Streptococcus pneumoniae synchronizes the states of cell wall peptidoglycan acetylation and genome methylation by programmed DNA inversions.

Bacterial cell wall peptidoglycan (PG) consists of alternating β-(1,4) linked N-acetylmuramic acid (NAM) and N-acetylglucosamine (NAG). The C-6 hydroxyl group of NAM is acetylated by transmembrane O-acetyltransferases post PG biosynthesis in many pathogenic bacteria. This modification is important f...

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Main Authors: Xiu-Yuan Li, Ping He, Shaomeng Wang, Yusong Wang, Dingfei Yan, Xiaohui Liu, Haiteng Deng, Zhixing Feng, Juanjuan Wang, Jing-Ren Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2025-08-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1013286
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