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Bacterial Division: FtsZ Treadmills to Build a Beautiful Wall
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.019
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Bacterial Division: FtsZ Treadmills to Build a Beautiful Wall
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Abstract
The tubulin-like FtsZ protein polymerizes into a contractile ring structure required for cytokinesis in most bacteria. Two new studies report that FtsZ polymers move around the ring by treadmilling, which guides and regulates the inward growth of the septal wall.
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Treadmilling by FtsZ filaments drives peptidoglycan synthesis and bacterial cell division.Science. 2017 Feb 17;355(6326):739-743. doi: 10.1126/science.aak9973. Science. 2017. PMID: 28209898 Free PMC article.
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GTPase activity-coupled treadmilling of the bacterial tubulin FtsZ organizes septal cell wall synthesis.Science. 2017 Feb 17;355(6326):744-747. doi: 10.1126/science.aak9995. Science. 2017. PMID: 28209899 Free PMC article.
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