Microbiology

A conserved subcomplex within the bacterial cytokinetic ring activates cell wall synthesis by the FtsW-FtsI synthase

(2020) Lindsey S. Marmont et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Regulation of the Peptidoglycan Polymerase Activity of PBP1b by Antagonist Actions of the Core Divisome Proteins FtsBLQ and FtsN

(2019) Adrien Boes et al.   mBio

FtsW is a peptidoglycan polymerase that is functional only in complex with its cognate penicillin-binding protein

(2019) Atsushi Taguchi et al.   Nature Microbiology

Structural Analysis of the Interaction between the Bacterial Cell Division Proteins FtsQ and FtsB

(2018) Danguole Kureisaite-Ciziene et al.   mBio

Structural Insights into the FtsQ/FtsB/FtsL Complex, a Key Component of the Divisome

(2018) Yuri Choi et al.   Scientific Reports

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

The FtsLB subcomplex of the bacterial divisome is a tetramer with an uninterrupted FtsL helix linking the transmembrane and periplasmic regions

(2017) Samson G. F. Condon et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Assembly and activation of the Escherichia coli divisome

(2017) Shishen Du et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2017) Xinxing Yang et al.   SCIENCE

Molecular architecture of the PBP2–MreC core bacterial cell wall synthesis complex

(2017) Carlos Contreras-Martel et al.   Nature Communications

SEDS proteins are a widespread family of bacterial cell wall polymerases

(2016) Alexander J. Meeske et al.   NATURE

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

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

(2016) Hongbaek Cho et al.   Nature Microbiology

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

Structural Organization of FtsB, a Transmembrane Protein of the Bacterial Divisome

(2013) Loren M. LaPointe et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The Transmembrane Domains of the Bacterial Cell Division Proteins FtsB and FtsL Form a Stable High-Order Oligomer

(2013) Ambalika S. Khadria et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

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

Role of Leucine Zipper Motifs in Association of the Escherichia coli Cell Division Proteins FtsL and FtsB

(2011) C. Robichon et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Advances in understanding E. coli cell fission

(2010) Piet AJ de Boer   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

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

Multiple regions along the Escherichia coli FtsK protein are implicated in cell division

(2010) Nelly Dubarry et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Fully efficient chromosome dimer resolution in Escherichia coli cells lacking the integral membrane domain of FtsK

(2009) Nelly Dubarry et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

Divisome under Construction: Distinct Domains of the Small Membrane Protein FtsB Are Necessary for Interaction with Multiple Cell Division Proteins

(2009) M. D. Gonzalez et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY