FtsZ, a bacterial homolog of tubulin, is well established as forming the cytoskeletal
framework for the cytokinetic ring. Recent work has shown that purified FtsZ, in the absence …

Work on two diverse rod-shaped bacteria, Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, has defined
a set of about 10 conserved proteins that are important for cell division in a wide range of …

The assembly and stability of FtsZ protofilaments have been shown to play critical roles in
bacterial cytokinesis. Recent evidence suggests that FtsZ may be considered as an …

▪ Abstract FtsZ is a prokaryotic tubulin homolog that assembles into a ring at the future site of
cell division. The resulting “Z ring” forms the framework for the division apparatus, and its …

Bacterial cells contain a variety of structural filamentous proteins necessary for the spatial
regulation of cell shape, cell division, and chromosome segregation, analogous to the …

FtsZ is a bacterial homolog of tubulin that is essential for prokaryotic cytokinesis. In vitro,
GTP induces FtsZ to assemble into straight, 5-nm-wide polymers. Here we show that the …

We have developed an assay for the assembly of FtsZ based on fluorescence resonance
energy transfer (FRET). We mutated an innocuous surface residue to cysteine and labeled …

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 …

Accurate positioning of the division site is essential to generate appropriately sized daughter
cells with the correct chromosome number. In bacteria, division generally depends on …

Eight new antimicrobial natural products named chrysophaentins A− H belonging to a new
structural class have been isolated from the marine chrysophyte alga Chrysophaeum taylori …