L. S. Havarstein

This study shows that competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae is crucial for virulence by increasing surface exposure of virulence factors and providing resistance to fratricide.

This paper identifies EloR as a key regulator of cell elongation in Streptococcus pneumoniae by interacting with MltG at midcell to coordinate PG synthesis with division.

This paper reports the high-resolution structures of FtsE from Streptococcus pneumoniae in complex with nucleotides, revealing its ATPase activity and structural plasticity essential for FtsX interaction.

This study identifies a specific role for class A PBPs in processing nascent peptidoglycan synthesized by the divisome in S. pneumoniae.

This paper shows that disrupting EloR/KhpA heterodimerization in S. pneumoniae makes the elongasome redundant, highlighting the complex's role in regulating cell division.

This study presents the structure of FtsX's extracellular loop and shows its essential interaction with PcsB for cell viability in Streptococcus pneumoniae.

This study identifies CozEa and CozEb as essential for cell division in S. aureus, showing they work together with EzrA and are conserved in S. pneumoniae.