Evolution of structure and substrate specificity in D-alanine:D-alanine ligases and related enzymes

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 706-712

  Evers, Stefan ^a,b   Casadewall, Barbara ^a   Charles, Murielle ^a   Dutka Malen, Sylvie ^a,c   Galimand, Marc ^a   Courvalin, Patrice ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c SANOFI   (France)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Cell wall synthesis; Enterococcus; Glycopeptides; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LIGASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RNA 16S;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BIODIVERSITY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; RNA SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GLYCOPEPTIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0029996927     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02338803     Document Type: Article

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