Monovalent cations enable cell wall turnover of the turnover-deficient lyt-15 mutant of Bacillus subtilis.
A lyt-15 mutant reported to be unable to turn over the cell wall exhibited the same rate of wall turnover as the standard strain if the medium contained 0.2 M NaCl, which did not affect growth. Cell wall autolysis was also optimal at 0.2 M NaCl.
D001329:Autolysis; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology*
D012965:Sodium Chloride