The O-Antigen Flippase Wzk Can Substitute for MurJ in Peptidoglycan Synthesis in Helicobacter pylori and Escherichia coli

Colanic Acid Intermediates PreventDe NovoShape Recovery of Escherichia coli Spheroplasts, Calling into Question Biological Roles Previously Attributed to Colanic Acid

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Dead-end intermediates in the enterobacterial common antigen pathway induce morphological defects inEscherichia coliby competing for undecaprenyl phosphate

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Structure and mechanism of an active lipid-linked oligosaccharide flippase

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MurJ and a novel lipid II flippase are required for cell wall biogenesis inBacillus subtilis

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Synthesis of bacterial polysaccharides via the Wzx/Wzy-dependent pathway

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A Burkholderia cenocepacia MurJ (MviN) homolog is essential for cell wall peptidoglycan synthesis and bacterial viability

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Charge Requirements of Lipid II Flippase Activity in Escherichia coli

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Diversity of O-Antigen Repeat Unit Structures Can Account for the Substantial Sequence Variation of Wzx Translocases

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Different walls for rods and balls: the diversity of peptidoglycan

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A flipping cell wall ferry

(2014) K. D. Young   SCIENCE

MurJ is the flippase of lipid-linked precursors for peptidoglycan biogenesis

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Evaluating the role of conserved amino acids in bacterial O-oligosaccharyltransferases by in vivo, in vitro and limited proteolysis assays

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Structure-Function Analysis of MurJ Reveals a Solvent-Exposed Cavity Containing Residues Essential for Peptidoglycan Biogenesis in Escherichia coli

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Glycoprotein Biosynthesis in a Eukaryote Lacking the Membrane Protein Rft1

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Flow cytometry-based enrichment for cell shape mutants identifies multiple genes that influenceHelicobacter pylorimorphology

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Wzx flippase-mediated membrane translocation of sugar polymer precursors in bacteria

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The Wzx translocases for Salmonella enterica O-antigen processing have unexpected serotype specificity

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Identification of FtsW as a transporter of lipid-linked cell wall precursors across the membrane

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Bacterial cell wall assembly: still an attractive antibacterial target

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Regulation of Peptidoglycan Synthesis by Outer-Membrane Proteins

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Analogies and homologies in lipopolysaccharide and glycoprotein biosynthesis in bacteria

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ABC Transporters Involved in Export of Cell Surface Glycoconjugates

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Architecture of peptidoglycan: more data and more models

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The Bacterial Cell Envelope

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Helicobacter pylori Lipopolysaccharide Is Synthesized via a Novel Pathway with an Evolutionary Connection to Protein N-Glycosylation

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Streptococcus pyogenes YtgP (Spy_0390) Complements Escherichia coli Strains Depleted of the Putative Peptidoglycan Flippase MurJ

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Chemical Genetic Identification of Peptidoglycan Inhibitors Potentiating Carbapenem Activity against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Bacillus subtilis Homologs of MviN (MurJ), the Putative Escherichia coli Lipid II Flippase, Are Not Essential for Growth

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Homologues of the Bacillus subtilis SpoVB Protein Are Involved in Cell Wall Metabolism

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Involvement of an Essential Gene, mviN, in Murein Synthesis in Escherichia coli

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Structure, Function, and Evolution of Bacterial ATP-Binding Cassette Systems

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The Helicobacter pylori HpyAXII restriction–modification system limits exogenous DNA uptake by targeting GTAC sites but shows asymmetric conservation of the DNA methyltransferase and restriction endonuclease components

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Bioinformatics identification of MurJ (MviN) as the peptidoglycan lipid II flippase in Escherichia coli

(2008) N. Ruiz   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Murein (peptidoglycan) structure, architecture and biosynthesis in Escherichia coli

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