The Bifunctional Cell Wall Hydrolase CwlT Is Needed for Conjugation of the Integrative and Conjugative Element ICEBs1 in Bacillus subtilis and B. anthracis

PrgK, a Multidomain Peptidoglycan Hydrolase, Is Essential for Conjugative Transfer of the Pheromone-Responsive Plasmid pCF10

(2013) J. A. Laverde Gomez et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

TraG Encoded by the pIP501 Type IV Secretion System Is a Two-Domain Peptidoglycan-Degrading Enzyme Essential for Conjugative Transfer

(2013) K. Arends et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Structures of a Bifunctional Cell Wall Hydrolase CwlT Containing a Novel Bacterial Lysozyme and an NlpC/P60 dl-Endopeptidase

(2013) Qingping Xu et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Selective Pressures to Maintain Attachment Site Specificity of Integrative and Conjugative Elements

(2013) Kayla L. Menard et al.   PLoS Genetics

The Bacillus subtilis Conjugative Transposon ICEBs1 Mobilizes Plasmids Lacking Dedicated Mobilization Functions

(2012) C. A. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The peptidoglycan hydrolase TcpG is required for efficient conjugative transfer of pCW3 in Clostridium perfringens

(2012) Radhika Bantwal et al.   PLASMID

Mycobacteriophage Endolysins: Diverse and Modular Enzymes with Multiple Catalytic Activities

(2012) Kimberly M. Payne et al.   PLoS One

Maintaining network security: how macromolecular structures cross the peptidoglycan layer

(2011) Edie M. Scheurwater et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

The Repertoire of ICE in Prokaryotes Underscores the Unity, Diversity, and Ubiquity of Conjugation

(2011) Julien Guglielmini et al.   PLoS Genetics

Bacillus subtilisCwlP of the SP-β Prophage Has Two Novel Peptidoglycan Hydrolase Domains, Muramidase and Cross-linkage Digesting dd-Endopeptidase

(2010) I Putu Sudiarta et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Integrative and conjugative elements: mosaic mobile genetic elements enabling dynamic lateral gene flow

(2010) Rachel A. F. Wozniak et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Polar Positioning of a Conjugation Protein from the Integrative and Conjugative Element ICEBs1 of Bacillus subtilis

(2009) M. B. Berkmen et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Biological Diversity of Prokaryotic Type IV Secretion Systems

(2009) C. E. Alvarez-Martinez et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Enzymatic assembly of DNA molecules up to several hundred kilobases

(2009) Daniel G Gibson et al.   NATURE METHODS

Identification and Characterization of Novel Cell Wall Hydrolase CwlT

(2008) Tatsuya Fukushima et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A conserved anti-repressor controls horizontal gene transfer by proteolysis

(2008) Baundauna Bose et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Cell wall peptidoglycan architecture in Bacillus subtilis

(2008) E. J. Hayhurst et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA