Cell wall synthesis plays a key role in bacterial growth: the cell division protein FtsZ forms the so-called Z-ring in the center of the cell, thus initiating the division process.

image: The figure illustrates bacterial cell wall synthesis as mediated by an enzyme called MraY (yellow/green). The enzyme modifies the cell wall building blocks (bricks) with a carrier lipid ...

However, how ZorAB becomes activated and gets anchored to the bacterial cell wall remains to be elucidated. We propose two potential sensing mechanisms (Fig. 1).

Control of bacterial cell wall autolysins by peptidoglycan crosslinking mode. Nature Communications , 2024; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52325-2 Cite This Page : ...

An important part of T4SS is the enzyme PrgK, which breaks down the bacterial cell wall and thus facilitates the transfer of properties between bacteria. This enzyme has three parts or domains ...

Not all cell walls are created equal. Take the peculiar makeup of the Borrelia burgdorferi bacterium’s cell wall.It might play a role in lingering symptoms of Lyme disease — the most common ...