A viral protein antibiotic inhibits lipid II flippase activity

Redefining the invertebrate RNA virosphere

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Crystal structure of the MOP flippase MurJ in an inward-facing conformation

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Asymmetric cryo-EM structure of the canonicalAllolevivirusQβ reveals a single maturation protein and the genomic ssRNA in situ

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Crystal structure of the MOP flippase MurJ in an inward-facing conformation

(2016) Alvin C Y Kuk et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Hyperexpansion of RNA Bacteriophage Diversity

(2016) Siddharth R. Krishnamurthy et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

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

(2016) Wael Elhenawy et al.   PLoS One

Identification of MltG as a potential terminase for peptidoglycan polymerization in bacteria

(2015) Rachel Yunck et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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

Beta-Lactam Antibiotics Induce a Lethal Malfunctioning of the Bacterial Cell Wall Synthesis Machinery

(2014) Hongbaek Cho et al.   CELL

Charge Requirements of Lipid II Flippase Activity in Escherichia coli

(2014) E. K. Butler et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

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

(2014) L.-T. Sham et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2013) E. K. Butler et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Diversity of pili-specific bacteriophages: genome sequence of IncM plasmid-dependent RNA phage M

(2012) Janis Rumnieks et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2011) Tamimount Mohammadi et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

I-TASSER: a unified platform for automated protein structure and function prediction

(2010) Ambrish Roy et al.   Nature Protocols

Bacteriophage lysins as effective antibacterials

(2008) Vincent A Fischetti   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

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