title: The GTPase CpgA is implicated in the deposition of the peptidoglycan sacculus in Bacillus subtilis.
abstract: Depletion of the Bacillus subtilis GTPase CpgA produces abnormal cell shapes, nonuniform deposition of cell wall, and five- to sixfold accumulation of peptidoglycan precursors. Nevertheless, the inherent structure of the cell wall appeared mostly unchanged. The results are consistent with CpgA being involved in coordinating normal peptidoglycan deposition.
authors.affiliation: Université Paris-Sud 11, Institut de Génétique et Microbiologie, CNRS UMR 8621, Bâtiment 409, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Cédric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Absalon
authors.forename: Kassem
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamze
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blanot
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Frehel
authors.forename: Rut
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carballido-Lopez
authors.forename: Barry I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: van Heijenoort
authors.forename: Simone J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Séror
mesh_terms: D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism*; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010457:Peptidoglycan; D020558:GTP Phosphohydrolases