Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest threats to the environment and health.
AMR rapidly invalidates conventional antibiotics, and antimicrobial nanomaterials have …

The FtsZ protein is a highly conserved bacterial tubulin homolog. In vivo, the functional form
of FtsZ is the polymeric, ring-like structure (Z-ring) assembled at the future division site …

Mechanisms of evolution and evolution of antibiotic resistance are both fundamental and
world health problems. Stress-induced mutagenesis defines mechanisms of mutagenesis …

The septins are a family of cytoskeletal proteins present in animal and fungal cells. They
were first identified for their essential role in cytokinesis, but more recently, they have been …

The essential bacterial protein FtsZ is a guanosine triphosphatase that self-assembles into a
structure at the division site termed the “Z ring”. During cytokinesis, the Z ring exerts a …

The essential prokaryotic cell division protein FtsZ is a tubulin homologue that forms a ring at
the division site. FtsZ forms polymers in a GTP-dependent manner. Recent biochemical …

Although the need for new antibacterial therapies and strategies is greater than it has been
in a quarter of a century and despite considerable effort, little progress has been observed in …

Magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) are Gram-negative bacteria that can navigate along
geomagnetic fields. This ability is a result of a unique intracellular organelle, the …

We discuss in this review the regulation of synthesis and action of FtsZ, its structure in
relation to tubulin and microtubules, and the mechanism of polymerization and disassembly …

FtsZ polymerizes in a ring-like structure at mid cell to initiate cell division in Escherichia coli.
The ring is stabilized by a number of proteins among which the widely conserved ZapA …