A natural osmolyte trimethylamine N-oxide promotes assembly and bundling of the bacterial cell division protein, FtsZ and counteracts the denaturing effects of urea.
Mukherjee A, Santra MK, Beuria TK, Panda D.
Mukherjee A, et al. Among authors: panda d.
FEBS J. 2005 Jun;272(11):2760-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04696.x.
FEBS J. 2005.
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Assembly of FtsZ was completely inhibited by low concentrations of urea and its unfolding occurred in two steps in the presence of urea, with the formation of an intermediate [Santra MK & Panda D (2003) J Biol Chem278, 21336-21343]. In this study, using the fluo …
Assembly of FtsZ was completely inhibited by low concentrations of urea and its unfolding occurred in two steps in the presence of urea, wit …