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    DltC acts as an interaction hub for AcpS, DltA and DltB in the teichoic acid d-alanylation pathway of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum

    Teichoic acids (TA) are crucial for the homeostasis of the bacterial cell wall as well as their developmental behavior and interplay with the environment. TA can be decorated by different modifications, modula...

    Nikos Nikolopoulos, Renata C. Matos, Pascal Courtin, Isabel Ayala in Scientific Reports (2022)

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    D-Alanylation of teichoic acids contributes to Lactobacillus plantarum-mediated Drosophila growth during chronic undernutrition

    The microbial environment influences animal physiology. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms of such functional interactions are largely undefined. Previously, we showed that during chronic undernutrit...

    Renata C. Matos, Martin Schwarzer, Hugo Gervais, Pascal Courtin in Nature Microbiology (2017)

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    Identification of key peptidoglycan hydrolases for morphogenesis, autolysis, and peptidoglycan composition of Lactobacillus plantarum WCFS1

    Lactobacillus plantarum is commonly used in industrial fermentation processes. Selected strains are also marketed as probiotics for their health beneficial effects. Although the functional role of peptidoglycan-d...

    Thomas Rolain, Elvis Bernard, Pascal Courtin, Peter A Bron in Microbial Cell Factories (2012)