The structure of the substrate-free form of MurB, an essential enzyme for the synthesis of bacterial cell walls

Structure

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-54

  Benson, Timothy E ^a   Walsh, Christopher T ^a   Hogle, James M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Peptidoglycan biosynthesis; Substrate binding; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TYROSINE; UDP N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE ENOLPYRUVATE; UDP N ACETYLMURAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; UDP-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE-ENOLPYRUVATE; UDP-N-ACETYLMURAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATE DEHYDROGENASES; CELL WALL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NADP; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TYROSINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

EID: 0029643799     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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