title: Mitochondrial FtsZ in a chromophyte alga.
abstract: A homolog of the bacterial cell division gene ftsZ was isolated from the alga Mallomonas splendens. The nuclear-encoded protein (MsFtsZ-mt) was closely related to FtsZs of the alpha-proteobacteria, possessed a mitochondrial targeting signal, and localized in a pattern consistent with a role in mitochondrial division. Although FtsZs are known to act in the division of chloroplasts, MsFtsZ-mt appears to be a mitochondrial FtsZ and may represent a mitochondrial division protein.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Deakin University, 221 Burwood Highway, Melbourne, 3125, Australia. plbeech@deakin.edu.au
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Beech
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nheu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schultz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Herbert
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lithgow
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Gilson
authors.forename: G I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: McFadden
mesh_terms: D020561:Alphaproteobacteria / Q000737:chemistry; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002736:Chloroplasts / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000032:analysis; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015723:Gene Library; D018613:Microscopy, Confocal; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000737:chemistry; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C095113:FTSZ protein, Arabidopsis; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; C094774:DNM1 protein, S cerevisiae