Cyanoexosortase B is essential for motility, biofilm formation, and scytonemin production in a filamentous cyanobacterium

ABSTRACT Exosortases are involved in trafficking proteins containing PEP-CTERM domains to the exterior of gram-negative bacterial cells. The role of these proteins in cyanobacteria, where such homologs are common, has not been defined. The filamentous cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme contains a sin...

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Main Authors: Gabriel A. Parrett, Daniel H. Haft, Maida Ruiz, Ferran Garcia-Pichel, Christopher C. Ebmeier, Douglas D. Risser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2025-06-01
Series:mSphere
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/msphere.01006-24
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