Gene Review:
SP_1937 - autolysin
Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4
- Lipoteichoic acid: a specific inhibitor of autolysin activity in Pneumococcus. Höltje, J.V., Tomasz, A. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1975)
- Ofloxacin-like antibiotics inhibit pneumococcal cell wall-degrading virulence factors. Fernández-Tornero, C., García, E., de Pascual-Teresa, B., López, R., Giménez-Gallego, G., Romero, A. J. Biol. Chem. (2005)
- Subcellular localization of the major pneumococcal autolysin: a peculiar mechanism of secretion in Escherichia coli. Díaz, E., García, E., Ascaso, C., Méndez, E., López, R., García, J.L. J. Biol. Chem. (1989)
- Capsular expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae negatively affects spontaneous and antibiotic-induced lysis and contributes to antibiotic tolerance. Fernebro, J., Andersson, I., Sublett, J., Morfeldt, E., Novak, R., Tuomanen, E., Normark, S., Normark, B.H. J. Infect. Dis. (2004)
- The autolysin-encoding gene (lytA) of Streptococcus pneumoniae displays restricted allelic variation despite localized recombination events with genes of pneumococcal bacteriophage encoding cell wall lytic enzymes. Whatmore, A.M., Dowson, C.G. Infect. Immun. (1999)
- The major autolysin of Streptococcus gordonii is subject to complex regulation and modulates stress tolerance, biofilm formation, and extracellular-DNA release. Liu, Y., Burne, R.A. J. Bacteriol. (2011)
- Pneumococcal virulence factors: structure and function. Jedrzejas, M.J. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. (2001)
- Molecular analysis of the pathogenicity of Streptococcus pneumoniae: the role of pneumococcal proteins. Paton, J.C., Andrew, P.W., Boulnois, G.J., Mitchell, T.J. Annu. Rev. Microbiol. (1993)
- A novel solenoid fold in the cell wall anchoring domain of the pneumococcal virulence factor LytA. Fernández-Tornero, C., López, R., García, E., Giménez-Gallego, G., Romero, A. Nat. Struct. Biol. (2001)
- Coordinated incorporation of nascent peptidoglycan and teichoic acid into pneumococcal cell walls and conservation of peptidoglycan during growth. Tomasz, A., McDonnell, M., Westphal, M., Zanati, E. J. Biol. Chem. (1975)
- Contribution of autolysin to virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Berry, A.M., Lock, R.A., Hansman, D., Paton, J.C. Infect. Immun. (1989)
- The putative autolysin regulator LytR in Streptococcus mutans plays a role in cell division and is growth-phase regulated. Chatfield, C.H., Koo, H., Quivey, R.G. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) (2005)
- Population biology of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from oropharyngeal carriage and invasive disease. Müller-Graf, C.D., Whatmore, A.M., King, S.J., Trzcinski, K., Pickerill, A.P., Doherty, N., Paul, J., Griffiths, D., Crook, D., Dowson, C.G. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) (1999)
- Autolysin-targeted LightCycler assay including internal process control for detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae DNA in clinical samples. Sheppard, C.L., Harrison, T.G., Morris, R., Hogan, A., George, R.C. J. Med. Microbiol. (2004)
- Specific recognition of choline residues in the cell wall teichoic acid by the N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine amidase of Pneumococcus. Höltje, J.V., Tomasz, A. J. Biol. Chem. (1975)
- The puzzle of zmpB and extensive chain formation, autolysis defect and non-translocation of choline-binding proteins in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Bergé, M., García, P., Iannelli, F., Prère, M.F., Granadel, C., Polissi, A., Claverys, J.P. Mol. Microbiol. (2001)
- Penicillin tolerance genes of Streptococcus pneumoniae: the ABC-type manganese permease complex Psa. Novak, R., Braun, J.S., Charpentier, E., Tuomanen, E. Mol. Microbiol. (1998)
- Genosensor based on a platinum(II) complex as electrocatalytic label. Hernández-Santos, D., González-García, M.B., Costa-García, A. Anal. Chem. (2005)
- The role of pneumolysin and autolysin in the pathology of pneumonia and septicemia in mice infected with a type 2 pneumococcus. Canvin, J.R., Marvin, A.P., Sivakumaran, M., Paton, J.C., Boulnois, G.J., Andrew, P.W., Mitchell, T.J. J. Infect. Dis. (1995)
- Mechanism of action of penicillin: triggering of the pneumococcal autolytic enzyme by inhibitors of cell wall synthesis. Tomasz, A., Waks, S. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1975)
- Roles of autolysin and pneumolysin in middle ear inflammation caused by a type 3 Streptococcus pneumoniae strain in the chinchilla otitis media model. Sato, K., Quartey, M.K., Liebeler, C.L., Le, C.T., Giebink, G.S. Infect. Immun. (1996)
- Protoplast formation and leakage of intramembrane cell components: induction by the competence activator substance of pneumococci. Seto, H., Tomasz, A. J. Bacteriol. (1975)
- Abnormal physiological properties and altered cell wall composition in Streptococcus pneumoniae grown in the presence of clavulanic acid. Severin, A., Severina, E., Tomasz, A. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. (1997)
- Mechanism of killing of pneumococci by lysozyme. Coonrod, J.D., Varble, R., Yoneda, K. J. Infect. Dis. (1991)
- Contribution of the ATP-dependent protease ClpCP to the autolysis and virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Ibrahim, Y.M., Kerr, A.R., Silva, N.A., Mitchell, T.J. Infect. Immun. (2005)
- Drug treatment of pneumococcal pneumonia in the elderly. Neralla, S., Meyer, K.C. Drugs & aging. (2004)
- Classical and latent class analysis evaluation of sputum polymerase chain reaction and urine antigen testing for diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia in adults. Butler, J.C., Bosshardt, S.C., Phelan, M., Moroney, S.M., Tondella, M.L., Farley, M.M., Schuchat, A., Fields, B.S. J. Infect. Dis. (2003)
- Generation and properties of a Streptococcus pneumoniae mutant which does not require choline or analogs for growth. Yother, J., Leopold, K., White, J., Fischer, W. J. Bacteriol. (1998)
- Pneumococcal Forssman antigen: enrichment in mesosomal membranes and specific binding to the autolytic enzyme of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Horne, D., Tomasz, A. J. Bacteriol. (1985)
- Expression, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies on the complete choline-binding domain of the major pneumococcal autolysin. Fernández-Tornero, C., Ramón, A., Fernández-Cabrera, C., Giménez-Gallego, G., Romero, A. Acta Crystallogr. D Biol. Crystallogr. (2002)