• Department of Laboratory Medicine, the First Affliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, Sichuan 610500, P. R. China;
XU Ying, Email: yingxu@cmc.edu.cn
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Peptidoglycan is an important component of bacterial cell wall, which plays an important role in maintaining the integrity of bacterial cell structure, stimulating immune response, and anti-infection. Peptidoglycan recycling is an indispensable process for bacterial cell growth and reproduction. In recent years, it has been reported that the peptidoglycan recycling is closely related to the occurrence and development of bacterial resistance, especially with the antibacterial activity of β-lactam antibiotics. In this paper, the relationship between peptidoglycan recycling and resistance is described by combining relevant reports and taking Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa as examples, so as to promote the understanding of bacterial resistance mechanisms and provide potential targets for the development of new antimicrobial drugs.

Citation: YANG Xianggui, XU Ying. Relationship between peptidoglycan recycling and resistance. West China Medical Journal, 2020, 35(8): 999-1003. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.202006365 Copy

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