The cyanobacterial cell division factor Ftn6 contains an N-terminal DnaD-like domain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

DNA replication and cell cycle as well as their relationship have been extensively studied in the two model organisms E. coli and B. subtilis. By contrast, little is known about these processes in cyanobacteria, even though they are crucial to the biosphere, in utilizing solar energy to renew the oxygenic atmosphere and in producing the biomass for the food chain. Recent studies have allowed the identification of several cell division factors that are specifics to cyanobacteria. Among them, Ftn6 has been proposed to function in the recruitment of the crucial FtsZ proteins to the septum or the subsequent Z-ring assembly and possibly in chromosome segregation.

Results

In this study, we identified an as yet undescribed domain located in the conserved N-terminal regio

SUBMITTER: Marbouty M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2736966 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature