FtsZ dynamics in bacterial division: What, how, and why?

Transient Membrane-Linked FtsZ Assemblies Precede Z-Ring Formation in Escherichia coli

(2020) Bryant E. Walker et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

FtsA regulates Z-ring morphology and cell wall metabolism in an FtsZ C-terminal linker dependent manner in C. crescentus

(2020) Jordan M. Barrows et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Diffusion and capture permits dynamic coupling between treadmilling FtsZ filaments and cell division proteins

(2020) Natalia Baranova et al.   Nature Microbiology

Bacterial cell division at a glance

(2020) Christopher R. Mahone et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Dissecting the Functional Contributions of the Intrinsically Disordered C-terminal Tail of Bacillus subtilis FtsZ

(2020) Megan C. Cohan et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A Unified Model for Treadmilling and Nucleation of Single-Stranded FtsZ Protofilaments

(2020) Lauren C. Corbin et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The speed of FtsZ treadmilling is tightly regulated by membrane binding

(2020) Daniela A. García-Soriano et al.   Scientific Reports

Movement dynamics of divisome proteins and PBP2x:FtsW in cells of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2019) Amilcar J. Perez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cooperative ordering of treadmilling filaments in cytoskeletal networks of FtsZ and its crosslinker ZapA

(2019) Paulo Caldas et al.   Nature Communications

MapZ Forms a Stable Ring Structure That Acts As a Nanotrack for FtsZ Treadmilling in Streptococcus mutans

(2018) Yongliang Li et al.   ACS Nano

FtsA reshapes membrane architecture and remodels the Z-ring in Escherichia coli

(2018) Joseph Conti et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Gain-of-function variants of FtsA form diverse oligomeric structures on lipids and enhance FtsZ protofilament bundling

(2018) Kara M. Schoenemann et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Species- and C-terminal linker-dependent variations in the dynamic behavior of FtsZ on membranes in vitro

(2018) Kousik Sundararajan et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Escherichia coli ZipA Organizes FtsZ Polymers into Dynamic Ring-Like Protofilament Structures

(2018) Marcin Krupka et al.   mBio

Treadmilling analysis reveals new insights into dynamic FtsZ ring architecture

(2018) Diego A. Ramirez-Diaz et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Peptidoglycan synthesis drives an FtsZ-treadmilling-independent step of cytokinesis

(2018) João M. Monteiro et al.   NATURE

Cell shape-independent FtsZ dynamics in synthetically remodeled bacterial cells

(2018) Bill Söderström et al.   Nature Communications

The intrinsically disordered C-terminal linker of FtsZ regulates protofilament dynamics and superstructurein vitro

(2017) Kousik Sundararajan et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A conserved coiled-coil protein pair focuses the cytokinetic Z-ring in Caulobacter crescentus

(2017) Selamawit Abi Woldemeskel et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

FzlA, an essential regulator of FtsZ filament curvature, controls constriction rate during Caulobacter division

(2017) Patrick J. Lariviere et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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

A Polymerization-Associated Structural Switch in FtsZ That Enables Treadmilling of Model Filaments

(2017) James M. Wagstaff et al.   mBio

The hypermorph FtsA* protein has an in vivo role in relieving the Escherichia coli proto-ring block caused by excess ZapC+

(2017) Cristina Ortiz et al.   PLoS One

The bacterial tubulin FtsZ requires its intrinsically disordered linker to direct robust cell wall construction

(2015) Kousik Sundararajan et al.   Nature Communications

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

(2014) Piotr Szwedziak et al.   eLife

FtsZ Ring Stability: of Bundles, Tubules, Crosslinks, and Curves

(2013) K.-H. Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The C-terminal linker ofEscherichia coli FtsZ functions as an intrinsically disordered peptide

(2013) Kiani A. J. Arkus Gardner et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A flexible C-terminal linker is required for proper FtsZ assemblyin vitroand cytokinetic ring formationin vivo

(2013) P. J. Buske et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

In vivoorganization of the FtsZ-ring by ZapA and ZapB revealed by quantitative super-resolution microscopy

(2013) Jackson Buss 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

Contributions of Turgor Pressure, the Contractile Ring, and Septum Assembly to Forces in Cytokinesis in Fission Yeast

(2012) Stephen A. Proctor et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

FtsA forms actin-like protofilaments

(2012) Piotr Szwedziak et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Dynamic Interaction of theEscherichia coliCell Division ZipA and FtsZ Proteins Evidenced in Nanodiscs

(2012) Víctor M. Hernández-Rocamora et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Extreme C Terminus of Bacterial Cytoskeletal Protein FtsZ Plays Fundamental Role in Assembly Independent of Modulatory Proteins

(2012) Paul J. Buske et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

FtsZ polymers bound to lipid bilayers through ZipA form dynamic two dimensional networks

(2011) Pablo Mateos-Gil et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

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

Multiple effects of benzamide antibiotics on FtsZ function

(2011) David W. Adams et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Cross-linking FtsZ polymers into coherent Z rings

(2010) Alex Dajkovic et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY