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

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 6437-6442

  Meeske, Alexander J ^a   Sham, Lok To ^a   Kimsey, Harvey ^a   Koo, Byoung Mo ^b   Gross, Carol A ^b   Bernhardt, Thomas G ^a   Rudner, David Z ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flippase; Lipid II; MurJ; Peptidoglycan; SigM

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; LIPID II FLIPPASE; MULTIDRUG OLIGOSACCHARIDYL LIPID POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN MURJ; STRESS RESPONSE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SIGMA M; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MURAMYL-NAC-(PENTAPEPTIDE)PYROPHOSPHORYL-UNDECAPRENOL; PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

AMJ GENE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; BIOGENESIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIPID TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; TRANSPOSON; YDAH GENE; YTGP GENE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; CELL WALL; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MORPHOGENESIS; PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

EID: 84929428246     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1504967112     Document Type: Article

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