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. Cell division
Related categories	Penicillin-binding proteins
Overview on the categories (Excel file) All genes and their categories (Excel file)

Genes in this functional category

Biosynthesis of peptidoglycan

• alr
• dat
• ddl
• gcaD
• glmM
• glmS
• ldt
• mraY
• murAA
• murAB
• murB
• murC
• murD
• murE
• murF
• murG
• racE
• spoVB
• spoVE
• walJ
• yabM
• yrpC
• ytgP

Biosynthesis of lipoteichoic acid

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

Biosynthesis of teichoic acid

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

Biosynthesis of teichuronic acid

• tuaA
• 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

Important Reviews

Additional reviews: PubMed

Waldemar Vollmer, Stephen J Seligman
Architecture of peptidoglycan: more data and more models.
Trends Microbiol: 2010, 18(2);59-66
[PubMed:20060721] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Amit P Bhavsar, Eric D Brown
Cell wall assembly in Bacillus subtilis: how spirals and spaces challenge paradigms.
Mol Microbiol: 2006, 60(5);1077-90
[PubMed:16689786] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

George C Stewart
Taking shape: control of bacterial cell wall biosynthesis.
Mol Microbiol: 2005, 57(5);1177-81
[PubMed:16101993] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)