Alam’s Paper Published in eLife

Membrane-partitioned cell wall synthesis in mycobacteria.

GarcĂ­a-Heredia A, Kado T, Sein CE, Puffal J, Osman SH, Judd J, Gray TA, Morita YS, Siegrist MS. eLife. 2021 Feb 5;10:e60263. doi: 10.7554/eLife.60263. PMID: 33544079

In this study, Alam reported the lateral compartmentalization of peptidoglycan biosynthesis enzymes, and how DivIVA, cell wall, and membrane fluidity play critical roles in maintaining membrane domain organization.

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