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Gene Report : ftsA
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class essential
     References (PMID)
J Bacteriol. 1990;172(11):6611-4.
Regulation of expression of the ftsA cell division gene by sequences in upstream genes.
Dewar SJ, Donachie WD. ( 2228979 )
     Deletion OCR30,31-3 (BK2-1 / AK1-1) (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
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General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name ftsA  
 Alternative name b0094,divA,ECK0095,JW0092  
 Location, Length 103,982 - 105,244 (  +  ) ;   2.24 min ; 1263 (bp) ,   420 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product ATP-binding cell division protein involved in recruitment of FtsK to Z ring  
 Operon Name mraZ-rsmH-ftsLI-murEF-mraY-murD-ftsW-murGC-ddlB-ftsQAZ-lpxC  
 Note ATP-binding cell division protein, septation process, complexes with FtsZ, associated with junctions of inner and outer membranes; GO_component: GO:0009274 - peptidoglycan-based cell wall; GO_component: GO:0019866 - organelle inner membrane  
 Function phenotype; Cell division  
 Gene Ontology GO:0007049 ; cell cycle ( ftsA )
GO:0008360 ; regulation of cell shape ( ftsA )
GO:0051301 ; cell division ( ftsA )
 PID 1786282  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
 
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) FTSA_ECOLI ( P06137 ; Q47229 )
    -  Protein name Cell division protein ftsA.  
    -  Synonyms  
    -  Gene name OrderedLocusNames=b0094, c0112, z0104, ECs0098, SF0091, S0093;  

 Linear View (Whole Mode)
View Location
   95.0  –  120.0 (KBP)

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP ftsA (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain T, Ftsa  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST Cell division protein ftsA  
         PSI-BLAST Chaperone protein dnaK2
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST Cell division protein ftsA  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE ASN_GLYCOSYLATION    CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE    PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    PROKAR_LIPOPROTEIN     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG0849D 
    EcoCyc ftsA 

MMBR References
J Bacteriol. 1987;169(5):1938-42.
Regulation of cell division in Escherichia coli K-12: probable interactions among proteins FtsQ, FtsA, and FtsZ.
Descoteaux A, Drapeau GR. ( 3032902 )
J Bacteriol. 1996;178:7167-7172
FtsA is localized to the septum in an FtsZ-dependent manner.
Addinall, S. G., and J. Lutkenhaus.
EMBO J. 1984;3:1181-1186
Inactivation of essential division genes ftsA, ftsZ, suppresses mutations at sfiB, a locus mediating division inhibition during the SOS response in E. coli.
Jones, C. A., and I. B. Holland.
J Bacteriol. 1980;142(2):615-20.
Organization of genes in the ftsA-envA region of the Escherichia coli genetic map and identification of a new fts locus (ftsZ).
Lutkenhaus JF, Wolf-Watz H, Donachie WD. ( 6991482 )
J Bacteriol. 1980;143(3):1281-8.
Determination of transcriptional units and gene products from the ftsA region of Escherichia coli.
Lutkenhaus JF, Wu HC. ( 6447690 )
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1996;93:12998-13003
Colocalization of cell division proteins FtsZ and FtsA to cytoskeletal structures in living Escherichia coli cells by using green fluorescent protein.
Ma, X., D. W. Ehrhardt, and W. Margolin.
J Bacteriol. 1985;163(2):615-22.
Cell shape and division in Escherichia coli: experiments with shape and division mutants.
Begg KJ, Donachie WD. ( 3894330 )
J Bacteriol. 1984;160(2):546-55.
DNA sequence and transcriptional organization of essential cell division genes ftsQ and ftsA of Escherichia coli: evidence for overlapping transcriptional units.
Robinson AC, Kenan DJ, Hatfull GF, Sullivan NF, Spiegelberg R, Donachie WD. ( 6094474 )
Res Microbiol. 1991;142(6):623-31.
Isolation and characterization of intragenic suppressors of an Escherichia coli ftsA mutation.
Robinson AC, Begg KJ, MacArthur E. ( 1961975 )
J Bacteriol. 1984;158(3):1198-201.
Overlapping functional units in a cell division gene cluster in Escherichia coli.
Sullivan NF, Donachie WD. ( 6327635 )
Bioessays. 1995;17(6):527-36.
Overview of controls in the Escherichia coli cell cycle.
Vinella D, D'Ari R. ( 7575494 )
J Mol Biol. 1985;184(3):399-412.
Structure and expression of the cell division genes ftsQ, ftsA and ftsZ.
Yi QM, Rockenbach S, Ward JE Jr, Lutkenhaus J. ( 2995680 )
EMBO J. 1990;9:3787-3794
Division genes in Escherichia coli are expressed coordinately to cell septum requirements by gearbox promoters.
Aldea, M., T. Garrido, J. Pla, and M. Vicente.
Nucleic Acids Res. 1996;24:3065-3070
RNase E processing of essential cell division genes mRNA in Escherichia coli.
Cam, K., G. Rome, H. M. Krisch, and J. P. Bouche.

