Zhixin Lyu

GTPase activity–coupled treadmilling of the bacterial tubulin FtsZ organizes septal cell wall synthesis

Xinxing Yang, Zhixin Lyu, Amanda Miguel et al. · Science · 2017 · 505 citations · Full text

A two-track model for the spatiotemporal coordination of bacterial septal cell wall synthesis revealed by single-molecule imaging of FtsW

Xinxing Yang, Ryan McQuillen, Zhixin Lyu et al. · Nature Microbiology · 2021 · 105 citations · Full text

Biophysical Modeling, Spatiotemporal Coordination, Single-molecule Imaging +8

Treadmilling FtsZ polymers drive the directional movement of sPG-synthesis enzymes via a Brownian ratchet mechanism

Joshua W. McCausland, Xinxing Yang, Georgia R. Squyres et al. · Nature Communications · 2021 · 83 citations · Full text

FtsN maintains active septal cell wall synthesis by forming a processive complex with the septum-specific peptidoglycan synthases in E. coli

Zhixin Lyu, Atsushi Yahashiri, Xinxing Yang et al. · Nature Communications · 2022 · 59 citations · Full text

Influence of FtsZ GTPase activity and concentration on nanoscale Z‐ring structure <i>in vivo</i> revealed by three‐dimensional Superresolution imaging

Zhixin Lyu, Carla Coltharp, Xinxing Yang et al. · Biopolymers · 2016 · 45 citations · Full text