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Journal of Bacteriology, September 2009, p. 5859-5864, Vol. 191, No. 18
0021-9193/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00724-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Pneumococcal LytR, a Protein from the LytR-CpsA-Psr Family, Is Essential for Normal Septum Formation in Streptococcus pneumoniae ^,

Ola Johnsborg^* and Leiv Sigve Håvarstein

Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, N-1432 Ås, Norway

Received 4 June 2009/ Accepted 29 June 2009

Proliferation of the human-pathogenic bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae is fundamentally linked to the bacterial proteins that function in cell division. Here, we show that LytR, a pneumococcal protein from the LytR-CpsA-Psr family, is essential to this process.

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* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 5003, N-1432 Ås, Norway. Phone: 47-64965887. Fax: 47-64965901. E-mail: ola.johnsborg{at}umb.no

Published ahead of print on 6 July 2009.

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Journal of Bacteriology, September 2009, p. 5859-5864, Vol. 191, No. 18
0021-9193/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00724-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.