Assembly and activation of the Escherichia coli divisome

ZapA and ZapB form an FtsZ-independent structure at midcell

(2017) Jackson A. Buss 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

Kinetics of large-scale chromosomal movement during asymmetric cell division in Escherichia coli

(2017) Jaana Männik 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

Beyond force generation: Why is a dynamic ring of FtsZ polymers essential for bacterial cytokinesis?

(2016) Carla Coltharp et al.   BIOESSAYS

A novel membrane anchor for FtsZ is linked to cell wall hydrolysis inCaulobacter crescentus

(2016) Elizabeth L. Meier et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

SEDS proteins are a widespread family of bacterial cell wall polymerases

(2016) Alexander J. Meeske et al.   NATURE

Cofactor bypass variants reveal a conformational control mechanism governing cell wall polymerase activity

(2016) Monica Markovski 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

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

(2016) Hongbaek Cho et al.   Nature Microbiology

Guiding divisome assembly and controlling its activity

(2015) Mary-Jane Tsang et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

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 mutation inEscherichia coli ftsZbypasses the requirement for the essential division genezipAand confers resistance to FtsZ assembly inhibitors by stabilizing protofilament bundling

(2015) Daniel P. Haeusser et al.   MOLECULAR 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

The essential role of SepF in mycobacterial division

(2015) Susanne Gola et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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

A Multi-layered Protein Network Stabilizes the Escherichia coli FtsZ-ring and Modulates Constriction Dynamics

(2015) Jackson Buss et al.   PLoS Genetics

Specificity of the Transport of Lipid II by FtsW inEscherichia coli

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

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

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

Structural and genetic analyses reveal the protein SepF as a new membrane anchor for the Z ring

(2013) R. Duman et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Bacterial cytokinesis: From Z ring to divisome

(2012) Joe Lutkenhaus et al.   Cytoskeleton

A MatP-divisome interaction coordinates chromosome segregation with cell division inE. coli

(2012) Olivier Espéli et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

FtsA forms actin-like protofilaments

(2012) Piotr Szwedziak et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Identification of ZapD as a Cell Division Factor That Promotes the Assembly of FtsZ in Escherichia coli

(2012) J. Durand-Heredia et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

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

Identification of FtsW as a transporter of lipid-linked cell wall precursors across the membrane

(2011) Tamimount Mohammadi et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Identification of Escherichia coli ZapC (YcbW) as a Component of the Division Apparatus That Binds and Bundles FtsZ Polymers

(2011) C. A. Hale et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Identification and Characterization of ZapC, a Stabilizer of the FtsZ Ring in Escherichia coli

(2011) J. M. Durand-Heredia et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

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

Assembly of the Caulobacter cell division machine

(2011) Erin D. Goley 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

Lipoprotein Cofactors Located in the Outer Membrane Activate Bacterial Cell Wall Polymerases

(2010) Catherine Paradis-Bleau et al.   CELL

Regulation of Peptidoglycan Synthesis by Outer-Membrane Proteins

(2010) Athanasios Typas et al.   CELL

Advances in understanding E. coli cell fission

(2010) Piet AJ de Boer   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

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

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

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

Characterization of the FtsZ-Interacting Septal Proteins SepF and Ftn6 in the Spherical-Celled Cyanobacterium Synechocystis Strain PCC 6803

(2009) M. Marbouty et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

ATP-Binding Site Lesions in FtsE Impair Cell Division

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