Importance of the E-46-D-160 polypeptide segment of the non-penicillin-binding module for the folding of the low-affinity, multimodular class B penicillin-binding protein 5 of Enterococcus hirae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1774-1775

  Mollerach, Marta E ^a,b   Partoune, Pierre ^b   Coyette, Jacques ^b   Ghuysen, Jean Marie ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; ENTEROCOCCUS; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PENICILLINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE DELETION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0029916905     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.6.1774-1775.1996     Document Type: Article

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