ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2009
Bacterial cell division: assembly, maintenance and disassembly of the Z ring.
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- Identification of intracellular target of antimicrobial peptide EWAMP-R in bacteria.Communications biology · 2026Article
- On the nature of the earliest known lifeforms.eLife · 2026Article
- Structural basis for transcriptional regulation by the cell division regulator MraZ in Mycoplasma genitalium.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Dysregulation of a nucleotidyltransferase induces division and surface glycan defects inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Contribution of theMicrobiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Extensile Active Hydrogels Driven by Living FtsZ Polymers.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2026Article
- Biomolecules involved in the metabolism of Escherichia coli affected by photodynamics: A calorimetry study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Localization characteristics of cell wall synthesis protein Wag31 and penicillin binding protein C inCell surface (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Article
- Comprehensive genetic interaction analysis of the Bacillus subtilis envelope using double-CRISPRi.Cell systems · 2025Article
- N-acetyl-glucosamine primes Pseudomonas aeruginosa for virulence through a type IV pili/cAMP-mediated morphology transition.Nature communications · 2025Article
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- A strategy to re-sensitise drug-resistant Gram-positive bacteria to oxazolidinone-class antibiotics.EBioMedicine · 2025Article
- RagB stimulates the activity of the peptidoglycan polymerase RodA in Bacillus subtilis.EMBO reports · 2025Article
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- FtsZ as a novel target for antibiotics development: Promises and challenges.Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B · 2025Review
- EzrA promotes Z-ring formation through interaction of its QNR motif with FtsA.Journal of bacteriology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Bacterial cell division is orchestrated by a tubulin homologue, FtsZ, which polymerizes to form a ring-like structure that is both a scaffold for the assembly of the bacterial cytokinetic machinery and, at least in part, a source of the energy for constriction. FtsZ assembly is tightly regulated, and a diverse repertoire of accessory proteins contributes to the formation of a functional division machine that is responsive to cell cycle status and environmental stress. In this Review, we describe the interaction of these proteins with FtsZ and discuss recent advances in our understanding of Z ring assembly.
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