Bacterial division ring stabilizing ZapA versus destabilizing SlmA modulate FtsZ switching between biomolecular condensates and polymers

Bacterial division ring stabilizing ZapA versus destabilizing SlmA modulate FtsZ switching between biomolecular condensates and polymers

(2023) Begoña Monterroso et al.   Open Biology

Noc Corrals Migration of FtsZ Protofilaments during Cytokinesis in Bacillus subtilis

(2021) Yuanchen Yu et al.   mBio

Assembly of bacterial cell division protein FtsZ into dynamic biomolecular condensates

(2021) Miguel Ángel Robles-Ramos et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Computational Design and Development of Benzodioxane-Benzamides as Potent Inhibitors of FtsZ by Exploring the Hydrophobic Subpocket

(2021) Valentina Straniero et al.   Antibiotics-Basel

CTP regulates membrane-binding activity of the nucleoid occlusion protein Noc

(2021) Adam S.B. Jalal et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Higher-order organization of biomolecular condensates

(2021) Charlotte M. Fare et al.   Open Biology

Membraneless organelles formed by liquid-liquid phase separation increase bacterial fitness

(2021) Xin Jin et al.   Science Advances

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

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

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

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

Bacterial Division: Journey to the Center of the Cell

(2020) William Margolin   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Cell division protein FtsZ: from structure and mechanism to antibiotic target

(2020) Nadine Silber et al.   Future Microbiology

The emergence of phase separation as an organizing principle in bacteria

(2020) Christopher A. Azaldegui et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Regrowth-delay body as a bacterial subcellular structure marking multidrug-tolerant persisters

(2019) Jiayu Yu et al.   Cell Discovery

Considerations and Challenges in Studying Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation and Biomolecular Condensates

(2019) Simon Alberti et al.   CELL

At the Heart of Bacterial Cytokinesis: The Z Ring

(2019) Shishen Du et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Liquid–Liquid Phase Separation in Disease

(2019) Simon Alberti et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

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

(2019) Paulo Caldas et al.   Nature Communications

mRNA structure determines specificity of a polyQ-driven phase separation

(2018) Erin M. Langdon et al.   SCIENCE

Who's In and Who's Out—Compositional Control of Biomolecular Condensates

(2018) Jonathon A. Ditlev et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Bacterial FtsZ protein forms phase‐separated condensates with its nucleoid‐associated inhibitor SlmA

(2018) Begoña Monterroso et al.   EMBO REPORTS

ZapA and ZapB form an FtsZ-independent structure at midcell

(2017) Jackson A. Buss et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Persistent bacterial infections and persister cells

(2017) Robert A. Fisher et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Biomolecular condensates: organizers of cellular biochemistry

(2017) Salman F. Banani et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-linked mutations increase the viscosity of liquid-like TDP-43 RNP granules in neurons

(2017) Pallavi P. Gopal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Liquid phase condensation in cell physiology and disease

(2017) Yongdae Shin 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

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

(2016) Daniel P. Haeusser et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Mechanisms of bacterial persistence during stress and antibiotic exposure

(2016) Alexander Harms et al.   SCIENCE

Nucleoid occlusion protein Noc recruits DNA to the bacterial cell membrane

(2015) D. W. Adams et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Evidence That Bacteriophage λ Kil Peptide Inhibits Bacterial Cell Division by Disrupting FtsZ Protofilaments and Sequestering Protein Subunits

(2015) Víctor M. Hernández-Rocamora et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Min system and other nucleoid-independent regulators of Z ring positioning

(2015) Veronica W. Rowlett et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Spatial coordination between chromosomes and cell division proteins in Escherichia coli

(2015) Jaan Männik et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

The Nucleoid Occlusion SlmA Protein Accelerates the Disassembly of the FtsZ Protein Polymers without Affecting Their GTPase Activity

(2015) Elisa J. Cabré et al.   PLoS One

Crystal Structure and Site-directed Mutational Analysis Reveals Key Residues Involved inEscherichia coliZapA Function

(2014) Elyse J. Roach et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

SlmA Antagonism of FtsZ Assembly Employs a Two-pronged Mechanism like MinCD

(2014) Shishen Du et al.   PLoS Genetics

Interactions among the earlyEscherichia colidivisome proteins revealed by bimolecular fluorescence complementation

(2013) Manuel Pazos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2013) Jackson Buss et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

SlmA forms a higher-order structure on DNA that inhibits cytokinetic Z-ring formation over the nucleoid

(2013) N. K. Tonthat et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Self-organization of the bacterial cell-division protein FtsZ in confined environments

(2013) Sonia Mellouli et al.   Soft Matter

Tetramerization of ZapA is required for FtsZ bundling

(2012) Raúl Pacheco-Gómez et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Development of a homogeneous fluorescence anisotropy assay to monitor and measure FtsZ assembly in solution

(2011) Belén Reija et al.   ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

FtsZ-ZapA-ZapB Interactome of Escherichia coli

(2011) E. Galli et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Multiple effects of benzamide antibiotics on FtsZ function

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

Nucleoid occlusion factor SlmA is a DNA-activated FtsZ polymerization antagonist

(2011) Hongbaek Cho et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular mechanism by which the nucleoid occlusion factor, SlmA, keeps cytokinesis in check

(2010) Nam Ky Tonthat et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

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

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

(2010) Svetlana Alexeeva et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Cross-linking FtsZ polymers into coherent Z rings

(2010) Alex Dajkovic et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The GTPase Activity ofEscherichia coliFtsZ Determines the Magnitude of the FtsZ Polymer Bundling by ZapAin Vitro

(2009) Tamimount Mohammadi et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

MinC Spatially Controls Bacterial Cytokinesis by Antagonizing the Scaffolding Function of FtsZ

(2008) Alex Dajkovic et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The effect of MinC on FtsZ polymerization is pH dependent and can be counteracted by ZapA

(2008) Dirk-Jan Scheffers   FEBS LETTERS

Division protein interaction web: identification of a phylogenetically conserved common interactome between Streptococcus pneumoniae and Escherichia coli

(2008) S. Maggi et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM