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peptidoglycan catabolic process

Known as: murein catabolic process, murein catabolism, peptidoglycan degradation 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of peptidoglycans, any of a class of glycoconjugates found in bacterial cell walls… Expand
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2017
2017
A Single Dual-Function Enzyme Controls the Production of Inflammatory NOD Agonist Peptidoglycan Fragments by Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Neisseria gonorrhoeae gonococcus (GC) is a Gram-negative betaproteobacterium and causative agent of the sexually transmitted… Expand
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2016
2016
Efficacy of Artilysin Art-175 against Resistant and Persistent Acinetobacter baumannii.
Bacteriophage-encoded endolysins have shown promise as a novel class of antibacterials with a unique mode of action, i.e… Expand
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2012
2012
The Legionella pneumophila EnhC protein interferes with immunostimulatory muramyl peptide production to evade innate immunity.
Successful pathogens have evolved to evade innate immune recognition of microbial molecules by pattern recognition receptors (PRR… Expand
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2012
2012
A Peptidoglycan Fragment Triggers β-lactam Resistance in Bacillus licheniformis
To resist to β-lactam antibiotics Eubacteria either constitutively synthesize a β-lactamase or a low affinity penicillin-binding… Expand
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2011
2011
Disruption of the cell wall lytic enzyme CwlO affects the amount and molecular size of poly-γ-glutamic acid produced by Bacillus subtilis (natto).
Poly-γ-glutamic acid (γPGA), a polymer of glutamic acid, is a component of the viscosity substance of natto, a traditional… Expand
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2010
2010
SpoIID-mediated peptidoglycan degradation is required throughout engulfment during Bacillus subtilis sporulation.
SpoIID is a membrane-anchored enzyme that degrades peptidoglycan and is essential for engulfment and sporulation in Bacillus… Expand
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2005
Highly Cited
2005
Peptidoglycan degradation by specialized lytic transglycosylases associated with type III and type IV secretion systems.
Specialized lytic transglycosylases are muramidases capable of locally degrading the peptidoglycan meshwork of Gram-negative… Expand
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1998
1998
S-layered Aneurinibacillus and Bacillus spp. are susceptible to the lytic action of Pseudomonas aeruginosa membrane vesicles.
When S-layered strains of Bacillus stearothermophilus and Aneurinibacillus thermoaerophilus, possessing S-layers of different… Expand
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1983
1983
Evidence for multisite growth of Escherichia coli murein involving concomitant endopeptidase and transpeptidase activities.
During diaminopimelic acid starvation of Escherichia coli W7, a large fraction of the preexisting murein cross-links are opened… Expand
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1982
1982
Induction and control of the autolytic system of Escherichia coli.
Various methods of inducing autolysis of Escherichia coli cells were investigated, some being described here for the first time… Expand
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