Processing of the major autolysin of E. faecalis, AtlA, by the zinc-metalloprotease, GelE, impacts AtlA septal localization and cell separation

• Emily K. Stinemetz ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Emily K. Stinemetz, Peng Gao

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Center for Molecular Imaging, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Peng Gao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Emily K. Stinemetz, Peng Gao

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Molecular Imaging, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Kenneth L. Pinkston,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Molecular Imaging, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Maria Camila Montealegre,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Barbara E. Murray,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Barrett R. Harvey

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: barrett.harvey@uth.tmc.edu

  Affiliations Center for Molecular Imaging, Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9662-420X

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