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Gene Report : ftsZ
PEC Original Annotations
Essentiality
     Class essential
     References (PMID)
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1994;91(13):5813-7.
GTP-dependent polymerization of Escherichia coli FtsZ protein to form tubules.
Bramhill D, Thompson CM. ( 8016071 )
     Deletion OCR30,31-3 (BK2-1 / AK1-1) (D)  
Related gene (W3110 PEC)
     Gene Search Search MG1655 PEC by gene name:  ftsZ
Related strains
     Strains Search Search strains by gene name:  ftsZ   Search strains by all related name:  ftsZ b0095 ECK0096 JW0093 sfiB sulB

General information  (Go to Linear View:)
 Gene Name ftsZ  
 Alternative name b0095,ECK0096,JW0093,sfiB,sulB  
 Location, Length 105,305 - 106,456 (  +  ) ;   2.27 min ; 1152 (bp) ,   383 (aa) Go to Linear View
 Product GTP-binding tubulin-like cell division protein  
 Operon Name mraZ-rsmH-ftsLI-murEF-mraY-murD-ftsW-murGC-ddlB-ftsQAZ-lpxC  
 Note cell division; forms circumferential ring; tubulin-like GTP-binding protein and GTPase; GO_component: GO:0005737 - cytoplasm  
 Function enzyme; Cell division  
 Gene Ontology GO:0000166 ; nucleotide binding ( ftsZ )
GO:0000917 ; barrier septum formation ( ftsZ )
GO:0003924 ; GTPase activity ( ftsZ )
GO:0005515 ; protein binding ( ftsZ )
GO:0005525 ; GTP binding ( ftsZ )
GO:0005737 ; cytoplasm ( ftsZ )
GO:0007049 ; cell cycle ( ftsZ )
GO:0043234 ; protein complex ( ftsZ )
GO:0051258 ; protein polymerization ( ftsZ )
GO:0051301 ; cell division ( ftsZ )
 PID 1786284  
 EC number
  (KEGG Pathway)
 
 
Verified Protein Starts (data compiled from literature and appropriate citations are available from EcoGene)
     EcoGene ftsZ ( EG10347 )  
    Number of removed 0 aa cleaved  
SWISS-PROT  ( Show details )
  botton Entry name(Acc.no) FTSZ_ECOLI ( P06138 ; P77857; P78047 )
    -  Protein name Cell division protein ftsZ.  
    -  Synonyms  
    -  Gene name OrderedLocusNames=b0095, c0113, z0105, ECs0099;  

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

Homology Analysis
BLAST
    Bacteria
         GTOP ftsZ (  homologous genes of other bacterias  )  
    PDB     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         PSI-BLAST Chain A, Ftsz, T7 Mutated, Domain Swapped (T. Maritima)  
    SWISS-PROT     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST Cell division protein ftsZ  
         PSI-BLAST Tubulin beta-1 chain
    nr     (database updated : 2007.02.20 )
         BLAST cell division protein FtsZ [Escherichia coli O157:H7 EDL933]  
Pfam 28.0   (database updated : 2015-05 )
    Pfam
PROSITE
    PROSITE ASN_GLYCOSYLATION    PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE    CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE    MYRISTYL    AMIDATION    FTSZ_1    FTSZ_2     

Other Cross-Reference
    COG COG0206D 
    EcoCyc ftsZ 

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 )
EMBO J. 1993;12:3957-3965
Transcription of ftsZ oscillates during the cell cycle of Escherichia coli.
Garrido, T., M. Sanchez, P. Palacios, M. Aldea, and M. Vicente.
J Bacteriol. 1996;178:7167-7172
FtsA is localized to the septum in an FtsZ-dependent manner.
Addinall, S. G., and J. Lutkenhaus.
J Bacteriol. 1986;165(1):66-71.
SOS-independent coupling between DNA replication and cell division in Escherichia coli.
Jaffe A, D'Ari R, Norris V. ( 3001034 )
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. 1989;171(11):6379-82.
Inhibition of growth of ftsQ, ftsA, and ftsZ mutant cells of Escherichia coli by amplification of a chromosomal region encompassing closely aligned cell division and cell growth genes.
Jung HK, Ishino F, Matsuhashi M. ( 2553679 )
Trends Genet. 1990;154:1339-1346.
Regulation of cell division in E. coli.
Lutkenhaus, J.
J Bacteriol. 1983;154(3):1339-46.
Coupling of DNA replication and cell division: sulB is an allele of ftsZ.
Lutkenhaus JF. ( 6343351 )
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. 1990;172(5):2765-8.
FtsZ regulates frequency of cell division in Escherichia coli.
Bi E, Lutkenhaus J. ( 2158979 )
J Bacteriol. 1992;174:5414-5423
Isolation and characterization of ftsZ alleles that affect septal morphology.
Bi, E., and J. Lutkenhaus.
Mol Microbiol. 1991;5(7):1681-6.
Preferential cytoplasmic location of FtsZ, a protein essential for Escherichia coli septation.
Pla J, Sanchez M, Palacios P, Vicente M, Aldea M. ( 1943703 )
J Bacteriol. 1998;180:1053-1062
Control of ftsZ expression, cell division, and glutamine metabolism in Luria-Bertani medium by the alarmone ppGpp in Escherichia coli.
Powell, B. S., and D. L. Court.
Cell. 1997;91(5):685-94.
The MinE ring: an FtsZ-independent cell structure required for selection of the correct division site in E. coli.
Raskin DM, de Boer PA. ( 9393861 )
Nature. 1992;359(6392):251-4.
Escherichia coli cell-division gene ftsZ encodes a novel GTP-binding protein.
RayChaudhuri D, Park JT. ( 1528267 )
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 )
Gene. 1985;36(3):241-7.
The nucleotide sequence of the essential cell-division gene ftsZ of Escherichia coli.
Yi QM, Lutkenhaus J. ( 3000876 )
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.
J Bacteriol. 1994;176:130-136
Mutations in ftsZ that confer resistance to SulA affect the interaction of FtsZ with GTP.
Dai, K., A. Mukherjee, Y. Xu, and J. Lutkenhaus.
J Bacteriol. 1991;173(11):3500-6.
ftsZ is an essential cell division gene in Escherichia coli.
Dai K, Lutkenhaus J. ( 2045370 )

