Self-immunity towards a novel competence-induced streptococcal murein hydrolase is mediated by a Fem-transferase-like protein
Marita Torrissen Mårli, Magnus Ø. Arntzen, Jennie Ann Allred, Anna Teigen Schultheiss, Oddvar Oppegaard, Morten Kjos, Daniel Straume
The paper identifies ScrM, a competence-induced murein hydrolase in Streptococcus dysgalactiae, and shows that ScrI, a Fem-transferase-like protein, mediates self-immunity by modifying peptiglycan to prevent ScrM binding.
Molecular Microbiology · Mar 29, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology