Bacterial growth and cell division: a mycobacterial perspective

EC Hett, EJ Rubin - Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews, 2008 - Am Soc Microbiol
The genus Mycobacterium is best known for its two major pathogenic species, M.
tuberculosis and M. leprae, the causative agents of two of the world's oldest diseases …

Cell division in Corynebacterineae

C Donovan, M Bramkamp - Frontiers in microbiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial cells must coordinate a number of events during the cell cycle. Spatio-temporal
regulation of bacterial cytokinesis is indispensable for the production of viable, genetically …

Role of FtsEX in Cell Division of Escherichia coli: Viability of ftsEX Mutants Is Dependent on Functional SufI or High Osmotic Strength

M Reddy - Journal of bacteriology, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
In Escherichia coli, at least 12 proteins, FtsZ, ZipA, FtsA, FtsE/X, FtsK, FtsQ, FtsL, FtsB, FtsW,
FtsI, FtsN, and AmiC, are known to localize to the septal ring in an interdependent and …

Cell growth and cell division in the rod-shaped actinomycete Corynebacterium glutamicum

M Letek, M Fiuza, E Ordóñez, AF Villadangos… - Antonie Van …, 2008 - Springer
Bacterial cell growth and cell division are highly complicated and diversified biological
processes. In most rod-shaped bacteria, actin-like MreB homologues produce helicoidal …

In silico functional prediction of hypothetical proteins from the core genome of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis biovar ovis

CL Araújo, I Blanco, L Souza, S Tiwari, LC Pereira… - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis is a pathogen of veterinary relevance diseases, being
divided into two biovars: equi and ovis; causing ulcerative lymphangitis and caseous …

CXCL10 acts as a bifunctional antimicrobial molecule against Bacillus anthracis

KR Margulieux, JW Fox, RK Nakamoto, MA Hughes - MBio, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Bacillus anthracis is killed by the interferon-inducible, ELR (−) CXC chemokine CXCL10.
Previous studies showed that disruption of the gene encoding FtsX, a conserved membrane …

Biochemical characterization of essential cell division proteins FtsX and FtsE that mediate peptidoglycan hydrolysis by PcsB in Streptococcus pneumoniae

R Bajaj, KE Bruce, AL Davidson, BE Rued… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Fts EX: PcsB complex forms a molecular machine that carries out
peptidoglycan (PG) hydrolysis during normal cell division of the major respiratory …

ATP‐Binding Cassette Systems of Brucella

DC Jenner, E Dassa, AM Whatmore… - International Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Brucellosis is a prevalent zoonotic disease and is endemic in the Middle East, South
America, and other areas of the world. In this study, complete inventories of putative …

Biochemical characterization of an E. coli cell division factor FtsE shows ATPase cycles similar to the NBDs of ABC-transporters

S Mallick, A Kumar, H Dodia, C Alexander… - Bioscience …, 2021 - portlandpress.com
The peptidoglycan (PG) layer is an intricate and dynamic component of the bacterial cell
wall, which requires a constant balance between its synthesis and hydrolysis. FtsEX …

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cell Division Protein, FtsE, is an ATPase in Dimeric Form

MA Mir, M Arumugam, S Mondal, HS Rajeswari… - The protein journal, 2015 - Springer
FtsE is one of the earliest cell division proteins that assembles along with FtsX at the mid-cell
site during cell division in Escherichia coli. Both these proteins are highly conserved across …