Melissa M. Lamanna

Treadmilling FtsZ polymers drive the directional movement of sPG-synthesis enzymes via a Brownian ratchet mechanism

Joshua W. McCausland, Xinxing Yang, Georgia R. Squyres et al. · Nature Communications · 2021 · 84 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +17

Organization of peptidoglycan synthesis in nodes and separate rings at different stages of cell division of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i>

Amilcar J. Perez, Michael J. Boersma, Kevin E. Bruce et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 2020 · 38 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Microbiology +13

Roles of <scp>RodZ</scp> and class A <scp>PBP1b</scp> in the assembly and regulation of the peripheral peptidoglycan elongasome in ovoid‐shaped cells of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> <scp>D39</scp>

Melissa M. Lamanna, Irfan Manzoor, Merrin Joseph et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 2022 · 19 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +16

Elongasome core proteins and class A PBP1a display zonal, processive movement at the midcell of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i>

Amilcar J. Perez, Melissa M. Lamanna, Kevin E. Bruce et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2024 · 12 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +15