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Product - FtsW
Product FtsW
Product Names:
FtsW
EC#:
Encoded By:
ftsW
Comment:
When inactivated, round cells divide in alternate, perpendicular planes. In mutants, murein precursors insert in zones rather than incorporate diffusely.
References:
de Pedro, M.A., W.D. Donachie, J.V. Holtje, H. Schwarz 2001. Constitutive septal murein synthesis in Escherichia coli with impaired activity of the morphogenetic proteins RodA and penicillin-binding protein 2. J.Bacteriol. 183:4115-4126