ring shaped

Edge evidence

• strongly curved peptidoglycan growth produces pole-to-pole closure METPO:2000202

  Strong axial curvature brings the poles into proximity.

  • DOI:10.1146/annurev-cellbio-101011-155745 cell curvature Supports curvature-generating wall growth as a producer of closed ring forms.
• pole-to-pole closure causes toroidal geometry biolink:causes

  Pole-to-pole closure yields a toroidal body.

  • DOI:10.1146/annurev-cellbio-101011-155745 cell shape is genetically determined Supports closed ring forms as genetically determined shape outcomes.
• toroidal geometry manifests as ring shaped METPO:2007400

  Toroidal geometry manifests the ring-shaped trait.

  • DOI:10.1146/annurev-cellbio-101011-155745 cell curvature Supports the trait endpoint via curvature-driven closure.
• MreB filaments correlates with rate of cell wall growth

  MreB filament motion correlates with the rate of cell-wall growth.

  • DOI:10.3390/microorganisms12071309 the motion of MreB filaments correlates with the rate of cell wall growth; general shape-control edge.
• MreB filaments guides peptidoglycan insertion perpendicular to long axis

  MreB double filaments guide peptidoglycan insertion perpendicular to the long axis.

  • DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-49785-x These cytoskeletal structures guide peptidoglycan insertion perpendicular to the long axis of the cell.
• bactofilin polymers spatially regulates cell wall biosynthesis

  Bactofilin polymers spatially regulate cell-wall biosynthesis.

  • DOI:10.7554/eLife.86577.2 bactofilin polymers... indicating a central role in the spatial regulation of cell wall biosynthesis.
• bactofilin-M23 peptidase module promotes local change in cell wall biosynthesis mode RO:0002213

  Conserved bactofilin and M23 peptidase module promotes local changes in cell-wall biosynthesis mode.

  • DOI:10.7554/eLife.86577.2 bactofilins and M23 peptidases form a conserved functional module that promotes local changes in the mode of cell wall biosynthesis; cross-taxon.
• CrvA polymer skews skewed peptidoglycan synthesis rates

  CrvA polymer formation skews peptidoglycan synthesis rates to generate curvature.

  • DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-45196-0 CrvA in Vibrio cholerae... skews peptidoglycan synthesis rates; curvature-generating wall patterning.
• crescentin promotes cell curvature RO:0002213

  Crescentin promotes cell curvature.

  • DOI:10.1038/s41467-024-45196-0 the intermediate filament-like protein crescentin in C. crescentus generates curvature; canonical curvature determinant.