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MIKATDRKLV VGLEIGTAKV AALVGEVLPD GMVNIIGVGS CPSRGMDKGG VNDLESVVKC VQRAIDQAEL 
0071 MADCQISSVY LALSGKHISC QNEIGMVPIS EEEVTQEDVE NVVHTAKSVR VRDEHRVLHV IPQEYAIDYQ 
0141 EGIKNPVGLS GVRMQAKVHL ITCHNDMAKN IVKAVERCGL KVDQLIFAGL ASSYSVLTED ERELGVCVVD 
0211 IGGGTMDIAV YTGGALRHTK VIPYAGNVVT SDIAYAFGTP PSDAEAIKVR HGCALGSIVG KDESVEVPSV 
0281 GGRPPRSLQR QTLAEVIEPR YTELLNLVNE EILQLQEKLR QQGVKHHLAA GIVLTGGAAQ IEGLAACAQR 
0351 VFHTQVRIGA PLNITGLTDY AQEPYYSTAV GLLHYGKESH LNGEAEVEKR VTASVGSWIK RLNSWLRKEF 

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             ACGTTGATTT GCGTTATGAC TCTGGAGCGG 
-070 CAGTAGGCTG GGCGCCCTTG CCGCCAGAGG AATCTACTCA GCAACAAAAT CAGGCACAGG CAGAACAACA 
0001 atgatcaagg cgacggacag aaaactggta gtaggactgg agattggtac cgcgaaggtt gccgctttag 
0071 taggggaagt tctgcccgac ggtatggtca atatcattgg cgtgggcagc tgcccgtcgc gtggtatgga 
0141 taaaggcggg gtgaacgacc tcgaatccgt ggtcaagtgc gtacaacgcg ccattgacca ggcagaattg 
0211 atggcagatt gtcagatctc ttcggtatat ctggcgcttt ctggtaagca catcagctgc cagaatgaaa 
0281 ttggtatggt gcctatttct gaagaagaag tgacgcaaga agatgtggaa aacgtcgtcc ataccgcgaa 
0351 atcggtgcgt gtgcgcgatg agcatcgtgt gctgcatgtg atcccgcaag agtatgcgat tgactatcag 
0421 gaagggatca agaatccggt aggactttcg ggcgtgcgga tgcaggcaaa agtgcacctg atcacatgtc 
0491 acaacgatat ggcgaaaaac atcgtcaaag cggttgaacg ttgtgggctg aaagttgacc aactgatatt 
0561 tgccggactg gcatcaagtt attcggtatt gacggaagat gaacgtgaac tgggtgtctg cgtcgtcgat 
0631 atcggtggtg gtacaatgga tatcgccgtt tataccggtg gggcattgcg ccacactaag gtaattcctt 
0701 atgctggcaa tgtcgtgacc agtgatatcg cttacgcctt tggcacgccg ccaagcgacg ccgaagcgat 
0771 taaagttcgc cacggttgtg cgctgggttc catcgttgga aaagatgaga gcgtggaagt gccgagcgta 
0841 ggtggtcgtc cgccacggag tctgcaacgt cagacactgg cagaggtgat cgagccgcgc tataccgagc 
0911 tgctcaacct ggtcaacgaa gagatattgc agttgcagga aaagcttcgc caacaagggg ttaaacatca 
0981 cctggcggca ggcattgtat taaccggtgg cgcagcgcag atcgaaggtc ttgcagcctg tgctcagcgc 
1051 gtgtttcata cgcaagtgcg tatcggcgcg ccgctgaaca ttaccggttt aacggattat gctcaggagc 
1121 cgtattattc gacggcggtg ggattgcttc actatgggaa agagtcacat cttaacggtg aagctgaagt 
1191 agaaaaacgt gttacagcat cagttggctc gtggatcaag cgactcaata gttggctgcg aaaagagttt 
1261 taaTTTTTAT GAGGCCGACG ATGATTACGG CCTCAGGCGA CAGGCACAAA TCGGAGAGAA ACTATGTTTG 
1331 AACCAATGGA ACTTACCAAT GACGCGGTGA TTA