Streptococcus mutans requires mature rhamnose‐glucose polysaccharides for proper pathophysiology, morphogenesis and cellular division

Discovery of glycerol phosphate modification on streptococcal rhamnose polysaccharides

(2019) Rebecca J. Edgar et al.   Nature Chemical Biology

Genomewide Identification of Essential Genes and Fitness Determinants of Streptococcus mutans UA159

(2018) Robert C. Shields et al.   mSphere

Deficiency of MecA in Streptococcus mutans Causes Major Defects in Cell Envelope Biogenesis, Cell Division, and Biofilm Formation

(2018) Arpan De et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

RgpF Is Required for Maintenance of Stress Tolerance and Virulence in Streptococcus mutans

(2017) C. J. Kovacs et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Another Brick in the Wall: a Rhamnan Polysaccharide Trapped inside Peptidoglycan of Lactococcus lactis

(2017) Irina Sadovskaya et al.   mBio

Teichoic Acid Polymers Affect Expression and Localization of dl-Endopeptidase LytE Required for Lateral Cell Wall Hydrolysis in Bacillus subtilis

(2016) Jun Kasahara et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Acid-adaptive mechanisms ofStreptococcus mutans-the more we know, the more we don't

(2016) J.L. Baker et al.   Molecular Oral Microbiology

Biochemical characterization of essential cell division proteins FtsX and FtsE that mediate peptidoglycan hydrolysis by PcsB inStreptococcus pneumoniae

(2016) Ruchika Bajaj et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Functional profiling inStreptococcus mutans: construction and examination of a genomic collection of gene deletion mutants

(2015) R.G. Quivey et al.   Molecular Oral Microbiology

The Classical Lancefield Antigen of Group A Streptococcus Is a Virulence Determinant with Implications for Vaccine Design

(2014) Nina M. van Sorge et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Streptococcus mutans NADH Oxidase Lies at the Intersection of Overlapping Regulons Controlled by Oxygen and NAD+ Levels

(2014) J. L. Baker et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Structural basis of PcsB-mediated cell separation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2014) Sergio G. Bartual et al.   Nature Communications

Wall Teichoic Acids of Gram-Positive Bacteria

(2013) Stephanie Brown et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Discovery of Wall Teichoic Acid Inhibitors as Potential Anti-MRSA β-Lactam Combination Agents

(2013) Hao Wang et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY

MecA Protein Acts as a Negative Regulator of Genetic Competence in Streptococcus mutans

(2013) X.-L. Tian et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Involvement of FtsE ATPase and FtsX Extracellular Loops 1 and 2 in FtsEX-PcsB Complex Function in Cell Division of Streptococcus pneumoniae D39

(2013) L.-T. Sham et al.   mBio

Genetic and Biochemical Characterizations of Enzymes Involved in Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 2 Capsule Synthesis Demonstrate that Cps2T (WchF) Catalyzes the Committed Step by Addition of β1-4 Rhamnose, the Second Sugar Residue in the Repeat Unit

(2012) David B. A. James et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Proton-Binding Capacity of Staphylococcus aureus Wall Teichoic Acid and Its Role in Controlling Autolysin Activity

(2012) Raja Biswas et al.   PLoS One

Role of the Group B Antigen of Streptococcus agalactiae: A Peptidoglycan-Anchored Polysaccharide Involved in Cell Wall Biogenesis

(2012) Élise Caliot et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Fluorescence and Atomic Force Microscopy Imaging of Wall Teichoic Acids inLactobacillus plantarum

(2011) Guillaume Andre et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

Mutation of the NADH Oxidase Gene (nox) Reveals an Overlap of the Oxygen- and Acid-Mediated Stress Responses in Streptococcus mutans

(2011) Adam M. Derr et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A widespread family of bacterial cell wall assembly proteins

(2011) Yoshikazu Kawai et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Essential PcsB putative peptidoglycan hydrolase interacts with the essential FtsXSpn cell division protein in Streptococcus pneumoniae D39

(2011) L.-T. Sham et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Synthetic Lethal Compound Combinations Reveal a Fundamental Connection between Wall Teichoic Acid and Peptidoglycan Biosyntheses inStaphylococcus aureus

(2010) Jennifer Campbell et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

Role of staphylococcal wall teichoic acid in targeting the major autolysin Atl

(2010) Martin Schlag et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Teichoic acids are temporal and spatial regulators of peptidoglycan cross-linking in Staphylococcus aureus

(2010) M. L. Atilano et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The serotype-specific glucose side chain of rhamnose–glucose polysaccharides is essential for adsorption of bacteriophage M102 toStreptococcus mutans

(2009) Yukie Shibata et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

A Revised Pathway Proposed for Staphylococcus aureus Wall Teichoic Acid Biosynthesis Based on In Vitro Reconstitution of the Intracellular Steps

(2008) Stephanie Brown et al.   CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY