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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-6-13
pubmed:abstractText
Summary Assembly of the tubulin-like cytoskeletal protein FtsZ into a ring structure establishes the location of the nascent division site in prokaryotes. Factors that modulate FtsZ assembly are essential for ensuring the precise spatial and temporal regulation of cytokinesis. We have identified ClpX, the substrate recognition subunit of the ClpXP protease, as an inhibitor of FtsZ assembly in Bacillus subtilis. Genetic data indicate that ClpX but not ClpP inhibits FtsZ-ring formation in vivo. In vitro, ClpX inhibits FtsZ assembly in a ClpP-independent manner through a mechanism that does not require ATP hydrolysis. Together our data support a model in which ClpX helps maintain the cytoplasmic pool of unassembled FtsZ that is required for the dynamic nature of the cytokinetic ring. ClpX is conserved throughout bacteria and has been shown to interact directly with FtsZ in Escherichia coli. Thus, we speculate that ClpX functions as a general regulator of FtsZ assembly and cell division in a wide variety of bacteria.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenosine Triphosphatases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenosine Triphosphate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bacterial Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ClpP protease, E coli, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ClpX protein, E coli, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytoskeletal Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Endopeptidase Clp, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Escherichia coli Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/FtsZ protein, Bacteria, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Molecular Chaperones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tubulin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0950-382X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
238-49
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-9-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
The ClpX chaperone modulates assembly of the tubulin-like protein FtsZ.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural