New insights into the biogenesis of the cell envelope of corynebacteria: identification and functional characterization of five new mycoloyltransferase genes in Corynebacterium glutamicum.

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Mycolic acids, the major lipid constituents of Corynebacterineae, play an essential role in maintaining the integrity of the bacterial cell envelope. We have previously characterized a corynebacterial mycoloyltransferase (PS1) homologous in its N-terminal part to the three known mycobacterial mycoloyltransferases, the so-called fibronectin-binding proteins A, B and C. The genomes of Corynebacterium glutamicum...

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