Table 4.

Proteins commonly used for bacterial cytological profiling and their localization in B. subtilis (Müller et al., 2016b; Saeloh et al., 2018; Wenzel et al., 2018a).

Protein	Protein function	Reporter for	Localization
HbsU	Regulation of nucleoid compaction	Chromosome compaction
ParB	Chromosome positioning before septation	DNA replication
PolC	Alpha-subunit of the DNA polymerase III	DNA replication
DnaN	Beta-subunit of the DNA polymerase III	DNA replication and repair
RecA	Homologous recombination and DNA repair	DNA damage
RpoC	Beta-subunit of the RNA polymerase	RNA synthesis
RpsB	Ribosomal protein	Protein synthesis
PgsA	Biosynthesis of phospholipids	Phospholipid synthesis
PlsX	Phospholipid synthase	Phospholipid synthesis
FloA	Flotillin	Membrane domains
FloT	Flotillin	Membrane domains
SdhA	Succinate dehydrogenase	Membrane-bound energy generation
AtpA	ATP synthase	Membrane invagination
DivIVA	Cell division regulation	Cell division
MinD	Cell division regulation	Cell division
FtsA	Membrane anchor of the cell division protein FtsZ	Cell division
FtsZ	Major cell division protein, forms the Z-ring	Cell division
MreB	Cell shape-determining protein	Cytoskeleton
MreC	Cell shape-determining protein	Cytoskeleton
MreD	Cell shape-determining protein	Cytoskeleton
MurG	Lipid II synthase	Cell wall synthesis
MraY	Lipid I synthase	Cell wall synthesis
PBP2B	Penicillin-binding protein 2B	Cell wall synthesis
PonA	Penicillin-binding protein 1A/1B	Cell wall synthesis
FtsW	Peptidoglycan glycosyltransferase	Cell wall synthesis