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<big>'''A protein complex that catalyzes peptidoglycan biosynthesis and is thereby involved in maintaining [[cell shape]]'''</big>  
 
<big>'''A protein complex that catalyzes peptidoglycan biosynthesis and is thereby involved in maintaining [[cell shape]]'''</big>  
  
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==Complex members==
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* cell wall biosynthetic enzymes at the outer side of the membrane: [[penicillin-binding proteins]]
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* transmembrane proteins: [[MreC]], [[MreD]], [[RodA]], [[RodZ]]
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* actin-like proteins at the inner surface of the membrane: [[MreB]], [[MreBH]], [[Mbl]]
  
 
==Related pages==
 
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Revision as of 19:02, 10 July 2011

A protein complex that catalyzes peptidoglycan biosynthesis and is thereby involved in maintaining cell shape

Complex members

Related pages

Important publications

Ethan C Garner, Remi Bernard, Wenqin Wang, Xiaowei Zhuang, David Z Rudner, Tim Mitchison
Coupled, circumferential motions of the cell wall synthesis machinery and MreB filaments in B. subtilis.
Science: 2011, 333(6039);222-5
[PubMed:21636745] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Julia Domínguez-Escobar, Arnaud Chastanet, Alvaro H Crevenna, Vincent Fromion, Roland Wedlich-Söldner, Rut Carballido-López
Processive movement of MreB-associated cell wall biosynthetic complexes in bacteria.
Science: 2011, 333(6039);225-8
[PubMed:21636744] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

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