Fluorescent d-amino acids (FDAAs) are efficiently incorporated into the peptidoglycans
(PGs) of diverse bacterial species at the sites of PG biosynthesis, allowing specific and …

Bacterial growth is controlled by the peptidoglycan (PG) cell wall, a rigid and essential
structure composed of glycan strands cross-linked by d-amino acid (DAA)-containing short …

Fluorescent D-amino acids (FDAAs) enable efficient in situ labeling of peptidoglycan in
diverse bacterial species. Conducted by enzymes involved in peptidoglycan biosynthesis …

Conspectus The bacterial cell wall is composed of membrane layers and a rigid yet flexible
scaffold called peptidoglycan (PG). PG provides mechanical strength to enable bacteria to …

Bacteria exhibit a myriad of different morphologies, through the synthesis and modification of
their essential peptidoglycan (PG) cell wall. Our discovery of af luorescent da mino a cid …

Peptidoglycan is an essential cell wall component that maintains the morphology and
viability of nearly all bacteria. Its biosynthesis requires periplasmic transpeptidation …

Peptidoglycan is an essential component of the cell wall that protects bacteria from
environmental stress. A carefully coordinated biosynthesis of peptidoglycan during cell …

Fluorescent probes designed for activation by bioorthogonal chemistry have enabled the
visualization of biomolecules in living systems. Such activatable probes with near-infrared …

Recent work has shed light on the abundance and diversity of d-amino acids in bacterial
extracellular/periplasmic molecules, bacterial cell culture, and bacteria-rich environments …

Incorporation of d-amino acids into peptidoglycan is a unique metabolic feature of bacteria.
Since d-amino acids are not metabolic substrates in most mammalian tissues, this difference …