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<big>'''A protein complex that catalyzes peptidoglycan biosynthesis and is thereby involved in maintaining [[cell shape]]'''</big>
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==Related pages==
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* [[penicillin-binding proteins]]
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* [[cell shape]]
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* [[cell wall synthesis]]
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* [http://subtiwiki.uni-goettingen.de/pathways/cellwall.html]
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==Important publications==
 
==Important publications==
 
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21636744 Domínguez-Escobar ''et al''.] from [[Rut Carballido-Lopez]]' lab and [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21636745 Garner ''et al''.] report that movement of actin-like filaments is driven by the peptidoglycan elongation machinery. Both papers suggest that the [[MreB]]-like filaments serve to restrict the mobility of the peptidoglycan synthesizing machinery<br/>
 
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21636744 Domínguez-Escobar ''et al''.] from [[Rut Carballido-Lopez]]' lab and [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21636745 Garner ''et al''.] report that movement of actin-like filaments is driven by the peptidoglycan elongation machinery. Both papers suggest that the [[MreB]]-like filaments serve to restrict the mobility of the peptidoglycan synthesizing machinery<br/>

Revision as of 18:51, 10 July 2011

A protein complex that catalyzes peptidoglycan biosynthesis and is thereby involved in maintaining cell shape


Related pages

Important publications

Ethan C Garner, Remi Bernard, Wenqin Wang, Xiaowei Zhuang, David Z Rudner, Tim Mitchison
Coupled, circumferential motions of the cell wall synthesis machinery and MreB filaments in B. subtilis.
Science: 2011, 333(6039);222-5
[PubMed:21636745] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Julia Domínguez-Escobar, Arnaud Chastanet, Alvaro H Crevenna, Vincent Fromion, Roland Wedlich-Söldner, Rut Carballido-López
Processive movement of MreB-associated cell wall biosynthetic complexes in bacteria.
Science: 2011, 333(6039);225-8
[PubMed:21636744] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

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Andrew Jermy
Bacterial physiology: MreB takes a back seat.
Nat Rev Microbiol: 2011, 9(8);560-1
[PubMed:21725336] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)