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Aug 2026
Site-specific processing of phosphoethanolamine cellulose by the BcsZ cellulase reveals stochastic biofilm cellulose modification
Surprisingly, the periplasmic cellulase BcsZ, encoded in the cellulose biosynthesis operon, is necessary for efficient bacterial cellulose production and functions independently of the biosynthetic complex to clear mislocalized pEtN cellulose from the periplasm.
J. Rum, Jhih-Yi Huang, E. Kitova et al.
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