A critical role of mevalonate for peptidoglycan synthesis in Staphylococcus aureus

3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) reductase, a mevalonate synthetase, is required for the growth of Staphylococcus aureus. However, the essential role of the enzyme in cell growth has remained unclear. Here we show that three mutants possessed single-base substitutions in the mvaA gene, whic...

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Main Authors: Matsumoto, Yasuhiko, Yasukawa, Jyunichiro, Ishii, Masaki, Hayashi, Yohei, Miyazaki, Shinya, Sekimizu, Kazuhisa
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4790635/