Control of FtsZ-ring formation and cell division in Streptomyces venezuelae
Cell division is essential for all life forms. In bacteria, this fundamental process is precisely orchestrated by a protein, FtsZ, the ancestral homolog of eukaroytic tubulin. On the onset of division, at the division site, FtsZ assembles into a cytoskeleton structure - the Z ring - that recruits other division proteins and constricts the membrane together with cell wall synthesizing machinery, ev