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Cleavage of Braun's lipoprotein Lpp from the bacterial peptidoglycan by a paralog of l,d-transpeptidases, LdtF.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 11 May 2021
Bahadur Raj, Chodisetti Pavan Kumar, Reddy Manjula
Abstract excerpt
The gram-negative bacterial cell envelope is made up of an outer membrane (OM), an inner membrane (IM) that surrounds the cytoplasm, and a periplasmic space between the two membranes containing peptidoglycan (PG or murein). PG is an elastic polymer that forms a mesh-like sacculus around the IM, protecting cells from turgor and environmental stress conditions. In several bacteria, including Escherichia coli, the...
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