CwlQ Is Required for Swarming Motility but Not Flagellar Assembly in Bacillus subtilis

• Published in: Journal of bacteriology Vol. 203; no. 10; pp. 1 - 17
• Main Authors: Sanchez, Sandra, Dunn, Caroline M, Kearns, Daniel B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 21.04.2021
• Subjects: Assembly; Bacillus subtilis; Bacteria; Bacteriology; Biosynthesis; Flagella; Gram-negative bacteria; Gram-positive bacteria; Insertion; Lytic enzymes; Macromolecules; Motility; Mutation; Osmosis; Osmotic pressure; Peptidoglycans; Research Article; Secretion; Sigma factor; Swarming; flagella; peptidoglycan; autolysin; hydrolase; swarming; motility; lytic transglycosylase

Lytic enzymes play an essential role in the remodeling of bacterial peptidoglycan (PG), an extracellular mesh-like structure that retains the membrane in the context of high internal osmotic pressure. Peptidoglycan must be unfailingly stable to preserve cell integrity, but must also be dynamically r...