FtsA acts through FtsW to promote cell wall synthesis during cell division in Escherichia coli

A two-track model for the spatiotemporal coordination of bacterial septal cell wall synthesis revealed by single-molecule imaging of FtsW

(2021) Xinxing Yang et al.   Nature Microbiology

Genetic analysis of the septal peptidoglycan synthase FtsWI complex supports a conserved activation mechanism for SEDS-bPBP complexes

(2021) Ying Li et al.   PLoS Genetics

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

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

Roles of ATP Hydrolysis by FtsEX and Interaction with FtsA in Regulation of Septal Peptidoglycan Synthesis and Hydrolysis

(2020) Shishen Du et al.   mBio

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

The bacterial cell division protein fragment EFtsN binds to and activates the major peptidoglycan synthase PBP1b

(2020) Adrien Boes et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Essential Role for FtsL in Activation of Septal Peptidoglycan Synthesis

(2020) Kyung-Tae Park et al.   mBio

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

Roles of the DedD Protein in Escherichia coli Cell Constriction

(2019) Bing Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Simultaneously inhibiting undecaprenyl phosphate production and peptidoglycan synthases promotes rapid lysis in Escherichia coli

(2019) Matthew A. Jorgenson et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

How Fts EX localizes to the Z ring and interacts with FtsA to regulate cell division

(2019) Shishen Du et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

At the Heart of Bacterial Cytokinesis: The Z Ring

(2019) Shishen Du et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Disruption of divisome assembly rescued by FtsN–FtsA interaction inEscherichia coli

(2018) Sebastien Pichoff et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

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

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

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

Last but not least: new insights into how FtsN triggers constriction duringEscherichia colicell division

(2015) David S. Weiss   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

A thermosensitive defect in the ATP binding pocket of FtsA can be suppressed by allosteric changes in the dimer interface

(2014) Jennifer R. Herricks et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A DNA Damage-Induced, SOS-Independent Checkpoint Regulates Cell Division in Caulobacter crescentus

(2014) Joshua W. Modell et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Do the divisome and elongasome share a common evolutionary past?

(2013) Piotr Szwedziak et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Mutations in cell elongation genesmreB,mrdAandmrdBsuppress the shape defect of RodZ-deficient cells

(2013) Daisuke Shiomi et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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 DNA damage checkpoint in Caulobacter crescentus inhibits cell division through a direct interaction with FtsW

(2011) J. W. Modell et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

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

Bacterial actin MreB assembles in complex with cell shape protein RodZ

(2010) Fusinita van den Ent 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

Spatial resolution of two bacterial cell division proteins: ZapA recruits ZapB to the inner face of the Z-ring

(2010) Elisa Galli et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2010) Nelly Dubarry et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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

FtsN--Trigger for Septation

(2009) J. Lutkenhaus   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

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

Roles of Pneumococcal DivIB in Cell Division

(2008) A. Le Gouellec et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY