Shishen Du

The paper shows that MurJ, a Lipid II flippase, dynamically coordinates bacterial growth and division by transiently capturing at division sites during septal synthesis.

This study identifies RodZ's role in activating the elongasome in E. coli by interacting with MreB and MreCD, switching MreBCD to an active state to stimulate PG synthesis.

This paper identifies a geometry sensing oscillator in archaea that spatially regulates cell division, showing convergent evolution with bacterial systems.

This study identifies ten cell division proteins in Haloferax volcanii using CLIP-MS, with CdpC functioning as a membrane anchor for FtsZ1 and containing zinc fingers critical for its role.

This study identifies how ZapA interacts with FtsZ to facilitate Z ring formation in E. coli by using a dual binding mechanism.

This paper identifies a dual-binding mechanism by which ZapC crosslinks FtsZ filaments, with the FtsZ C-terminal linker modulating interactions with ZapC and other proteins.

This paper identifies the thermolability of 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HppD) as the cause of temperature-dependent melanogenesis in Aeromonas salmonicida subsp. salmonicida.