Regulated proteolysis of a cross-link-specific peptidoglycan hydrolase contributes to bacterial morphogenesis

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

Volumn 112, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 10956-10961

  Singh, Santosh Kumar ^a,b   Parveen, Sadiya ^a   SaiSree, L ^a   Reddy, Manjula ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^b BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bacterial morphogenesis; MepS; NlpI Prc; Peptidoglycan; Regulated proteolysis

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOGENESIS; CROSS LINKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH CURVE; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SACCULUS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MORPHOGENESIS; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEOLYSIS;

EID: 84941247693     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1507760112     Document Type: Article

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