Unique and overlapping roles for ZipA and FtsA in septal ring assembly in Escherichia coli

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Unique and overlapping roles for ZipA and FtsA in septal ring assembly in Escherichia coli is …
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P356DOI10.1093/EMBOJ/21.4.685
P932PMC publication ID125861
P698PubMed publication ID11847116
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P2093author name stringJoe Lutkenhaus
Sebastien Pichoff
P2860cites workSeptal localization of FtsQ, an essential cell division protein in Escherichia coliQ24549639
The bacterial cell-division protein ZipA and its interaction with an FtsZ fragment revealed by X-ray crystallographyQ27625171
FtsZ ring structure associated with division in Escherichia coliQ28245159
An ATPase domain common to prokaryotic cell cycle proteins, sugar kinases, actin, and hsp70 heat shock proteinsQ29615894
Bacterial cell division protein FtsZ assembles into protofilament sheets and minirings, structural homologs of tubulin polymersQ33634552
The spoIIE locus is involved in the Spo0A-dependent switch in the location of FtsZ rings in Bacillus subtilis.Q33725936
Localization of cell division protein FtsK to the Escherichia coli septum and identification of a potential N-terminal targeting domainQ33726106
Bacterial cell division.Q33847706
ZipA is a MAP-Tau homolog and is essential for structural integrity of the cytokinetic FtsZ ring during bacterial cell divisionQ33890834
Localization of FtsI (PBP3) to the septal ring requires its membrane anchor, the Z ring, FtsA, FtsQ, and FtsLQ33991017
Genetic and functional analyses of the conserved C-terminal core domain of Escherichia coli FtsZQ33993310
Assembly of an FtsZ mutant deficient in GTPase activity has implications for FtsZ assembly and the role of the Z ring in cell divisionQ33997241
Themes and variations in prokaryotic cell divisionQ34025986
FtsA is localized to the septum in an FtsZ-dependent mannerQ35617997
Temperature shift experiments with an ftsZ84(Ts) strain reveal rapid dynamics of FtsZ localization and indicate that the Z ring is required throughout septation and cannot reoccupy division sites once constriction has initiatedQ35625462
Inactivation of FtsI inhibits constriction of the FtsZ cytokinetic ring and delays the assembly of FtsZ rings at potential division sitesQ35954752
Plasmid pSC101 harbors a recombination site, psi, which is able to resolve plasmid multimers and to substitute for the analogous chromosomal Escherichia coli site dif.Q36107933
ftsZ is an essential cell division gene in Escherichia coliQ36146680
Gene expression from plasmids containing the araBAD promoter at subsaturating inducer concentrations represents mixed populations.Q36303609
Colocalization of cell division proteins FtsZ and FtsA to cytoskeletal structures in living Escherichia coli cells by using green fluorescent proteinQ36686645
ZipA-induced bundling of FtsZ polymers mediated by an interaction between C-terminal domainsQ39500686
Recruitment of ZipA to the septal ring of Escherichia coli is dependent on FtsZ and independent of FtsA.Q39547179
FtsI and FtsW are localized to the septum in Escherichia coli.Q39566160
Analysis of the interaction of FtsZ with itself, GTP, and FtsA.Q39847037
Guanine nucleotide-dependent assembly of FtsZ into filamentsQ39931802
FtsZ ring formation in fts mutantsQ40024436
Direct interaction between the cell division protein FtsZ and the cell differentiation protein SpoIIE.Q40410779
Correlation between the structure and biochemical activities of FtsA, an essential cell division protein of the actin familyQ40793545
FtsZ ring in bacterial cytokinesisQ40865464
Bacterial cell division and the Z ringQ41550173
PCR-mediated chemical mutagenesis of cloned duplex DNAsQ43960812
A 37 × 103 molecular weight plasmid-encoded protein is required for replication and copy number control in the plasmid pSC101 and its temperature-sensitive derivative pHS1Q47239378
Direct binding of FtsZ to ZipA, an essential component of the septal ring structure that mediates cell division in E. coliQ48054867
Polar location of the chemoreceptor complex in the Escherichia coli cell.Q52226159
Visualization of the subcellular location of sporulation proteins in Bacillus subtilis using immunofluorescence microscopyQ61981924
Transcription factor Spo0A switches the localization of the cell division protein FtsZ from a medial to a bipolar pattern in Bacillus subtilisQ70997758
A conserved residue at the extreme C-terminus of FtsZ is critical for the FtsA-FtsZ interaction in Staphylococcus aureusQ73642413
FtsN, a late recruit to the septum in Escherichia coliQ73663897
Genetic analysis of the Escherichia coli FtsZ.ZipA interaction in the yeast two-hybrid system. Characterization of FtsZ residues essential for the interactions with ZipA and with FtsAQ73693531
Localization of the sporulation protein SpoIIE in Bacillus subtilis is dependent upon the cell division protein FtsZQ73866630
Localization of FtsL to the Escherichia coli septal ringQ74460019
FtsQ, FtsL and FtsI require FtsK, but not FtsN, for co-localization with FtsZ during Escherichia coli cell divisionQ77155405
FtsK is an essential cell division protein that is localized to the septum and induced as part of the SOS responseQ77179856
Recruitment of ZipA to the division site by interaction with FtsZQ77345061
P433issue4
P407language of work or nameEnglishQ1860
P921main subjectEscherichia coliQ25419
P304page(s)685-693
P577publication date2002-02-01
P1433published inThe EMBO JournalQ1278554
P1476titleUnique and overlapping roles for ZipA and FtsA in septal ring assembly in Escherichia coli
P478volume21

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