FtsA

• Description: cell division protein, membrane anchor for FtsZ
  
  

Gene name	ftsA
Synonyms	spoIIN
Essential	no
Product	cell division protein
Function	formation of Z-ring
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: ftsA
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: FtsA
MW, pI	47 kDa, 5.094
Gene length, protein length	1320 bp, 440 aa
Immediate neighbours	sbp, ftsZ
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

cell division, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigH regulon, WalR regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU15280

Phenotypes of a mutant

• cells become elongated PubMed
• the ftsA mutation is synthetically lethal with a sepF mutation PubMed

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU15280

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: ftsA/mreB family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactors:

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • FtsZ-FtsA PubMed
  • PlsX-FtsA PubMed

• Localization:
  • septal at the cell membrane PubMed
  • septal localization depends on the proton motive force PubMed

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU15280

• Structure:

• UniProt: P28264

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: ftsA-ftsZ PubMed

• Expression browser: ftsA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed, SigH PubMed

• Regulation:
  • activated by WalR PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:
  • number of protein molecules per cell (minimal medium with glucose and ammonium): 205 PubMed
  • number of protein molecules per cell (complex medium with amino acids, without glucose): 422 PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:
  • 1A787 ( ftsA::cat), PubMed, available at BGSC

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Original Publications

Martin Loose, Timothy J Mitchison
The bacterial cell division proteins FtsA and FtsZ self-organize into dynamic cytoskeletal patterns.
Nat Cell Biol: 2014, 16(1);38-46
[PubMed:24316672] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Hiraku Takada, Sanae Fukushima-Tanaka, Masato Morita, Yasuhiro Kasahara, Satoru Watanabe, Taku Chibazakura, Hiroshi Hara, Kouji Matsumoto, Hirofumi Yoshikawa
An essential enzyme for phospholipid synthesis associates with the Bacillus subtilis divisome.
Mol Microbiol: 2014, 91(2);242-55
[PubMed:24224907] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Ramona Duman, Shu Ishikawa, Ilkay Celik, Henrik Strahl, Naotake Ogasawara, Paulina Troc, Jan Löwe, Leendert W Hamoen
Structural and genetic analyses reveal the protein SepF as a new membrane anchor for the Z ring.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2013, 110(48);E4601-10
[PubMed:24218584] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Erik Nico Trip, Jan-Willem Veening, Eric J Stewart, Jeff Errington, Dirk-Jan Scheffers
Balanced transcription of cell division genes in Bacillus subtilis as revealed by single cell analysis.
Environ Microbiol: 2013, 15(12);3196-209
[PubMed:23701187] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Parminder Singh, Ravindra D Makde, Saikat Ghosh, Jayant Asthana, Vinay Kumar, Dulal Panda
Assembly of Bacillus subtilis FtsA: effects of pH, ionic strength and nucleotides on FtsA assembly.
Int J Biol Macromol: 2013, 52;170-6
[PubMed:23036588] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Henrik Strahl, Leendert W Hamoen
Membrane potential is important for bacterial cell division.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2010, 107(27);12281-6
[PubMed:20566861] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

José Roberto Tavares, Robson F de Souza, Guilherme Louzada Silva Meira, Frederico J Gueiros-Filho
Cytological characterization of YpsB, a novel component of the Bacillus subtilis divisome.
J Bacteriol: 2008, 190(21);7096-107
[PubMed:18776011] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Shu Ishikawa, Yoshikazu Kawai, Konosuke Hiramatsu, Masayoshi Kuwano, Naotake Ogasawara
A new FtsZ-interacting protein, YlmF, complements the activity of FtsA during progression of cell division in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2006, 60(6);1364-80
[PubMed:16796675] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

S O Jensen, L S Thompson, E J Harry
Cell division in Bacillus subtilis: FtsZ and FtsA association is Z-ring independent, and FtsA is required for efficient midcell Z-Ring assembly.
J Bacteriol: 2005, 187(18);6536-44
[PubMed:16159787] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Jennifer T Kemp, Adam Driks, Richard Losick
FtsA mutants of Bacillus subtilis impaired in sporulation.
J Bacteriol: 2002, 184(14);3856-63
[PubMed:12081956] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

A Feucht, I Lucet, M D Yudkin, J Errington
Cytological and biochemical characterization of the FtsA cell division protein of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2001, 40(1);115-25
[PubMed:11298280] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Keisuke Fukuchi, Yasuhiro Kasahara, Kei Asai, Kazuo Kobayashi, Shigeki Moriya, Naotake Ogasawara
The essential two-component regulatory system encoded by yycF and yycG modulates expression of the ftsAZ operon in Bacillus subtilis.
Microbiology (Reading): 2000, 146 ( Pt 7);1573-1583
[PubMed:10878122] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

X Wang, J Huang, A Mukherjee, C Cao, J Lutkenhaus
Analysis of the interaction of FtsZ with itself, GTP, and FtsA.
J Bacteriol: 1997, 179(17);5551-9
[PubMed:9287012] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M A Strauch
Delineation of AbrB-binding sites on the Bacillus subtilis spo0H, kinB, ftsAZ, and pbpE promoters and use of a derived homology to identify a previously unsuspected binding site in the bsuB1 methylase promote.
J Bacteriol: 1995, 177(23);6999-7002
[PubMed:7592498] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

G Gonzy-Tréboul, C Karmazyn-Campelli, P Stragier
Developmental regulation of transcription of the Bacillus subtilis ftsAZ operon.
J Mol Biol: 1992, 224(4);967-79
[PubMed:1569582] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)