Identification of pneumococcal proteins that are functionally linked to penicillin-binding protein 2b (PBP2b)

Suppression of a deletion mutation in the gene encoding essential PBP2b reveals a new lytic transglycosylase involved in peripheral peptidoglycan synthesis inStreptococcus pneumoniaeD39

(2016) Ho-Ching Tiffany Tsui et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

SEDS proteins are a widespread family of bacterial cell wall polymerases

(2016) Alexander J. Meeske et al.   NATURE

Natural transformation and genome evolution in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2015) Daniel Straume et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Activities and regulation of peptidoglycan synthases

(2015) Alexander J. F. Egan et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

(2015) Alexander J. Meeske et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Elongation of Ovococci

(2014) Jules Philippe et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Streptococcus pneumoniae PBP2x mid-cell localization requires the C-terminal PASTA domains and is essential for cell shape maintenance

(2014) Katharina Peters et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Pbp2x localizes separately from Pbp2b and other peptidoglycan synthesis proteins during later stages of cell division ofStreptococcus pneumoniae D39

(2014) Ho-Ching T. Tsui et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2014) L.-T. Sham et al.   SCIENCE

Interplay of the Serine/Threonine-Kinase StkP and the Paralogs DivIVA and GpsB in Pneumococcal Cell Elongation and Division

(2014) Aurore Fleurie et al.   PLoS Genetics

From models to pathogens: how much have we learned aboutStreptococcus pneumoniaecell division?

(2013) Orietta Massidda et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Effects of Low PBP2b Levels on Cell Morphology and Peptidoglycan Composition in Streptococcus pneumoniae R6

(2013) K. H. Berg et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Requirement of essential Pbp2x and GpsB for septal ring closure inStreptococcus pneumoniae D39

(2013) Adrian D. Land et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Reconstitution of Membrane Protein Complexes Involved in Pneumococcal Septal Cell Wall Assembly

(2013) Marjolaine Noirclerc-Savoye et al.   PLoS One

Recent advances in pneumococcal peptidoglycan biosynthesis suggest new vaccine and antimicrobial targets

(2012) Lok-To Sham et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2011) Tamimount Mohammadi et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Peptide-Regulated Gene Depletion System Developed for Use in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2011) K. H. Berg et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Requirement for Pneumococcal MreC and MreD Is Relieved by Inactivation of the Gene Encoding PBP1a

(2011) A. D. Land et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Features critical for membrane binding revealed by DivIVA crystal structure

(2010) Maria A Oliva et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Identification of Multiple Substrates of the StkP Ser/Thr Protein Kinase in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2010) L. Novakova et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Autoinducer-2 Exporter Superfamily

(2010) Rachael E. Rettner et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

The integral membrane FtsW protein and peptidoglycan synthase PBP3 form a subcomplex in Escherichia coli

(2010) C. Fraipont et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Quorum sensing affects biofilm formation through lipopolysaccharide synthesis in Klebsiella pneumoniae

(2010) Cécilia De Araujo et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2009) N. Ruiz   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Localisation of DivIVA by targeting to negatively curved membranes

(2009) Rok Lenarcic et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

(2009) A. Fay et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Pneumococcal LytR, a Protein from the LytR-CpsA-Psr Family, Is Essential for Normal Septum Formation in Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2009) O. Johnsborg et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Two-Step Assembly Dynamics of the Bacillus subtilis Divisome

(2009) P. Gamba et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Phosphoproteomic Analysis Reveals the Multiple Roles of Phosphorylation in Pathogenic BacteriumStreptococcus pneumoniae

(2009) Xuesong Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF PROTEOME RESEARCH

Fratricide in Streptococcus pneumoniae: contributions and role of the cell wall hydrolases CbpD, LytA and LytC

(2009) V. Eldholm et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

A predatory mechanism dramatically increases the efficiency of lateral gene transfer inStreptococcus pneumoniaeand related commensal species

(2008) Ola Johnsborg et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY