title: Z ring as executor of bacterial cell division.
abstract: It has become apparent that bacteria possess ancestors of the major eukaryotic cytoskeletal proteins. FtsZ, the ancestral homologue of tubulin, assembles into a cytoskeletal structure associated with cell division, designated the Z ring. Formation of the Z ring represents a major point of both spatial and temporal regulation of cell division. Here we discuss findings concerning the structure and the formation of the ring as well as its spatial and temporal regulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dajkovic
authors.forename: Joe
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lutkenhaus
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D001704:Biopolymers; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000502:physiology; D004249:DNA Damage; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000502:physiology; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013014:SOS Response, Genetics
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001704:Biopolymers; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; C071525:FtsZ protein, Bacteria; C080466:MinC protein, Bacteria; C093548:MinE protein, E coli; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; C072069:MinD protein, E coli