MicrobiologybioRxiv
Bacterial cell surface nanoenvironment requires a specialized chaperone to activate a peptidoglycan biosynthetic enzyme
T. Delerue, S. Chareyre, V. Anantharaman…·K. S. Ramamurthi
This study identifies SpoVK as a chaperone that activates MurG during spore surface assembly in Bacillus subtilis, highlighting the need for specialized chaperones in specific nanoenvironments.
DOI 10.1073/pnas.2414737121