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SUBMITTER: Shiomi D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3599482 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shiomi Daisuke D Toyoda Atsushi A Aizu Tomoyuki T Ejima Fumio F Fujiyama Asao A Shini Tadasu T Kohara Yuji Y Niki Hironori H
Molecular microbiology 20130121 5
RodZ interacts with MreB and both factors are required to maintain the rod shape of Escherichia coli. The assembly of MreB into filaments regulates the subcellular arrangement of a group of enzymes that synthesizes the peptidoglycan (PG) layer. However, it is still unknown how polymerization of MreB determines the rod shape of bacterial cells. Regulatory factor(s) are likely to be involved in controlling the function and dynamics of MreB. We isolated suppressor mutations to partially recover the ...[more]