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Annual Review of Microbiology, 2023 The cell envelope is a multilayered structure that insulates the interior of bacterial cells from an often chaotic outside world. Common features define the envelope across the bacterial kingdom, but the molecular mechanisms by which cells build and regulate this critical barrier are diverse and reflect the evolutionary histories of bacterial lineages.
Alakavuklar, Melene A. +2 more
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The Bacterial Cell Envelope [PDF]
Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2010 The bacteria cell envelope is a complex multilayered structure that serves to protect these organisms from their unpredictable and often hostile environment. The cell envelopes of most bacteria fall into one of two major groups. Gram-negative bacteria are surrounded by a thin peptidoglycan cell wall, which itself is surrounded by an outer membrane ...
Thomas J, Silhavy +2 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 The brucellae are facultative intracellular bacteria with a cell envelope rich in phosphatidylcholine (PC). PC is abundant in eukaryotes but rare in prokaryotes, and it has been proposed that Brucella uses PC to mimic eukaryotic-like features and avoid ...
Beatriz Aragón-Aranda +13 more
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mBio, 2023 The peptidoglycan (PG) layer protects bacteria from osmotic lysis and defines their shape. The class A penicillin-binding proteins (aPBPs) are PG synthases that possess both glycan polymerization and crosslinking activities needed for PG biogenesis.
Caroline Midonet +5 more
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The Gram-negative permeability barrier: tipping the balance of the in and the out
mBio, 2023 Gram-negative bacteria are intrinsically resistant to many antibiotics, due in large part to the permeability barrier formed by their cell envelope. The complex and synergistic interplay of the two Gram-negative membranes and active efflux prevents the ...
Claire Maher, Karl A. Hassan
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Cell entry of enveloped viruses [PDF]
Current Opinion in Virology, 2011 Infection of cells by enveloped viruses requires merger of the viral envelope membrane with target cell membranes, resulting in the formation of fusion pores through which the viral genome is released. Since lipid membranes do not mix spontaneously, the fusion process is energy-dependent and mediated by viral envelope glycoprotein complexes.
François-Loïc, Cosset +1 more
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Microorganisms, 2023 Hop beta acids (HBAs) are characteristic compounds from the hop plant that are of interest for their strong antimicrobial activity. In this work, we report a resistance mechanism against HBA in the foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes.
Maarten Goedseels, Chris W. Michiels
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mBio, 2021 Acinetobacter baumannii is a high-risk pathogen due to the rapid global spread of multidrug-resistant lineages. Its phylogenetic divergence from other ESKAPE pathogens means that determinants of its antimicrobial resistance can be difficult to ...
Rhys Grinter +13 more
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Defining the core proteome of the chloroplast envelope membranes [PDF]
, 2013 High-throughput protein localization studies require multiple strategies. Mass spectrometric analysis of defined cellular fractions is one of the complementary approaches to a diverse array of cell biological methods. In recent years, the protein content
Bernd Müller +32 more
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The Bacillus anthracis Cell Envelope: Composition, Physiological Role, and Clinical Relevance
Microorganisms, 2020 Anthrax is a highly resilient and deadly disease caused by the spore-forming bacterial pathogen Bacillus anthracis. The bacterium presents a complex and dynamic composition of its cell envelope, which changes in response to developmental and ...
Alice Chateau +3 more
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