A mechanism for FtsZ-independent proliferation in Streptomyces

Fernando Santos-Beneit; David M. Roberts; Stuart Cantlay; Joseph R. McCormick; Jeff Errington

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01596-z

Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

A mechanism for FtsZ-independent proliferation in Streptomyces

Fernando Santos-Beneit,
David M. Roberts,
Stuart Cantlay,
Joseph R. McCormick,
Jeff Errington

Affiliations

Fernando Santos-Beneit: Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Medical School, Newcastle University
David M. Roberts: Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Medical School, Newcastle University
Stuart Cantlay: Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University
Joseph R. McCormick: Department of Biological Sciences, Duquesne University
Jeff Errington: Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Medical School, Newcastle University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01596-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Protein FtsZ plays key roles in cell division and is essential in most bacterial species; exceptions include streptomycetes, which grow from the cell tip and form branched hyphae. Here, Santos-Beneit et al. show that branching allows FtsZ-independent proliferation in Streptomyces venezuelae.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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