Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Peptidoglycan recycling mediated by an ABC transporter in the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens

  • Michael C. Gilmore,
  • Felipe Cava

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35607-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Some bacteria use the muropeptide transporter AmpG for uptake and recycling of cell wall fragments that are released during cell growth and division. Here, Gilmore & Cava show that the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens, which lacks an AmpG homologue, uses a different type of transporter for the same function, which is essential for normal growth in this organism.