SosA inhibits cell division in Staphylococcus aureus in response to DNA damage
M. S. Bojer, K. Wacnik, P. Kjelgaard, C. Gallay, A. L. Bottomley, M. T. Cohn, G. Lindahl, D. Frees, J.-W. Veening, S. J. Foster, H. Ingmer
This paper identifies SosA as a DNA-damage-inducible cell-division inhibitor in Staphylococcus aureus, showing it halts division at a specific stage and is regulated by membrane protease CtpA.
bioRxiv · Feb 22, 2019Microbiology