title: Bacterial cytokinesis: FzlA frizzes FtsZ filaments for fission force.
abstract: Most bacteria divide by assembling filaments of the tubulin-like protein FtsZ into a cytokinetic ring, which then constricts. A recent study suggests that Caulobacter crescentus uses a novel regulator, FzlA, to activate ring constriction by inducing helical bundles of FtsZ filaments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Tushar K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Beuria
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Margolin
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D016935:Caulobacter crescentus / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D048749:Cytokinesis / Q000502:physiology*; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; C071525:FtsZ protein, Bacteria