ArticleJournal of bacteriology2021
Functional Insights into the High-Molecular-Mass Penicillin-Binding Proteins of Streptococcus agalactiae Revealed by Gene Deletion and Transposon Mutagenesis Analysis.
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- A Chimeric Penicillin Binding Protein 2X Significantly Decreases in Vitro Beta-Lactam Susceptibility and Increases in Vivo Fitness of Streptococcus pyogenes.The American journal of pathology · 2022Article
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Abstract
High-molecular-mass penicillin-binding proteins (PBPs) are enzymes that catalyze the biosynthesis of bacterial cell wall peptidoglycan. The Gram-positive bacterial pathogen Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus [GBS]) produces five high-molecular-mass PBPs, namely, PBP1A, PBP1B, PBP2A, PBP2B, and PBP2X. Among these, only PBP2X is essential for cell viability, whereas the other four PBPs are individually dispensable. The biological function of the four nonessential PBPs is poorly characterized in GBS. We deleted the
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