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FtsA

FtsA is a bacterial protein that is related to actin by overall structural similarity and in its ATP binding pocket. It is involved in bacterial cell division, where it serves to tether the cytokinetic ring formed by FtsZ to the cytoplasmic membrane prior to division.

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Alt. symbols
Cell division protein FtsA
Domains
InterPro
Organism
Xenorhabdus poinarii
Orthologs
OMA: entry
PDB
7Q6G
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Search forStructuresSwiss-modelDomainsInterPro

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FtsA

Nodes26
Edges25
Triples48
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
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FtsA

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related to Function · 25
FtsA → Another, ATP, ATPase, Bacillus, C-terminal, C-terminus, Caulobacter, During, Escherichia, Finally, FtsA-FtsA, FtsN, FtsZ, Glu14, Many, MinC, MreB, Originally, Other FtsZ, Removal
related to Structure · 4
FtsA → Compared, MreB, Several, SHS2
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FtsA → Cell division protein FtsA
Domains · 1
FtsA → InterPro
Organism · 1
FtsA → Xenorhabdus poinarii
Orthologs · 1
FtsA → OMA: entry
PDB · 1
FtsA → 7Q6G
Search for · 1
FtsA → Search forStructuresSwiss-modelDomainsInterPro
Structures · 1
FtsA → Swiss-model
Symbol · 1
FtsA → FtsA

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ftsz coli cell atp division filaments bacterial cytokinesis actin also involved ring proteins form protein ftsa-ftsa function mreb required subtilis

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
FtsAAlt. symbolsCell division protein FtsA1.00infobox
FtsADomainsInterPro1.00infobox
FtsAOrganismXenorhabdus poinarii1.00infobox
FtsAOrthologsOMA: entry1.00infobox
FtsAPDB7Q6G1.00infobox
FtsASearch forSearch forStructuresSwiss-modelDomainsInterPro1.00infobox
FtsAStructuresSwiss-model1.00infobox
FtsASymbolFtsA1.00infobox
FtsAUniProtA0A068QZX91.00infobox
FtsAis abacterial protein that is related to actin by overall structural similarity and in its ATP binding pocket0.90text
MreBinstance ofwhere it serves to tether the cytokinetic ring formed by FtsZ to the cytoplasmic membrane prior to division.Along with other bacterial actin homologs0.80text
ParMinstance ofwhere it serves to tether the cytokinetic ring formed by FtsZ to the cytoplasmic membrane prior to division.Along with other bacterial actin homologs0.80text

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