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ArticlePloS one2014

Dr-FtsA, an actin homologue in Deinococcus radiodurans differentially affects Dr-FtsZ and Ec-FtsZ functions in vitro.

Kruti Modi, Hari S Misra

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Article in PloS one, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kruti ModiMolecular Biology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400 085, India.
Hari S MisraMolecular Biology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400 085, India.
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Deinococcus radiodurans genome encodes homologues of divisome proteins including FtsZ and FtsA. FtsZ of this bacterium (Dr-FtsZ) has been recently characterized. In this paper, we study FtsA of D. radiodurans (Dr-FtsA) and its involvement in regulation of FtsZ function. Recombinant Dr-FtsA showed neither ATPase nor GTPase activity and its polymerization was ATP dependent. Interestingly, we observed that Dr-FtsA, when compared with E. coli FtsA (Ec-FtsA), has lower affinity for both Dr-FtsZ and Ec-FtsZ. Also, Dr-FtsA showed differential effects on GTPase activity and sedimentation characteristics of Dr-FtsZ and Ec-FtsZ. For instance, Dr-FtsA stimulated GTPase activity of Dr-FtsZ while GTPase activity of Ec-FtsZ was reduced in the presence of Dr-FtsA. Stimulation of GTPase activity of Dr-FtsZ by Dr-FtsA resulted in depolymerization of Dr-FtsZ. Dr-FtsA effects on GTPase activity and polymerization/depolymerisation characteristics of Dr-FtsZ did not change significantly in the presence of ATP. Recombinant E. coli expressing Dr-FtsA showed cell division inhibition in spite of in trans expression of Dr-FtsZ in these cells. These results suggested that Dr-FtsA, although it lacks ATPase activity, is still functional and differentially affects Dr-FtsZ and Ec-FtsZ function in vitro.

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Adenosine TriphosphateAmino Acid SequenceBacterial ProteinsCell DivisionCytoskeletal ProteinsDeinococcusEscherichia coliGTP PhosphohydrolasesRecombinant ProteinsSequence AlignmentAdenosine TriphosphateBacterial ProteinsCytoskeletal ProteinsFtsA protein, BacteriaFtsZ protein, BacteriaGTP PhosphohydrolasesRecombinant Proteins

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PMID25551229
PMCPMC4281207
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