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SUBMITTER: Vermassen A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6403190 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vermassen Aurore A Leroy Sabine S Talon Régine R Provot Christian C Popowska Magdalena M Desvaux Mickaël M
Frontiers in microbiology 20190228
The cell wall (CW) of bacteria is an intricate arrangement of macromolecules, at least constituted of peptidoglycan (PG) but also of (lipo)teichoic acids, various polysaccharides, polyglutamate and/or proteins. During bacterial growth and division, there is a constant balance between CW degradation and biosynthesis. The CW is remodeled by bacterial hydrolases, whose activities are carefully regulated to maintain cell integrity or lead to bacterial death. Each cell wall hydrolase (CWH) has a spec ...[more]