A security check that monitors cell morphogenesis

Aimee Shen

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2022.03.008

A security check that monitors cell morphogenesis

Trends Microbiol. 2022 May;30(5):405-407. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2022.03.008. Epub 2022 Mar 26.

Author

Aimee Shen¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: aimee.shen@tufts.edu.

PMID: 35346552
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2022.03.008

Abstract

Bacterial endospore formation depends on a series of checkpoints to ensure the fidelity of this critical developmental process. Delerue et al. have uncovered a novel checkpoint in Bacillus subtilis that senses defects in the assembly of static polymers in one compartment and arrests the assembly of peptidoglycan in another compartment.

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MeSH terms

Bacillus subtilis
Bacterial Proteins*
Morphogenesis
Peptidoglycan
Spores, Bacterial*

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
Peptidoglycan