Journals Papers

• Fuentes-Perez ME, Nuñez-Ramirez R, Martin-Gonzalez A, Juan-Rodriguez D, Llorca O, Moreno-Herrero F, Oliva MA. 2017. TubZ filament assembly dynamics requires the flexible C-terminal tail. Sci Rep. 7. Doi: 10.1038/srep43342
• Wagstaff M, Tsim M, Oliva MA, Garcia-Snachez A, Kureisaite-Ciziene D, Andreu JM, Löwe J. 2017. A polymerization-associated conformational switch in FtsZ that enables treadmilling. mBio bioRxive doi: 10.1101/093708
• Oliva MA (2016) Segrosome complex formation in DNA-trafficking during bacterial cell division.Front Mol Biosci. 3:51.Doi: 10.3389/fmolb.2016.00051.eCollection2016.
• Artola M, Ruiz-Avila LB, Ramirez-Aportela E, Araujo-Bazan L, Vazquez-Villa H, Martin-Fontecha M, Oliva MA, Martin-Galiano AJ, Chacon P, Andreu JM, Huecas S. (2016) The structural assembly switch of cell division protein FtsZ probed with fluorescent allosteric inhibitors. Chem Sci 8 (29): 1525-1534. Doi: 10.1039/c6sc03792e
• Andreu JM, Oliva MA (2013) Purification and assembly of bacterial tubulin BtubA/B and constructs bearing eukaryotic tubulin sequences. Methods Cell Biol. 115: 269-81. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407757-7.00017-7
• Oliva MA, Martin-Galiano AJ, Sakaguchi Y, Andreu JM (2012). Tubulin homolog TubZ in a phage partition system. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 109 (20): 7711-6. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1121546109
Martin-Galiano AJ, Oliva MA, Sanz L, Bhattacharyya A, Serna M, Yebenes H, Valpuesta JM Andreu JM (2011) Bacterial tubulin distinct loop sequences and primitive assembly properties support its origin from a eukaryotic tubulin ancestor. J Biol Chem. 286 (22): 19789-803. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M111.230094
• Oliva MA, Halbedel S, Freund SM, Dutow P, Leonard TA, Veprintsev DB, Hamoen LW, Löwe J (2009). Features critical for membrane binding revealed by DivIVA crystal structure. EMBO J. 19 (12): 1988-2001. DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.99
• Oliva MA, Trambaiolo D, Löwe J (2007) Structural insight into the conformational variability of FtsZ. J Mol Biol. 373 (5): 1229-1242. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.08.056
• Schlieper D, Oliva MA, Andreu JM, Löwe J (2005) Structure of bacterial tubulin BtubA/B: evidence for horizontal gene transfer. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 102 (26): 9170-9175. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0502859102
• Bertrand S, Barthelemy I, Oliva MA, Carrascosa JL, Andreu JM, Valpuesta JM (2005) Folding, stability and polymerization properties of FtsZ chimeras with inserted loops involved in interaction with the cytosolic chaperonin CCT and microtubule formation. J Mol Biol. 346 (1): 319-330. DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.11.054
• Oliva MA, Cordell SC, Löwe J (2004) Structural insight into FtsZ protofilament formation. Nat Struct Mol Biol. 11(12): 1243-1250. DOI: 10.1038/nsmb855
• Oliva MA, Huecas S, Palacios JM, Martin-Benito J, Valpuesta JM, Andreu JM (2003) Assembly of archaeal cell division protein FtsZ and a GTPase-inactive mutant into double-stranded filaments. J Biol Chem. 278 (35): 33562-33570. DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M303798200
• Andreu JM, Oliva MA, Monasterio O (2002) Reversible unfolding of FtsZ cell division proteins from archaea and bacteria. J Biol Chem. 277 (45): 43262-43270. DOI:10.1074/jbc.M206723200

Chapters

• Andreu JM, Oliva MA, Huecas S (2004) FtsZ folding, self-association, activation and assembly in “Molecules in time and space: bacterial shape, division and phylogeny”. Edited by Miguel Vicente, Javier Tamames, Alfonso Valencia and Jesus Mingorance. Kluwer Academia/Plenum Publishers.
• Oliva MA, Andreu JM (2014). Tubulin and FtsZ superfamily of protein assembly machines. eLS Citable reviews in the life sciences. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0025586

Structures (Protein Data Bank)