Crosslinking by ZapD drives the assembly of short FtsZ filaments into toroidal structures in solution
A. Merino-Salomon, J. Schneider, L. Babl, J.-H. Krohn, M. Sobrinos-Sanguino, T. Schäfer, J. R. Luque-Ortega, C. Alfonso, M. Jimenez, M. Jasnin, P. Schwille, G. Rivas
This study shows ZapD crosslinks FtsZ filaments into toroidal structures, revealing how crosslinking density and geometry enable Z ring formation in bacteria.
bioRxiv · Jan 12, 2023Biochemistry