The bacterial septal ring protein RlpA is a lytic transglycosylase that contributes to rod shape and daughter cell separation inPseudomonas aeruginosa

Changes to Its Peptidoglycan-Remodeling Enzyme Repertoire Modulate β-Lactam Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2013) Joseph F. Cavallari et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Reactions of All Escherichia coli Lytic Transglycosylases with Bacterial Cell Wall

(2013) Mijoon Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Substrate specificity of an elongation-specific peptidoglycan endopeptidase and its implications for cell wall architecture and growth ofVibrio cholerae

(2013) Tobias Dörr et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Cell wall elongation mode in Gram-negative bacteria is determined by peptidoglycan architecture

(2013) Robert D. Turner et al.   Nature Communications

The AEROPATH project targetingPseudomonas aeruginosa: crystallographic studies for assessment of potential targets in early-stage drug discovery

(2012) Lucille Moynie et al.   Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

On the Mechanism of Peptidoglycan Binding and Cleavage by the endo-Specific Lytic Transglycosylase MltE from Escherichia coli

(2012) Guntur Fibriansah et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

Calcium-Dependent Complex Formation Between PBP2 and Lytic Transglycosylase SltB1 of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2012) Ioulia Nikolaidis et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

Cooperativity of peptidoglycan synthases active in bacterial cell elongation

(2012) Manuel Banzhaf et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Escherichia colilow-molecular-weight penicillin-binding proteins help orient septal FtsZ, and their absence leads to asymmetric cell division and branching

(2012) Lakshmi-Prasad Potluri et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Three redundant murein endopeptidases catalyse an essential cleavage step in peptidoglycan synthesis ofEscherichia coliK12

(2012) Santosh Kumar Singh et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2012) Desirée C. Yang et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

High-Resolution Crystal Structure of MltE, an Outer Membrane-Anchored Endolytic Peptidoglycan Lytic Transglycosylase fromEscherichia coli

(2011) Cecilia Artola-Recolons et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

More than just lysins: peptidoglycan hydrolases tailor the cell wall

(2011) Tsuyoshi Uehara 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

Synthetic Lethality of the lytE cwlO Genotype in Bacillus subtilis Is Caused by Lack of D,L-Endopeptidase Activity at the Lateral Cell Wall

(2011) M. Hashimoto et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Regulation of Biofilm Components in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium by Lytic Transglycosylases Involved in Cell Wall Turnover

(2011) C. Monteiro 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

The effects of macrophage source on the mechanism of phagocytosis and intracellular survival of Leishmania

(2011) Chia-Hung Christine Hsiao et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Peptidoglycan Hydrolases of Escherichia coli

(2011) J. van Heijenoort   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Fast, scalable generation of high-quality protein multiple sequence alignments using Clustal Omega

(2011) F. Sievers et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

The Pfam protein families database

(2011) M. Punta et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

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

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

(2010) Tsuyoshi Uehara et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

A highly coordinated cell wall degradation machine governs spore morphogenesis in Bacillus subtilis

(2010) C. Morlot et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

SpoIID-Mediated Peptidoglycan Degradation Is Required throughout Engulfment during Bacillus subtilis Sporulation

(2010) J. Gutierrez et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Surface sensing in Vibrio parahaemolyticus triggers a programme of gene expression that promotes colonization and virulence

(2010) Cindy J. Gode-Potratz et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Pseudomonas Genome Database: improved comparative analysis and population genomics capability for Pseudomonas genomes

(2010) G. L. Winsor et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Self-Enhanced Accumulation of FtsN at Division Sites and Roles for Other Proteins with a SPOR Domain (DamX, DedD, and RlpA) in Escherichia coli Cell Constriction

(2009) M. A. Gerding et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Discovery and Characterization of Three New Escherichia coli Septal Ring Proteins That Contain a SPOR Domain: DamX, DedD, and RlpA

(2009) S. J. R. Arends et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

FtsN-like proteins are conserved components of the cell division machinery in proteobacteria

(2009) Andrea Möll et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Protein structure prediction on the Web: a case study using the Phyre server

(2009) Lawrence A Kelley et al.   Nature Protocols

Interaction of Penicillin-Binding Protein 2 with Soluble Lytic Transglycosylase B1 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2008) B. A. Legaree et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The Escherichia coli Cell Division Protein and Model Tat Substrate SufI (FtsP) Localizes to the Septal Ring and Has a Multicopper Oxidase-Like Structure

(2008) Michael Tarry et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Crystal structure and activity of Bacillus subtilis YoaJ (EXLX1), a bacterial expansin that promotes root colonization

(2008) F. Kerff et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Molecular organization of Gram-negative peptidoglycan

(2008) L. Gan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lytic transglycosylases: Bacterial space-making autolysins

(2007) Edie Scheurwater et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY