N. Baranova

In vitro reconstitution of divisome activation

This study uses biochemical and imaging methods to investigate how FtsA activates the bacterial divisome by switching between polymer and monomer states, revealing its role in FtsZ dynamics and FtsN recruitment.

Real time monitoring of peptidoglycan synthesis by membrane-reconstituted penicillin binding proteins

The paper develops a FRET-based assay to monitor peptidoglycan synthesis in real time using membrane-reconstituted class A penicillin binding proteins from different bacteria.

FtsZ assembles the bacterial cell division machinery by a diffusion-and-capture mechanism

The paper shows FtsZ treadmilling recruits divisome proteins via diffusion-and-capture, explaining how the Z-ring dynamically assembles the bacterial cell division machinery.