Protein Domain : Cell shape-determining protein MreD, predicted IPR017225

Type	Family
Description	The MreD (murein formation D) protein is involved in bacterial cell shape determination. 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.This group represents predicted MreD proteins found primarily in Clostridium and Treponema species.
Short Name	Cell_shape_determin_MreD_prd