Cell wall synthesis

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Cell wall synthesis is intimately linked to the determination of cell shape. The proteins involved in both functions interact in the cell wall biosynthetic complex.

Genes in this functional category

Biosynthesis of peptidoglycan

Biosynthesis of lipoteichoic acid

Biosynthesis of teichoic acid

Biosynthesis of teichuronic acid

Penicillin-binding proteins

Export of anionic polymers and attachment to peptidoglycan

Biosynthesis of the carrier lipid undecaprenylphosphate

Important Original Publications

Additional publications: PubMed


Important Reviews

David L Popham
Visualizing the production and arrangement of peptidoglycan in Gram-positive cells.
Mol Microbiol: 2013, 88(4);645-9
[PubMed:23551458] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Nathalie T Reichmann, Angelika Gründling
Location, synthesis and function of glycolipids and polyglycerolphosphate lipoteichoic acid in Gram-positive bacteria of the phylum Firmicutes.
FEMS Microbiol Lett: 2011, 319(2);97-105
[PubMed:21388439] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Iain C Sutcliffe
Priming and elongation: dissection of the lipoteichoic acid biosynthetic pathway in Gram-positive bacteria.
Mol Microbiol: 2011, 79(3);553-6
[PubMed:21255102] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Waldemar Vollmer, Stephen J Seligman
Architecture of peptidoglycan: more data and more models.
Trends Microbiol: 2010, 18(2);59-66
[PubMed:20060721] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Amit P Bhavsar, Eric D Brown
Cell wall assembly in Bacillus subtilis: how spirals and spaces challenge paradigms.
Mol Microbiol: 2006, 60(5);1077-90
[PubMed:16689786] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

George C Stewart
Taking shape: control of bacterial cell wall biosynthesis.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 57(5);1177-81
[PubMed:16101993] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)


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