Cell wall synthesis

Parent categories	1. Cellular processes 1.1. Cell wall and cell division
Neighbouring categories	1.1.1. Cell wall synthesis 1.1.2. Cell shape 1.1.3. Cell wall degradation/ turnover 1.1.4. Capsule biosynthesis and degradation 1.1.5. Cell wall/ other 1.1.6. Membrane dynamics 1.1.7. Cell division
Related categories	Cell shape Cell division Penicillin-binding proteins L-forms Cell wall biosynthetic complex Cell wall synthesis in SubtiPathways
Overview on the categories (Excel file) All genes and their categories (Excel file)

Cell wall synthesis is intimately linked to the determination of cell shape. The proteins involved in both functions interact in the cell wall biosynthetic complex.

Genes in this functional category

Biosynthesis of peptidoglycan

• alr
• amj
• asd
• dapA
• dapB
• dapF
• dapG
• dapI
• dat
• ddl
• gcaD
• glmM
• glmS
• ldcB
• ldt
• mraY
• murAA
• murAB
• murB
• murC
• murD
• murE
• murF
• murG
• murJ
• patA
• racE
• spoVB
• spoVE

• yabM
• ykuQ
• yrpC
• yrrL

Autolytic activity required for peptidoglycan synthesis (cell elongation)

• cwlO
• lytE
• ftsE
• ftsX

Biosynthesis of lipoteichoic acid

• dgkA
• dgkB
• ltaS
• yfnI
• yqgS
• yvgJ

Biosynthesis of teichoic acid

• dltA
• dltB
• dltC
• dltD
• dltE
• ggaA
• ggaB
• gtaB
• gtcA
• mnaA
• pgcA
• tagA
• tagB
• tagC
• tagD
• tagE
• tagF
• tagO

Biosynthesis of teichuronic acid

• tuaA/1
• tuaA/2
• tuaB
• tuaC
• tuaD
• tuaE
• tuaF
• tuaG
• tuaH

Penicillin-binding proteins

• dacA
• dacB
• dacC
• dacF
• pbpA
• pbpB
• pbpC
• pbpD
• pbpE
• pbpF
• pbpG
• pbpH
• pbpI
• pbpX
• ponA
• spoVD

Export of anionic polymers and attachment to peptidoglycan

• tagG
• tagH
• tagT
• tagU
• tagV

Biosynthesis of the carrier lipid undecaprenylphosphate

• bcrC
• pgpB
• uppP
• uppS

Important Original Publications

Yoshikazu Kawai, Katarzyna Mickiewicz, Jeff Errington
Lysozyme Counteracts β-Lactam Antibiotics by Promoting the Emergence of L-Form Bacteria.
Cell: 2018, 172(5);1038-1049.e10
[PubMed:29456081] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

João M Monteiro, Ana R Pereira, Nathalie T Reichmann, Bruno M Saraiva, Pedro B Fernandes, Helena Veiga, Andreia C Tavares, Margarida Santos, Maria T Ferreira, Vânia Macário, Michael S VanNieuwenhze, Sérgio R Filipe, Mariana G Pinho
Peptidoglycan synthesis drives an FtsZ-treadmilling-independent step of cytokinesis.
Nature: 2018, 554(7693);528-532
[PubMed:29443967] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Enrique R Rojas, Kerwyn Casey Huang, Julie A Theriot
Homeostatic Cell Growth Is Accomplished Mechanically through Membrane Tension Inhibition of Cell-Wall Synthesis.
Cell Syst: 2017, 5(6);578-590.e6
[PubMed:29203279] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Morgan Beeby, James C Gumbart, Benoît Roux, Grant J Jensen
Architecture and assembly of the Gram-positive cell wall.
Mol Microbiol: 2013, 88(4);664-72
[PubMed:23600697] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Siyuan Wang, Leon Furchtgott, Kerwyn Casey Huang, Joshua W Shaevitz
Helical insertion of peptidoglycan produces chiral ordering of the bacterial cell wall.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2012, 109(10);E595-604
[PubMed:22343529] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

N V Potekhina, G M Streshinskaya, E M Tul'skaya, Yu I Kozlova, S N Senchenkova, A S Shashkov
Phosphate-containing cell wall polymers of bacilli.
Biochemistry (Mosc): 2011, 76(7);745-54
[PubMed:21999535] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Ethan C Garner, Remi Bernard, Wenqin Wang, Xiaowei Zhuang, David Z Rudner, Tim Mitchison
Coupled, circumferential motions of the cell wall synthesis machinery and MreB filaments in B. subtilis.
Science: 2011, 333(6039);222-5
[PubMed:21636745] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Julia Domínguez-Escobar, Arnaud Chastanet, Alvaro H Crevenna, Vincent Fromion, Roland Wedlich-Söldner, Rut Carballido-López
Processive movement of MreB-associated cell wall biosynthetic complexes in bacteria.
Science: 2011, 333(6039);225-8
[PubMed:21636744] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)