Models versus pathogens: how conserved is the FtsZ in bacteria?

RR Battaje, R Piyush, V Pratap, D Panda - Bioscience Reports, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Combating anti-microbial resistance by developing alternative strategies is the need of the
hour. Cell division, particularly FtsZ, is being extensively studied for its potential as an …

Anchors: A way for FtsZ filaments to stay membrane bound

A Naha, DP Haeusser, W Margolin - Molecular Microbiology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Most bacteria use the tubulin homolog FtsZ to organize their cell division. FtsZ polymers
initially assemble into mobile complexes that circle around a ring‐like structure at the cell …

Connecting sequence features within the disordered C-terminal linker of Bacillus subtilis FtsZ to functions and bacterial cell division

MK Shinn, MC Cohan, JL Bullock… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) can function as autoregulators of folded enzymes to
which they are tethered. One example is the bacterial cell division protein FtsZ. This includes …

Connecting sequence features within the disordered C-terminal linker of B. subtilis FtsZ to functions and bacterial cell division

MK Shinn, M Cohan, JL Bullock, K Ruff, PA Levin… - Biophysical …, 2023 - cell.com
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inefficient GTP hydrolysis in vitro, and protein degradation, aberrant assembly, and …