Chapter 5.4 Peptidoglycan Biosynthesis

Question 1

Production of new ______ ______ material is a major feature of cell division

Answer 1

Cell Wall

Question 2

In Cocci, cell wall grow in _________ direction from the FtsZ ring

In Rod Shaped cells, growth occurs _________ along the length of the cell

Answer 2

Opposite direction

At several points

Question 3

What happens to preexisting peptidoglycan when newly synthesized peptidoglycan needs to be formed?

Answer 3

It gets severed from the cell

Question 4

What is the junction between the new and old peptidoglycan called?

Answer 4

Wall Band

Question 5

Beginning at the FtsZ ring, small openings are created in the wall by what?

Answer 5

Autolysins

Question 6

What carrier molecule that plays a major role in insertion of peptidoglycan precursors?

Answer 6

Bactoprenol

Question 7

What is the enzyme that interact with bactoprenol?

Answer 7

Glycolases

Question 8

What is the final step in cell wall synthesis called?

Answer 8

Transpeptidation