A novel peptidoglycan deacetylase modulates daughter cell separation in E. coli
Víctor M. Hernández‐Rocamora, Alessandra Maria Martorana, Aitana Belloso, Daniel Ballesteros, Marta Zaccaria, Amilcar J. Perez, Bogdan Iuliu Iorga, David Abia, Joe Gray, Eefjan J. Breukink, Jie Xiao, Manuel Pazos, Alessandra Polissi, Waldemar Vollmer
This paper identifies SddA, a periplasmic deacetylase that modulates daughter cell separation in E. coli by modifying denuded peptidoglycan strands, and links its function to amidase activation.
PLoS Genetics · Sep 5, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology