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Structure of the peptidoglycan polymerase RodA resolved by evolutionary coupling analysis

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FtsW activity and lipid II synthesis are required for recruitment of MurJ to midcell during cell division in Escherichia coli

(2018) Xiaolong Liu et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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

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Assembly and activation of the Escherichia coli divisome

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

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SEDS proteins are a widespread family of bacterial cell wall polymerases

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Splitsville: structural and functional insights into the dynamic bacterial Z ring

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

(2016) Hongbaek Cho et al.   Nature Microbiology

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

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

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

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

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A 1 MDa protein complex containing critical components of the Escherichia coli divisome

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Coordination of peptidoglycan synthesis and outer membrane constriction during Escherichia coli cell division

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Cell age dependent concentration of Escherichia coli divisome proteins analyzed with ImageJ and ObjectJ

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

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

Crystal Structure of Penicillin-Binding Protein 3 (PBP3) from Escherichia coli

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Outer-membrane lipoprotein LpoB spans the periplasm to stimulate the peptidoglycan synthase PBP1B

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

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Colocalization and interaction between elongasome and divisome during a preparative cell division phase inEscherichia coli

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Reconstitution of Membrane Protein Complexes Involved in Pneumococcal Septal Cell Wall Assembly

(2013) Marjolaine Noirclerc-Savoye et al.   PLoS One

The N-Terminal Membrane-Spanning Domain of the Escherichia coli DNA Translocase FtsK Hexamerizes at Midcell

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Cooperativity of peptidoglycan synthases active in bacterial cell elongation

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

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From the regulation of peptidoglycan synthesis to bacterial growth and morphology

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

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Optimization of conditions for the glycosyltransferase activity of penicillin-binding protein 1a from Thermotoga maritima

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Evidence from Artificial Septal Targeting and Site-Directed Mutagenesis that Residues in the Extracytoplasmic   Domain of DivIB Mediate Its Interaction with the Divisomal Transpeptidase PBP 2B

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

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Conserved Properties of Polypeptide Transport-associated (POTRA) Domains Derived from Cyanobacterial Omp85

(2010) Patrick Koenig et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

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

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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

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

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