FtsN maintains active septal cell wall synthesis by forming a processive complex with the septum-specific peptidoglycan synthases in E. coli

Cell Cycle-Dependent Recruitment of FtsN to the Divisome in Escherichia coli

(2022) Jaana Männik et al.   mBio

Treadmilling FtsZ polymers drive the directional movement of sPG-synthesis enzymes via a Brownian ratchet mechanism

(2021) Joshua W. McCausland et al.   Nature Communications

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

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

(2021) Kyung-Tae Park et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Insights into the Structure, Function, and Dynamics of the Bacterial Cytokinetic FtsZ-Ring

(2020) Ryan McQuillen et al.   Annual Review of Biophysics

Class-A penicillin binding proteins do not contribute to cell shape but repair cell-wall defects

(2020) Antoine Vigouroux et al.   eLife

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

(2020) Natalia Baranova et al.   Nature Microbiology

Regulation of peptidoglycan synthesis and remodelling

(2020) Alexander J. F. Egan et al.   NATURE REVIEWS 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

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

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

Viral Capsid Trafficking along Treadmilling Tubulin Filaments in Bacteria

(2019) Vorrapon Chaikeeratisak et al.   CELL

Structural basis of denuded glycan recognition by SPOR domains in bacterial cell division

(2019) Martín Alcorlo et al.   Nature Communications

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

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

(2018) João M. Monteiro et al.   NATURE

Spatial separation of FtsZ and FtsN during cell division

(2017) Bill Söderström et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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

Treadmilling by FtsZ filaments drives peptidoglycan synthesis and bacterial cell division

(2017) Alexandre W. Bisson-Filho et al.   SCIENCE

Influence of FtsZ GTPase activity and concentration on nanoscale Z-ring structurein vivorevealed by three-dimensional Superresolution imaging

(2016) Zhixin Lyu et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Redefining the roles of the FtsZ-ring in bacterial cytokinesis

(2016) Jie Xiao et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Defining the rate-limiting processes of bacterial cytokinesis

(2016) Carla Coltharp 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

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

A general method to improve fluorophores for live-cell and single-molecule microscopy

(2015) Jonathan B Grimm et al.   NATURE METHODS

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

Remodeling of the Z-Ring Nanostructure during the Streptococcus pneumoniae Cell Cycle Revealed by Photoactivated Localization Microscopy

(2015) Maxime Jacq et al.   mBio

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

(2015) Jackson Buss et al.   PLoS Genetics

ThunderSTORM: a comprehensive ImageJ plug-in for PALM and STORM data analysis and super-resolution imaging

(2014) Martin Ovesný et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Quantifying Absolute Protein Synthesis Rates Reveals Principles Underlying Allocation of Cellular Resources

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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

High throughput 3D super-resolution microscopy reveals Caulobacter crescentus in vivo Z-ring organization

(2014) S. J. Holden et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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

(2014) L.-T. Sham et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2013) Jackson Buss et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A bright monomeric green fluorescent protein derived from Branchiostoma lanceolatum

(2013) Nathan C Shaner et al.   NATURE METHODS

Three-Dimensional Super-Resolution Imaging of the Midplane Protein FtsZ in LiveCaulobacter crescentusCells Using Astigmatism

(2012) Julie S. Biteen et al.   CHEMPHYSCHEM

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

Rational design of true monomeric and bright photoactivatable fluorescent proteins

(2012) Mingshu Zhang et al.   NATURE METHODS

NIH Image to ImageJ: 25 years of image analysis

(2012) Caroline A Schneider et al.   NATURE METHODS

3D-SIM Super Resolution Microscopy Reveals a Bead-Like Arrangement for FtsZ and the Division Machinery: Implications for Triggering Cytokinesis

(2012) Michael P. Strauss et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Direct Measurement of Cell Wall Stress Stiffening and Turgor Pressure in Live Bacterial Cells

(2011) Yi Deng et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

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

(2010) Svetlana Alexeeva et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

In Vivo Structure of the E. coli FtsZ-ring Revealed by Photoactivated Localization Microscopy (PALM)

(2010) Guo Fu et al.   PLoS One

An oldie but a goodie – cell wall biosynthesis as antibiotic target pathway

(2009) Tanja Schneider et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL 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-like proteins are conserved components of the cell division machinery in proteobacteria

(2009) Andrea Möll et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Super-resolution video microscopy of live cells by structured illumination

(2009) Peter Kner et al.   NATURE METHODS

Structured illumination in total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy using a spatial light modulator

(2008) Reto Fiolka et al.   OPTICS LETTERS

Three-Dimensional Super-Resolution Imaging by Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy

(2008) B. Huang et al.   SCIENCE