Cell division protein

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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

Updated on 29-November-2015