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{{STRUCTURE_1w5b|  PDB=1w5b  | SIZE=400| SCENE= |right|CAPTION=Cell division protein Ftsz complex with GTP, [[1w5b]] }}
{{STRUCTURE_1w5b|  PDB=1w5b  | SIZE=400| SCENE= |right|CAPTION=Cell division protein Ftsz dimer complex with GTP, [[1w5b]] }}


'''Cell Division Protein FtsZ''' (Ftsz) is the prokaryotic homolog of tubulin.  Ftsz assembles into a ring at the site of the septum in bacterial cell division.  Ftsz stands for Filamenting Temperature-Sensitive mutant Z.
'''Cell Division Protein FtsZ''' (Ftsz) is the prokaryotic homolog of tubulin.  Ftsz assembles into a ring at the site of the septum in bacterial cell division.  Ftsz stands for Filamenting Temperature-Sensitive mutant Z.