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Regulated intramembrane proteolysis of FtsL protein and the control of cell division in Bacillus subtilis

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Richard DanielORCiD, Professor Jeff ErringtonORCiD

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Abstract

The small bitopic division protein FtsL is an essential part of the division machinery (divisome) in most eubacteria. In Bacillus subtilis FtsL is a highly unstable protein and the turnover has been implicated in regulation of division in response to DNA damage. N-terminal deletions and a domain swap experiment identified the short cytoplasmic domain of FtsL as being required for instability. We then identified a zinc metalloprotease, YluC, required for turnover, and likely sequence motifs involved in substrate recognition. YluC belongs to the site-2-protease (S2P) family of proteases involved in regulated intramembrane proteolysis (RIP), which plays a role in diverse regulatory phenomena from bacteria to man. The yluC mutant, and strains with N-terminal truncations of ftsL have a short cell phenotype, indicating that that FtsL is normally rate-limiting for division. Coexpression experiments of FtsL and YluC in Escherichia coli corroborated a model in which FtsL is directly cleaved by the membrane metalloprotease. The results shed new light on the regulation of cell division in B. subtilis and identify a novel class of targets for RIP. © 2006 The Authors.

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Author(s): Bramkamp M, Weston L, Daniel RA, Errington J

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Molecular Microbiology

Year: 2006

Volume: 62

Issue: 2

Pages: 580-591

Print publication date: 01/10/2006

ISSN (print): 0950-382X

ISSN (electronic): 1365-2958

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05402.x

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05402.x

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