Elongasome
A protein complex that catalyzes peptidoglycan biosynthesis and is thereby involved in maintaining cell shape
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Complex members
- cell wall biosynthetic enzymes at the outer side of the membrane: penicillin-binding proteins (PbpA, PbpH, perhaps also PbpC, DacC, PbpI)
- transmembrane proteins: MreC, MreD, RodA, RodZ, they couple the cytosolic actin-like proteins to the extracellular peptidoglycan-synthesizing machinery
- actin-like proteins at the inner surface of the membrane: MreB, MreBH, Mbl, the polymers control/restrict the mobility of the cell wall elongation enzyme complex
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Labs working on the complex
- Rut Carballido-Lopez, Jouy-en-Josas
- Jeff Errington, Newcastle upon Tyne
- David Rudner, New York
Important publications
