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Journal of Bacteriology, August 2004, p. 5153-5156, Vol. 186, No. 15
0021-9193/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.15.5153-5156.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

PBP1 Is a Component of the Bacillus subtilis Cell Division Machinery

Dirk-Jan Scheffers* and Jeffery Errington

Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3RE, United Kingdom

Received 29 March 2004/ Accepted 23 April 2004

Bacillus subtilis penicillin-binding protein PBP1 has been implicated in cell division. We show here that a PBP1 knockout strain is affected in the formation of the asymmetric sporulation septum and that green fluorescent protein-PBP1 localizes to the sporulation septum. Localization of PBP1 to the vegetative septum is dependent on various cell division proteins. This study proves that PBP1 forms part of the B. subtilis cell division machinery.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Molecular Microbiology, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Phone: 31-20-4446960. Fax: 31-20-4446979. E-mail: dirk-jan.scheffers{at}falw.vu.nl.

Journal of Bacteriology, August 2004, p. 5153-5156, Vol. 186, No. 15
0021-9193/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.15.5153-5156.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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