Horizontal-Acquisition of a Promiscuous Peptidoglycan-Recycling Enzyme Enables Aphids To Influence Symbiont Cell Wall Metabolism
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DOI: 10.1128/mbio.02636-21
Abstract: Most enzymes are capable of performing biologically irrelevant side reactions. During evolution, promiscuous enzyme activities may acquire new biological roles, especially after horizontal gene transfer to new organisms. ABSTRACT During evolution, enzymes can undergo shifts… read more here.
Keywords: enzyme; cell wall; cell; wall metabolism ... See more keywords
Identification of Genes Related to Cell Wall Metabolism and Fruit Ripening in Ziziphus jujube Using RNA-seq and Expression Analysis
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DOI: 10.1134/s102144371804012x
Abstract: The transcriptome of Chinese jujube (Ziziphus jujube Mill.) fruit was characterized to determine which genes were involved in cell wall metabolism and ripening. Based on RNA-seq of fruit pulp, 61.243 contigs (mean length 440 nt)… read more here.
Keywords: fruit; cell wall; ziziphus jujube; wall metabolism ... See more keywords
N-Acetylmuramic Acid (MurNAc) Auxotrophy of the Oral Pathogen Tannerella forsythia: Characterization of a MurNAc Kinase and Analysis of Its Role in Cell Wall Metabolism
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00019
Abstract: Tannerella forsythia is an anaerobic, Gram-negative oral pathogen that thrives in multispecies gingival biofilms associated with periodontitis. The bacterium is auxotrophic for the commonly essential bacterial cell wall sugar N-acetylmuramic acid (MurNAc) and, thus, strictly… read more here.
Keywords: wall metabolism; kinase; murnac; cell wall ... See more keywords
Polar protein Wag31 both activates and inhibits cell wall metabolism at the poles and septum
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DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1085918
Abstract: Mycobacterial cell elongation occurs at the cell poles; however, it is not clear how cell wall insertion is restricted to the pole and organized. Wag31 is a pole-localized cytoplasmic protein that is essential for polar… read more here.
Keywords: wall metabolism; cell wall; elongation; wag31 ... See more keywords