Sequences
Amino acid
FASTA format
0001 MFEPMELTND AVIKVIGVGG GGGNAVEHMV RERIEGVEFF AVNTDAQALR KTAVGQTIQI GSGITKGLGA 
0071 GANPEVGRNA ADEDRDALRA ALEGADMVFI AAGMGGGTGT GAAPVVAEVA KDLGILTVAV VTKPFNFEGK 
0141 KRMAFAEQGI TELSKHVDSL ITIPNDKLLK VLGRGISLLD AFGAANDVLK GAVQGIAELI TRPGLMNVDF 
0211 ADVRTVMSEM GYAMMGSGVA SGEDRAEEAA EMAISSPLLE DIDLSGARGV LVNITAGFDL RLDEFETVGN 
0281 TIRAFASDNA TVVIGTSLDP DMNDELRVTV VATGIGMDKR PEITLVTNKQ VQQPVMDRYQ QHGMAPLTQE 
0351 QKPVAKVVND NAPQTAKEPD YLDIPAFLRK QAD

Nucleotide
FASTA format

View sequence out neighbor 100bp
-100                                             GATCAAGCGA CTCAATAGTT GGCTGCGAAA 
-070 AGAGTTTTAA TTTTTATGAG GCCGACGATG ATTACGGCCT CAGGCGACAG GCACAAATCG GAGAGAAACT 
0001 atgtttgaac caatggaact taccaatgac gcggtgatta aagtcatcgg cgtcggcggc ggcggcggta 
0071 atgctgttga acacatggtg cgcgagcgca ttgaaggtgt tgaattcttc gcggtaaata ccgatgcaca 
0141 agcgctgcgt aaaacagcgg ttggacagac gattcaaatc ggtagcggta tcaccaaagg actgggcgct 
0211 ggcgctaatc cagaagttgg ccgcaatgcg gctgatgagg atcgcgatgc attgcgtgcg gcgctggaag 
0281 gtgcagacat ggtctttatt gctgcgggta tgggtggtgg taccggtaca ggtgcagcac cagtcgtcgc 
0351 tgaagtggca aaagatttgg gtatcctgac cgttgctgtc gtcactaagc ctttcaactt tgaaggcaag 
0421 aagcgtatgg cattcgcgga gcaggggatc actgaactgt ccaagcatgt ggactctctg atcactatcc 
0491 cgaacgacaa actgctgaaa gttctgggcc gcggtatctc cctgctggat gcgtttggcg cagcgaacga 
0561 tgtactgaaa ggcgctgtgc aaggtatcgc tgaactgatt actcgtccgg gtttgatgaa cgtggacttt 
0631 gcagacgtac gcaccgtaat gtctgagatg ggctacgcaa tgatgggttc tggcgtggcg agcggtgaag 
0701 accgtgcgga agaagctgct gaaatggcta tctcttctcc gctgctggaa gatatcgacc tgtctggcgc 
0771 gcgcggcgtg ctggttaaca tcacggcggg cttcgacctg cgtctggatg agttcgaaac ggtaggtaac 
0841 accatccgtg catttgcttc cgacaacgcg actgtggtta tcggtacttc tcttgacccg gatatgaatg 
0911 acgagctgcg cgtaaccgtt gttgcgacag gtatcggcat ggacaaacgt cctgaaatca ctctggtgac 
0981 caataagcag gttcagcagc cagtgatgga tcgctaccag cagcatggga tggctccgct gacccaggag 
1051 cagaagccgg ttgctaaagt cgtgaatgac aatgcgccgc aaactgcgaa agagccggat tatctggata 
1121 tcccagcatt cctgcgtaag caagctgatt aaGAATTGAC TGGAATTTGG GTTTCGAGGC TCTTTGTGCT 
1191 AAACTGGCCC GCCGAATGTA TAGTACACTT CGGTTGGATA GGTAATTTGG CGAGATAATA CG