Cell walls, cell shape, and bacterial actin homologs.
The synthesis of the peptidoglycan layer, one of the key determinants of cell shape in B. subtilis, has been shown by Daniel and Errington to occur in a helical pattern. This pattern is generated by the actin homolog Mbl.
Egelman
Edward H
EH
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA.
D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000096:biosynthesis
D000199:Actins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D010457:Peptidoglycan