Peptidoglycan precursor synthesis along the sidewall of pole-growing mycobacteria
A. Garcia-Heredia, A. A. Pohane, E. S. Melzer, C. R. Carr, T. J. Fiolek, S. R. Rundell, H. C. Lim, J. Wagner, Y. S. Morita, B. M. Swarts, M. S. Siegrist
The paper investigates peptidoglycan precursor synthesis in mycobacteria, showing that sidewall synthesis responds to cell wall damage while polar synthesis is linked to elongation.
bioRxiv · Jul 27, 2018Microbiology