Mycolic acids: structures, biosynthesis, and beyond

H Marrakchi, MA Lanéelle, M Daffé - Chemistry & biology, 2014‏ - cell.com
Mycolic acids are major and specific lipid components of the mycobacterial cell envelope
and are essential for the survival of members of the genus Mycobacterium that contains the …

The mycobacterial cell envelope—lipids

M Jackson - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in …, 2014‏ - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) lipids are indelibly imprinted in just about every key
aspect of tuberculosis (TB) basic and translational research. Although the interest in these …

How sisters grow apart: mycobacterial growth and division

KJ Kieser, EJ Rubin - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2014‏ - nature.com
Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is the aetiological agent of tuberculosis, owes much of its
success as a pathogen to its unique cell wall and unusual mechanism of growth, which …

Eukaryote-like serine/threonine kinases and phosphatases in bacteria

SFF Pereira, L Goss, J Dworkin - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2011‏ - journals.asm.org
Genomic studies have revealed the presence of Ser/Thr kinases and phosphatases in many
bacterial species, although their physiological roles have largely been unclear. Here we …

Regulation of bacterial cell wall growth

AJF Egan, RM Cleverley, K Peters, RJ Lewis… - The FEBS …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
During growth and propagation, a bacterial cell enlarges and subsequently divides its
peptidoglycan (PG) sacculus, a continuous mesh‐like layer that encases the cell membrane …

Lipoarabinomannan and related glycoconjugates: structure, biogenesis and role in Mycobacterium tuberculosis physiology and host–pathogen interaction

AK Mishra, NN Driessen, BJ Appelmelk… - FEMS microbiology …, 2011‏ - academic.oup.com
Approximately one third of the world's population is infected with Mycobacterium
tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis. This bacterium has an unusual lipid-rich …

The cell envelope glycoconjugates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis

SK Angala, JM Belardinelli, E Huc-Claustre… - Critical reviews in …, 2014‏ - Taylor & Francis
Tuberculosis (TB) remains the second most common cause of death due to a single
infectious agent. The cell envelope of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent …

Exit from dormancy in microbial organisms

J Dworkin, IM Shah - Nature reviews microbiology, 2010‏ - nature.com
Bacteria can exist in metabolically inactive states that allow them to survive conditions that
are not conducive for growth. Such dormant cells may sense when conditions have …

The diverse family of M mp L transporters in mycobacteria: from regulation to antimicrobial developments

A Viljoen, V Dubois, F Girard‐Misguich… - Molecular …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mycobacterial genomes contain large sets of loci encoding membrane proteins that belong
to a family of multidrug resistance pumps designated Resistance‐Nodulation‐Cell Division …

Protein cysteine phosphorylation of SarA/MgrA family transcriptional regulators mediates bacterial virulence and antibiotic resistance

F Sun, Y Ding, Q Ji, Z Liang, X Deng… - Proceedings of the …, 2012‏ - pnas.org
Protein posttranslational modifications (PTMs), particularly phosphorylation, dramatically
expand the complexity of cellular regulatory networks. Although cysteine (Cys) in various …