A lacZ-ftsZ gene fusion is an analog of the cell division inhibitor sulA
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Crystal structure of the SOS cell division inhibitor SulA and in complex with FtsZ.
SulA halts cell division in Escherichia coli by binding to the major component of the division machinery FtsZ. We have solved the crystal structure of SulA alone and in complex with FtsZ from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. SulA is expressed when the SOS response is induced. This is a mechanism to inhibit cell division and repair DNA in the event of DNA damage. FtsZ is a tubulin-like protein that forms...
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In Escherichia coli FtsZ organizes into a cytoskeletal ring structure, the Z ring, which effects cell division. FtsZ is a GTPase, but the free energy of GTP hydrolysis does not appear to be used for generation of the constriction force, leaving open the question of the function of the GTPase activity of FtsZ. Here we study the mechanism by which SulA, an inhibitor of FtsZ induced during the SOS...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Bacteriology
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0021-9193,1098-5530
DOI: 10.1128/jb.157.3.815-820.1984