Glycan strand cleavage by a lytic transglycosylase, MltD contributes to the expansion of peptidoglycan in Escherichia coli.
Peptidoglycan (PG) is a protective sac-like exoskeleton present in most bacterial cell walls. It is a large, covalently crosslinked mesh-like polymer made up of many glycan strands cross-bridged to each other by short peptide chains. Because PG forms a continuous mesh around the bacterial cytoplasmi...
Main Authors: | Moneca Kaul, Suraj Kumar Meher, Krishna Chaitanya Nallamotu, Manjula Reddy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2024-02-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1011161&type=printable |
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