10.1146/annurev.genet.33.1.423
Crossref journal-article
Annual Reviews
Annual Review of Genetics (22)
Abstract

▪ Abstract  Formation of the bacterial division septum is catalyzed by a number of essential proteins that assemble into a ring structure at the future division site. Assembly of proteins into the cytokinetic ring appears to occur in a hierarchial order that is initiated by the FtsZ protein, a structural and functional analog of eukaryotic tubulins. Placement of the division site at its correct location in Escherichia coli requires a division inhibitor (MinC), that is responsible for preventing septation at unwanted sites near the cell poles, and a topological specificity protein (MinE), that forms a ring at midcell and protects the midcell site from the division inhibitor. However, the mechanism responsible for identifying the position of the midcell site or the polar sites used for spore septum formation is still unclear. Regulation of the division process and its coordination with other cell cycle events, such as chromosome replication, are poorly understood. However, a protein has been identified in Caulobacter (CtrA) that regulates both the initiation of chromosome regulation and the transcription of ftsZ, and that may play an important role in the coordination process.

Bibliography

Rothfield, L., Justice, S., & García-Lara, J. (1999). Bacterial Cell Division. Annual Review of Genetics, 33(1), 423–448.

Authors 3
  1. L Rothfield (first)
  2. S Justice (additional)
  3. J García-Lara (additional)
References 127 Referenced 218
  1. 10.1128/jb.178.13.3877-3884.1996
  2. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4641833.x
  3. 10.1128/jb.178.24.7167-7172.1996
  4. 10.1128/JB.180.5.1185-1193.1998 / J. Bacteriol. by Ahmer B (1998)
  5. 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1992.tb01380.x
  6. 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1990.tb07592.x
  7. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01077.x
  8. 10.1128/jb.177.21.6211-6222.1995
  9. 10.1128/jb.163.2.615-622.1985 / J. Bacteriol. by Begg KJ (1985)
  10. {'key': 'b10', 'first-page': '475', 'volume': '3', 'author': 'Begg KJ', 'year': '1991', 'journal-title': 'New Biol.'} / New Biol. by Begg KJ (1991)
  11. 10.1016/0092-8674(90)90588-6
  12. 10.1038/354161a0
  13. 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1989.tb00249.x
  14. 10.1146/annurev.cellbio.13.1.395
  15. 10.1128/JB.180.23.6107-6116.1998 / J. Bacteriol. by Buddelmeijer N (1998)
  16. 10.1128/jb.173.7.2187-2195.1991
  17. 10.1128/jb.179.5.1671-1683.1997
  18. 10.1128/JB.181.2.521-530.1999 / J. Bacteriol. by Chen J (1999)
  19. 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1994.tb02183.x
  20. 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1994.tb02184.x
  21. 10.1128/jb.168.3.1430-1438.1986
  22. 10.1128/JB.181.6.1900-1905.1999 / J. Bacteriol. by Cook WR (1999)
  23. 10.1128/jb.174.19.6145-6151.1992
  24. 10.1128/jb.178.5.1328-1334.1996
  25. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00954.x
  26. 10.1038/359254a0
  27. 10.1146/annurev.ge.24.120190.001341
  28. 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1991.tb05015.x
  29. 10.1016/0092-8674(89)90586-2
  30. 10.1128/jb.174.1.63-70.1992
  31. 10.1128/jb.179.9.2823-2834.1997
  32. 10.1021/bi961357b
  33. 10.1128/jb.175.21.7097-7101.1993
  34. 10.1128/jb.174.19.6314-6316.1992
  35. 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1989.tb00118.x
  36. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00752.x
  37. 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80502-4
  38. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.3811764.x
  39. 10.1073/pnas.93.1.519
  40. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01064.x
  41. 10.1128/jb.176.2.269-275.1994
  42. 10.1128/jb.178.10.2742-2748.1996
  43. 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1993.tb06073.x
  44. 10.1128/jb.174.12.3964-3971.1992
  45. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01213.x
  46. 10.1128/jb.174.23.7717.1992
  47. 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81838-3
  48. 10.1128/JB.181.1.167-176.1999 / J. Bacteriol. by Hale C (1999)
  49. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4581822.x
  50. 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80038-6
  51. 10.1128/jb.171.3.1496-1505.1989
  52. 10.1128/jb.178.17.5080-5085.1996
  53. 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1987.tb01932.x
  54. 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00421-2
  55. 10.1016/0006-291X(81)91835-0
  56. 10.1128/jb.170.7.3094-3101.1988
