N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase II; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors.

N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors; Belongs to the N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase 3 family.

N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase II; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors.

D-alanyl-D-alanine carboxypeptidase (penicillin-binding protein 5); Removes C-terminal D-alanyl residues from sugar-peptide cell wall precursors.

N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase II; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors.

Transpeptidase involved in septal peptidoglycan synthesis; Essential cell division protein that catalyzes cross-linking of the peptidoglycan cell wall at the division septum. Required for localization of FtsN. Belongs to the transpeptidase family. FtsI subfamily.

N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase II; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors.

Essential cell division protein; Essential cell division protein that activates septal peptidoglycan synthesis and constriction of the cell. Acts on both sides of the membrane, via interaction with FtsA in the cytoplasm and interaction with the FtsQBL complex in the periplasm. These interactions may induce a conformational switch in both FtsA and FtsQBL, leading to septal peptidoglycan synthesis by FtsI and associated synthases (Probable). Required for full FtsI activity. Required for recruitment of AmiC to the septal ring. Belongs to the FtsN family.

N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase II; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors.

Septal ring component that protects the divisome from stress; Cell division protein that is required for growth during stress conditions. May be involved in protecting or stabilizing the divisomal assembly under conditions of stress.

N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase II; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors.

Putative lipid II flippase; Peptidoglycan polymerase that is essential for cell division (Probable). Functions probably in conjunction with the penicillin- binding protein 3 (ftsI). Required for localization of FtsI.

N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase II; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors.

Putative ABC transporter permease; Part of the ABC transporter FtsEX involved in cellular division. Important for assembly or stability of the septal ring. Encoded in an operon consisting of genes ftsY, ftsE and ftsX. Belongs to the ABC-4 integral membrane protein family. FtsX subfamily.

N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase II; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors.

GTP-binding tubulin-like cell division protein; Essential cell division protein that forms a contractile ring structure (Z ring) at the future cell division site. The regulation of the ring assembly controls the timing and the location of cell division. One of the functions of the FtsZ ring is to recruit other cell division proteins to the septum to produce a new cell wall between the dividing cells. Binds GTP and shows GTPase activity. Polymerization and bundle formation is enhanced by CbeA.

N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase II; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors.

OM lipoprotein stimulator of MrcA transpeptidase; Regulator of peptidoglycan synthesis that is essential for the function of penicillin-binding protein 1A (PBP1a). Stimulates transpeptidase activity of PBP1a in vitro.

N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase II; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors.

Murein DD-endopeptidase, space-maker hydrolase, septation protein; A murein DD-endopeptidase with specificity for D-Ala-meso- diaminopimelic acid (mDAP) cross-links. Its role is probably to cleave D-Ala-mDAP cross-links to allow insertion of new glycans and thus cell wall expansion. Functionally redundant with MepM and MepH. Partially suppresses an mepS disruption mutant.

N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase II; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors.

Murein DD-endopeptidase MepS/Murein LD-carboxypeptidase; A murein DD-endopeptidase with specificity for D-Ala-meso- diaminopimelic acid (mDAP) cross-links. Its role is probably to cleave D-Ala-mDAP cross-links to allow insertion of new glycans and thus cell wall expansion. Functionally redundant with MepM and MepH. Also has weak LD-carboxypeptidase activity on L-mDAP-D-Ala peptide bonds. Partially suppresses a prc disruption mutant. Belongs to the peptidase C40 family.

N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase II; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors.

Penicillin-binding protein 1a, murein transglycosylase and transpeptidase; Cell wall formation. Synthesis of cross-linked peptidoglycan from the lipid intermediates. The enzyme has a penicillin-insensitive transglycosylase N-terminal domain (formation of linear glycan strands) and a penicillin-sensitive transpeptidase C-terminal domain (cross- linking of the peptide subunits); In the N-terminal section; belongs to the glycosyltransferase 51 family.

N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase II; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors.

Fused glycosyl transferase and transpeptidase; Cell wall formation. Synthesis of cross-linked peptidoglycan from the lipid intermediates. The enzyme has a penicillin-insensitive transglycosylase N-terminal domain (formation of linear glycan strands) and a penicillin-sensitive transpeptidase C-terminal domain (cross- linking of the peptide subunits); In the N-terminal section; belongs to the glycosyltransferase 51 family.

N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase II; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors.

Penicillin-binding protein 2, transpeptidase involved in peptidoglycan synthesis; Catalyzes cross-linking of the peptidoglycan cell wall. Responsible for the determination of the rod shape of the cell. Is probably required for lateral peptidoglycan synthesis and maintenance of the correct diameter during lateral and centripetal growth. Belongs to the transpeptidase family. MrdA subfamily.

N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase II; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors.

Cell wall shape-determining protein; Peptidoglycan polymerase that is essential for cell wall elongation. Also required for the maintenance of the rod cell shape. Functions probably in conjunction with the penicillin-binding protein 2 (mrdA).

N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase II; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors.

Cell wall structural complex MreBCD, actin-like component MreB; Forms membrane-associated dynamic filaments that are essential for cell shape determination. Acts by regulating cell wall synthesis and cell elongation, and thus cell shape. A feedback loop between cell geometry and MreB localization maintains elongated cell shape by targeting cell wall growth to regions of negative cell wall curvature. Filaments rotate around the cell circumference in concert with the cell wall synthesis enzymes. The process is driven by the cell wall synthesis machinery and does not depend on MreB polyme [...]

N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase II; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors.

FtsZ stabilizer; Essential cell division protein that stabilizes the FtsZ protofilaments by cross-linking them and that serves as a cytoplasmic membrane anchor for the Z ring. Also required for the recruitment to the septal ring of the downstream cell division proteins FtsK, FtsQ, FtsL and FtsN. ZipA overproduction protects FtsZ from degradation by ClpP by preventing recognition by ClpX. Does not affect the GTPase activity of FtsZ.

N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors; Belongs to the N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase 3 family.

N-acetylmuramoyl-l-alanine amidase II; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors.

N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors; Belongs to the N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase 3 family.

D-alanyl-D-alanine carboxypeptidase (penicillin-binding protein 5); Removes C-terminal D-alanyl residues from sugar-peptide cell wall precursors.

N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase; Cell-wall hydrolase involved in septum cleavage during cell division. Can also act as powerful autolysin in the presence of murein synthesis inhibitors; Belongs to the N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine amidase 3 family.

Transpeptidase involved in septal peptidoglycan synthesis; Essential cell division protein that catalyzes cross-linking of the peptidoglycan cell wall at the division septum. Required for localization of FtsN. Belongs to the transpeptidase family. FtsI subfamily.