FtsZ is a protein encoded by the ftsZ gene that assembles into a ring at the future site of bacterial cell division (also called the Z ring). FtsZ is a...
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the site of future division in bacteria, and it assembles into a Z ring, anchored by FtsZ-binding proteins and defines the division plane between the two...
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the FtsA-FtsA interface. FtsA localizes to the cytokinetic ring formed by FtsZ (Z ring). One of FtsA's functions in cytokinesis is to tether FtsZ polymers...
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Cytoskeleton (section FtsZ)
are tubulin in eukaryotes and FtsZ, TubZ, RepX in prokaryotes. Actin-like proteins are actin in eukaryotes and MreB, FtsA in prokaryotes. An example of...
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Prokaryotic cytoskeleton (section FtsZ)
prokaryotes. FtsZ, the first identified prokaryotic cytoskeletal element, forms a filamentous ring structure located in the middle of the cell called the Z-ring...
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The ftsZ-DE RNA motif is a conserved RNA structure that was discovered by bioinformatics. ftsZ-DE motifs are found in bacteria belonging to the genus Fibrobacter...
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Mitochondrial fission (section FtsZ Localization)
FtsZ proteins into a ring around the center of the mitochondria and some proteins tethered to the inner mitochondrial membrane also help anchor the Z...
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treadmilling occurs in cells. FtsZ treadmilling The bacterial tubulin homolog FtsZ is one of the best documented treadmilling polymers. FtsZ assembles into protofilaments...
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inhibited, and filamentation of target cells can be an indication that PBP3, FtsZ, or DNA synthesis is being inhibited. Other antibacterial agent-induced changes...
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