  57. 10.1093/emboj/17.19.5658
  58. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.6422012.x
  59. 10.1101/gad.12.6.880
  60. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01256.x
  61. 10.1126/science.282.5393.1516
  62. 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1997.mmi505.x
  63. 10.1101/gad.10.4.478
  64. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01322.x
  65. 10.1038/34472
  66. 10.1146/annurev.biochem.66.1.93
  67. Lutkenhaus J, Mukherjee A. 1996. Cell division. InEscherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium, ed. FC Neidhardt, p. 1615–26. Washington, DC: ASM Press
  68. 10.1073/pnas.93.23.12998
  69. 10.1101/gad.12.21.3419
  70. 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1990.tb02056.x
  71. 10.1073/pnas.90.3.1053
  72. 10.1128/jb.172.10.6106-6111.1990
  73. 10.1128/jb.176.9.2754-2758.1994
  74. 10.1093/emboj/17.2.462
  75. 10.1128/JB.181.3.823-832.1999 / J. Bacteriol. by Mukherjee A (1999)
  76. 10.1007/BF00280372
  77. 10.1128/jb.175.8.2241-2247.1993
  78. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00974.x
  79. 10.1038/nsb0698-451
  80. 10.1038/34465
  81. 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1991.tb00747.x
  82. 10.1007/BF00267259
  83. 10.1105/tpc.10.12.1991
  84. 10.1016/0006-291X(73)90006-5
  85. 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.mmi_18020321.x
  86. 10.1128/JB.180.13.3486-3490.1998 / J. Bacteriol. by Pogliano J (1998)
  87. 10.1073/pnas.94.2.559
  88. 10.1128/JB.180.5.1053-1062.1998 / J. Bacteriol. by Powell B (1998)
  89. 10.1073/pnas.93.13.6314
  90. 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80995-2
  91. 10.1073/pnas.95.1.120
  92. 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80455-9
  93. 10.1073/pnas.96.9.4971
  94. 10.1038/359251a0
  95. 10.1128/jb.172.3.1392-1399.1990
  96. 10.1016/0092-8674(94)90435-9
  97. Rothfield L, García-Lara J. 1995. Cell division. InRegulation of Gene Expression in E. coli, ed. ECC Lin, S Lynch, pp. 547–69. New York: RG Landes (10.1007/978-1-4684-8601-8_26)
  98. 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81899-1
  99. 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80971-X
  100. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00753.x
  101. 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1994.tb06819.x
  102. 10.1073/pnas.93.1.336
  103. 10.1128/jb.175.9.2788-2791.1993
  104. 10.1073/pnas.72.8.2999
  105. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01198.x
  106. 10.1073/pnas.95.8.4368
  107. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00942.x
  108. Taschner PEM. 1988. Genetic and morphological analysis of cell division inEscherichia coli. PhD thesis. Univ. Amsterdam. Netherlands
  109. 10.1128/jb.118.2.407-413.1974 / J. Bacteriol. by Teather RM (1974)
  110. 10.1128/jb.166.3.985-992.1986
  111. 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05194.x
  112. 10.1128/jb.175.20.6704-6710.1993
  113. 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1992.tb01358.x
  114. 10.1128/JB.180.11.2810-2816.1998 / J. Bacteriol. by Wang L (1998)
  115. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00958.x
  116. 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1991.tb04900.x
  117. 10.1128/jb.179.17.5551-5559.1997
  118. 10.1128/JB.181.2.508-520.1999 / J. Bacteriol. by Weiss D (1999)
  119. 10.1128/jb.171.6.3412-3419.1989
  120. 10.1128/jb.131.1.270-279.1977 / J. Bacteriol. by Woldringh C (1977)
  121. 10.1016/0923-2508(91)90046-D
  122. 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1994.tb01299.x
  123. 10.1126/science.8160014
  124. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01351.x
  125. 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01059.x
  126. 10.1073/pnas.92.10.4313
  127. 10.1128/jb.176.19.6100-6106.1994
Dates
Type When
Created 23 years ago (July 27, 2002, 7:43 a.m.)
Deposited 3 years, 10 months ago (Oct. 12, 2021, 7 a.m.)
Indexed 3 months ago (May 20, 2025, 11:30 a.m.)
Issued 25 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1999)
Published 25 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1999)
Published Print 25 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 1, 1999)
Funders 0

None

@article{Rothfield_1999, title={Bacterial Cell Division}, volume={33}, ISSN={1545-2948}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.genet.33.1.423}, DOI={10.1146/annurev.genet.33.1.423}, number={1}, journal={Annual Review of Genetics}, publisher={Annual Reviews}, author={Rothfield, L and Justice, S and García-Lara, J}, year={1999}, month=dec, pages={423–448} }