2022
Mycobacterial serine/threonine phosphatase PstP is phosphoregulated and localized to mediate control of cell wall metabolism
Shamma F, Rego E, Boutte C. Mycobacterial serine/threonine phosphatase PstP is phosphoregulated and localized to mediate control of cell wall metabolism. Molecular Microbiology 2022, 118: 47-60. PMID: 35670057, PMCID: PMC10070032, DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14951.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBacterial ProteinsCell WallMycobacterium tuberculosisPeptidoglycanPhosphoprotein PhosphatasesPhosphorylationSerineConceptsCell wall metabolismWall metabolismCell wall-related proteinsSerine/threonine proteinCell wall regulationPhosphomimetic mutationReversible phosphorylationThreonine phosphataseEnvironmental stressRegulatory proteinsCell wallCorresponding mutationMycobacterial cell wallAntibiotic toleranceNovel substrateFhaAProteinPstPMycobacterium smegmatisWag31Certain substratesPeptidoglycanPhosphorylationRegulationMajor mechanism
2015
Phosphorylation of the Peptidoglycan Synthase PonA1 Governs the Rate of Polar Elongation in Mycobacteria
Kieser K, Boutte C, Kester J, Baer C, Barczak A, Meniche X, Chao M, Rego E, Sassetti C, Fortune S, Rubin E. Phosphorylation of the Peptidoglycan Synthase PonA1 Governs the Rate of Polar Elongation in Mycobacteria. PLOS Pathogens 2015, 11: e1005010. PMID: 26114871, PMCID: PMC4483258, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolar growthPenicillin binding proteinsCell elongationMost rod-shaped bacteriaNew cell wall materialTransglycosylase activityNormal cell lengthCell-wall peptidoglycanNew cell wallHuman pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosisCell lengthRod-shaped bacteriaCell wall materialCell polesCell fitnessPolar elongationPathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosisWall peptidoglycanAntibiotic stressCytoplasmic regionCell wallBinding proteinPonA1Cell growthEnzymatic activity