Stay on track—revelations of bacterial cell wall synthesis enzymes and things that go by single-molecule imaging

AJ Perez, J Xiao - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2024 - Elsevier
In this review, we explore the regulation of septal peptidoglycan (sPG) synthesis in bacterial
cell division, a critical process for cell viability and proper morphology. Recent single …

PcdA promotes orthogonal division plane selection in Staphylococcus aureus

F Ramos-León, BR Anjuwon-Foster… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The bacterial pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus, grows by dividing in two alternating
orthogonal planes. How these cell division planes are positioned correctly is not known …

[HTML][HTML] GpsB Coordinates StkP Signaling as a PASTA Kinase Adaptor in Streptococcus pneumoniae Cell Division

V Stauberová, B Kubeša, M Joseph, M Benedet… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract StkP, the Ser/Thr protein kinase of the major human pathogen Streptococcus
pneumoniae, monitors cell wall signals and regulates growth and division in response. In …