Bacteria remodel peptidoglycan structure in response to environmental changes. Many enzymes are involved in peptidoglycan metabolism; however, little is known about their responsiveness in a defined environment or the modes ...

Metabolic glycan probes have emerged as an excellent tool to investigate vital questions in biology. Recently, methodology to incorporate metabolic bacterial glycan probes into the cell wall of a variety of bacterial species ...

Previously, we reported that Lactobacillus rhamnosus CRL1505 peptidoglycan (PG05) improves the innate immune response in immunocompromised-malnourished mice after Streptococcus pneumoniae infection. This study extends those ...

The study was focused on the role of the penicillin binding protein PBP4* of Bacillus subtilis during growth in high salinity rich media. Using pbpE-lacZ fusion, we found that transcription of the pbpE gene is induced in ...

Acute brain injury leads to the recruitment and activation of immune cells including resident microglia and infiltrating peripheral myeloid cells (MC), which contribute to the inflammatory response involved in neuronal ...

Peptidoglycan recognition proteins (PGRPs) are pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that can bind or hydrolyze peptidoglycan (PGN). Humans have 4 PGRPs denominated PGRP-S, PGRP-L, PGRP-Iα and PGRP-Iβ. Mammalian PGRP-S ...

Xylella fastidiosa is a Gram-negative xylem-limited plant pathogenic bacterium responsible for several economically important crop diseases. Here, we present a novel and efficient protein refolding protocol for the ...

Xanthomonas citri (Xac) is the causal agent of citrus canker, a disease that affects citrus crops and causes economic impact worldwide. To further characterize cell division in this plant pathogen, we investigated the role ...