MicrobiologyMolecular MicrobiologyPeer-reviewed
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…·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.
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