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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
Volume 184, Issue 4, Pages 904-912Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/jb.184.4.904-912.2002
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- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM059893, GM59893] Funding Source: Medline
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The bacterial cell division protein FtsW has been suggested to perform two functions: stabilize the FtsZ cytokinetic ring, and facilitate septal peptidoglycan synthesis by the transpeptidase FtsI (penicillin-binding protein 3). We show here that depleting Escherichia coli cells of FtsW had little effect on the abundance of FtsZ rings but abrogated recruitment of FtsI to potential division sites. Analysis of FtsW localization confirmed and extended these results; septal localization of FtsW required FtsZ, FtsA, FtsQ, and FtsL but not FtsI. Thus, FtsW is a late recruit to the division site and is essential for subsequent recruitment of its cognate transpeptidase FtsI but not for stabilization of FtsZ rings. We suggest that a primary function of FtsW homologues-which are found in almost all bacteria and appear to work in conjunction with dedicated transpeptidases involved in division, elongation, or sporulation-is to recruit their cognate transpeptidases to the correct subcellular location.
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