MreD

• PFAM accession number: PF04093
• Interpro abstract (IPR007227):

  The MreD (murein formation D) protein is involved in bacterial cell shape determination [ (PUBMED:2687239) (PUBMED:1937035) ]. Most rod-shaped bacteria depend on MreB and RodA to achieve either a rod shape or some other non-spherical morphology such as coil or stalk formation. MreD is encoded in an operon with MreB, and often with RodA and PBP-2 as well. It is highly hydrophobic (therefore somewhat low-complexity) and highly divergent, and therefore cannot always be identified on the basis of sequence similarity.

• GO process: regulation of cell shape (GO:0008360)
• GO component: integral component of membrane (GO:0016021)

This is a PFAM domain. For full annotation and more information, please see the PFAM entry MreD