RodA is required for rod-shape maintenance of C. glutamicum. (a) In Actinobacteria, rodA is located within the conserved pkn cluster. (b) Prediction of transmembrane helices of RodA using TMHMM 2.0 software [93]. (c) Partial depletion of RodA generates coccoid cells (central) in the rod-shaped C. glutamicum (left), whereas a RodA overexpression results in club-shaped cells (right). M. Fiuza, unpublished results.
