@article {901361,
	title = {SEDS proteins are a widespread family of bacterial cell wall polymerases},
	journal = {Nature},
	volume = {537},
	year = {2016},
	month = {2016 09 29},
	pages = {634-638},
	abstract = {Elongation of rod-shaped bacteria is mediated by a dynamic peptidoglycan-synthetizing machinery called the Rod complex. Here we report that, in Bacillus subtilis, this complex is functional in the absence of all known peptidoglycan polymerases. Cells lacking these enzymes survive by inducing an envelope stress response that increases the expression of RodA, a widely conserved core component of the Rod complex. RodA is a member of the SEDS (shape, elongation, division and sporulation) family of proteins, which have essential but ill-defined roles in cell wall biogenesis during growth, division and sporulation. Our genetic and biochemical analyses indicate that SEDS proteins constitute a family of peptidoglycan polymerases. Thus, B. subtilis and probably most bacteria use two distinct classes of polymerase to synthesize their exoskeleton. Our findings indicate that SEDS family proteins are core cell wall synthases of the cell elongation and division machinery, and represent attractive targets for antibiotic development.},
	keywords = {Anti-Bacterial Agents, Bacillus subtilis, Bacterial Proteins, Cell Division, Cell Wall, Drug Design, Drug Resistance, Bacterial, Mutation, Oligosaccharides, Penicillin-Binding Proteins, Peptidoglycan, Peptidoglycan Glycosyltransferase, Phenotype, Polymerization},
	issn = {1476-4687},
	doi = {10.1038/nature19331},
	author = {Meeske, Alexander J and Riley, Eammon P and Robins, William P and Uehara, Tsuyoshi and Mekalanos, John J and Kahne, Daniel and Walker, Suzanne and Kruse, Andrew C and Bernhardt, Thomas G and Rudner, David Z}
}
