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Autoregulation of SafA Assembly through Recruitment of a Protein Cross-Linking Enzyme.
Journal of bacteriology - 15 Jul 2018
Fernandes Catarina G, Moran Charles P, Henriques Adriano O
Abstract excerpt
The coat of Bacillus subtilis spores is a multiprotein protective structure that also arbitrates many of the environmental interactions of the spore. The coat assembles around the cortex peptidoglycan layer and is differentiated into an inner and an outer layer and a crust. SafA governs assembly of the inner coat, whereas CotE drives outer coat assembly. SafA localizes to the cortex-coat interface. Both SafA and...
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