… activates a switch favoring the polymerization of FtsA and at … helix at its C terminus to become
attached to the membrane. … the FtsA C terminus, besides mediating the association of the …

… While FtsZ is known to function as a dynamic, polymerized … FtsA polymerization is coregulated
with FtsZ polymerization. … FtsZ polymerization state is coordinated with FtsA, and the FtsA/…

… along with the FtsA-binding peptide from the C terminus of FtsZ (… the polymerizing domain
and the FtsA-interacting C-terminal … we propose prevents this switch towards FtsZ bundling and …

… In this study, we investigated the role of FtsA in S. pneumoniae (pneumococcus), a
clinically relevant human pathogen and a reference species to study cell division in Gram-positive …

… FtsA competitor for FtsZ polymers because of their common binding site at the FtsZ C terminus
… of ZipA on FtsZ protofilaments, including its role in polymer bundling. In contrast to the …

… Polymerization and attachment of FtsA to the membrane is … switch of the amphipathic helix
located at the C-terminus of … may result from the dual function that FtsA exerts on FtsZ, first …

… To investigate whether the postulated ∼20-residue linker is important for the function of
FtsA… derivatives (fused to GFP at their C termini) into the thermosensitive zipA1 background to …

… N and C terminal sfGFP-fused FtsA showed clear membrane … polymerization and the membrane
recruitment of FtsZ by FtsA, … FtsZ and the membrane tethering function of FtsA and ZipA. …

… polymerization of FtsA on the lipid membrane may impact division, and we will discuss this
and other ways that division in bacteria is regulated through FtsZ and FtsA… switch that occurs …

… regulating FtsA function, we characterized a truncated E. coli … FtsA polymerization is
coregulated with FtsZ polymerization, … that membrane association is critical for FtsA enzyme …