Bacterial cell surface nanoenvironment requires a specialized chaperone to activate a peptidoglycan biosynthetic enzyme
T. Delerue, S. Chareyre, V. Anantharaman, M. C. Gilmore, D. L. Popham, f. Cava, L. Aravind, 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.
bioRxiv · Oct 6, 2023Microbiology