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D-Amino Acids Govern Stationary Phase Cell Wall Remodeling in Bacteria
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Anyone for d ?: The chemistry of amino acids comes in two chirally distinct flavors—so-called l - and d -enantiomers. By far the most commonly used form of amino acids in all kingdoms of life is the l -form. Now Lam et al. (p. 1552 ; see the Perspective by Blanke ) present the unanticipated observation that diverse bacteria release large amounts of various d -amino acids into the environment in a population density–dependent fashion and that d -amino acids act as extracellular effectors that regulate the composition, structure, amount, and strength of peptidoglycan, the major stress-bearing component of the bacterial cell wall.
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- Lam, H., Oh, D.-C., Cava, F., Takacs, C. N., Clardy, J., de Pedro, M. A., & Waldor, M. K.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2009-09-18
- Volume
- 325
- Issue
- 5947
- Pages
- 1552-1555
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- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W1970627733
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- 618
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- 0
- FWCI
- 13.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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