Genetic analysis of the septal peptidoglycan synthase FtsWI complex supports a conserved activation mechanism for SEDS-bPBP complexes

Ying Li; Han Gong; Rui Zhan; Shushan Ouyang; Kyung-Tae Park; Joe Lutkenhaus; Shishen Du

doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1009366

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Genetic analysis of the septal peptidoglycan synthase FtsWI complex supports a conserved activation mechanism for SEDS-bPBP complexes

Ying Li,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, HB, China
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Han Gong,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, HB, China
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Rui Zhan,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, HB, China
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Shushan Ouyang,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, HB, China
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Kyung-Tae Park,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States of America
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Joe Lutkenhaus ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: jlutkenh@kumc.edu (JL); ssdu@whu.edu.cn (SD)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8228-2114

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Shishen Du

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: jlutkenh@kumc.edu (JL); ssdu@whu.edu.cn (SD)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, HB, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9809-8653

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Genetic analysis of the septal peptidoglycan synthase FtsWI complex supports a conserved activation mechanism for SEDS-bPBP complexes

Ying Li,
Han Gong,
Rui Zhan,
Shushan Ouyang,
Kyung-Tae Park,
Joe Lutkenhaus,
Shishen Du

Published: April 15, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009366

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