The bypass of ZipA by overexpression of FtsN requires a previously unknown conserved FtsN motif essential for FtsA-FtsN interaction supporting a model in which FtsA monomers recruit late cell division proteins to the Z ring

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 971-987

  Pichoff, Sebastien ^a   Du, Shishen ^a   Lutkenhaus, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; FTSA PROTEIN; FTSN PROTEIN; MONOMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIPA PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FTSA PROTEIN, E COLI; FTSN PROTEIN, E COLI; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; ZIPA PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOPLASM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; Z RING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOKINESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOKINESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84924531244     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12907     Document Type: Article

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