A dynamic duo: Understanding the roles of FtsZ and FtsA for Escherichia coli cell division through in vitro approaches

Radler P, Loose M. 2024. A dynamic duo: Understanding the roles of FtsZ and FtsA for Escherichia coli cell division through in vitro approaches. European Journal of Cell Biology. 103(1), 151380.

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Bacteria divide by binary fission. The protein machine responsible for this process is the divisome, a transient assembly of more than 30 proteins in and on the surface of the cytoplasmic membrane. Together, they constrict the cell envelope and remodel the peptidoglycan layer to eventually split the cell into two. For Escherichia coli, most molecular players involved in this process have probably been identified, but obtaining the quantitative information needed for a mechanistic understanding can often not be achieved from experiments in vivo alone. Since the discovery of the Z-ring more than 30 years ago, in vitro reconstitution experiments have been crucial to shed light on molecular processes normally hidden in the complex environment of the living cell. In this review, we summarize how rebuilding the divisome from purified components – or at least parts of it - have been instrumental to obtain the detailed mechanistic understanding of the bacterial cell division machinery that we have today.
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2024-03-01
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European Journal of Cell Biology
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Elsevier
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We acknowledge members of the Loose laboratory at ISTA for helpful discussions—in particular M. Kojic for his insightful comments. This work was supported by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF P34607) to M.L.
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103
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1
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151380
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Radler P, Loose M. A dynamic duo: Understanding the roles of FtsZ and FtsA for Escherichia coli cell division through in vitro approaches. European Journal of Cell Biology. 2024;103(1). doi:10.1016/j.ejcb.2023.151380
Radler, P., & Loose, M. (2024). A dynamic duo: Understanding the roles of FtsZ and FtsA for Escherichia coli cell division through in vitro approaches. European Journal of Cell Biology. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcb.2023.151380
Radler, Philipp, and Martin Loose. “A Dynamic Duo: Understanding the Roles of FtsZ and FtsA for Escherichia Coli Cell Division through in Vitro Approaches.” European Journal of Cell Biology. Elsevier, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcb.2023.151380.
P. Radler and M. Loose, “A dynamic duo: Understanding the roles of FtsZ and FtsA for Escherichia coli cell division through in vitro approaches,” European Journal of Cell Biology, vol. 103, no. 1. Elsevier, 2024.
Radler P, Loose M. 2024. A dynamic duo: Understanding the roles of FtsZ and FtsA for Escherichia coli cell division through in vitro approaches. European Journal of Cell Biology. 103(1), 151380.
Radler, Philipp, and Martin Loose. “A Dynamic Duo: Understanding the Roles of FtsZ and FtsA for Escherichia Coli Cell Division through in Vitro Approaches.” European Journal of Cell Biology, vol. 103, no. 1, 151380, Elsevier, 2024, doi:10.1016/j.ejcb.2023.151380.
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