A conformational switch controls cell wall-remodelling enzymes required for bacterial cell division

More than just lysins: peptidoglycan hydrolases tailor the cell wall

(2011) Tsuyoshi Uehara et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

O-Acetylated peptidoglycan: Controlling the activity of bacterial autolysins and lytic enzymes of innate immune systems

(2011) Patrick J. Moynihan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

Structure-Based Modification of a Clostridium difficile-Targeting Endolysin Affects Activity and Host Range

(2011) M. J. Mayer et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

A Fail-Safe Mechanism in the Septal Ring Assembly Pathway Generated by the Sequential Recruitment of Cell Separation Amidases and Their Activators

(2011) N. T. Peters et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Peptidoglycan Remodeling in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Comparison of Structures and Catalytic Activities of RipA and RipB

(2011) Dominic Böth et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

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

An ATP-binding cassette transporter-like complex governs cell-wall hydrolysis at the bacterial cytokinetic ring

(2011) D. C. Yang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Identification of the bacterial protein FtsX as a unique target of chemokine-mediated antimicrobial activity against Bacillus anthracis

(2011) M. A. Crawford et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Advances in understanding E. coli cell fission

(2010) Piet AJ de Boer   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Daughter cell separation is controlled by cytokinetic ring-activated cell wall hydrolysis

(2010) Tsuyoshi Uehara et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Physiological significance of the peptidoglycan hydrolase, LytM, in Staphylococcus aureus

(2010) Vineet K. Singh et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

An epigenetic switch governing daughter cell separation in Bacillus subtilis

(2010) Y. Chai et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

The Vertebrate Lysozyme Inhibitor Ivy Functions to Inhibit the Activity of Lytic Transglycosylase

(2010) Chelsea A. Clarke et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

O-Acetylation of Peptidoglycan Is Required for Proper Cell Separation and S-layer Anchoring inBacillus anthracis

(2010) Maria-Halima Laaberki et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

(2010) Martin Schlag et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Gene position in a long operon governs motility development inBacillus subtilis

(2010) Loralyn M. Cozy et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Insights into pneumococcal fratricide from the crystal structures of the modular killing factor LytC

(2010) Inmaculada Pérez-Dorado et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Structure and Functional Regulation of RipA, a Mycobacterial Enzyme Essential for Daughter Cell Separation

(2010) Alessia Ruggiero et al.   STRUCTURE

Architecture of peptidoglycan: more data and more models

(2010) Waldemar Vollmer et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

LytM-Domain Factors Are Required for Daughter Cell Separation and Rapid Ampicillin-Induced Lysis in Escherichia coli

(2009) T. Uehara et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Structural basis for autoinhibition and activation of Auto, a virulence-associated peptidoglycan hydrolase ofListeria monocytogenes

(2009) Maike Bublitz et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Rapid  -lactam-induced lysis requires successful assembly of the cell division machinery

(2009) H. S. Chung et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

RodZ (YfgA) is required for proper assembly of the MreB actin cytoskeleton and cell shape in E. coli

(2008) Felipe O Bendezú et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

The major and minor wall teichoic acids prevent the sidewall localization of vegetative dl-endopeptidase LytF inBacillus subtilis

(2008) Hiroki Yamamoto et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Post-translational control of vegetative cell separation enzymes through a direct interaction with specific inhibitor IseA in Bacillus subtilis

(2008) Hiroki Yamamoto et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A matter of life and death: cell wall homeostasis and the WalKR (YycGF) essential signal transduction pathway

(2008) Sarah Dubrac et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY