FtsZ filaments have the opposite kinetic polarity of microtubules [Microbiology]

FtsZ is the ancestral homolog of tubulin and assembles into the Z ring that organizes the division machinery to drive cell division in most bacteria. In contrast to tubulin that assembles into 13 stranded microtubules that undergo dynamic instability, FtsZ assembles into single-stranded filaments that treadmill to distribute the peptidoglycan...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - October 16, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Shishen Du, Sebastien Pichoff, Karsten Kruse, Joe Lutkenhaus Tags: Biological Sciences Source Type: research