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<StructureSection load='1w5b' size='400' side='right' scene= caption='Ftsz complex with GTP (PDB code [[1w5b]])'> | <StructureSection load='1w5b' size='400' side='right' scene= caption='Ftsz complex with GTP (PDB code [[1w5b]])'> | ||
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'''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. | == Function == | ||
'''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. Ftsz can bind GTP and hydrolyze it to GDP. | |||
== Structural highlights == | |||
The GTP binding site. | |||
== 3D Structures of cell division protein Ftsz == | == 3D Structures of cell division protein Ftsz == | ||
