The monofunctional glycosyltransferase of Escherichia coli is a member of a new class of peptidoglycan-synthesising enzymes. Overexpression and determination of the glycan-polymerising activity

FEBS Letters

Volumn 392, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 184-188

  Di Berardino, Marco ^a   Dijkstra, Arnoud ^a   Stüber, Dietrich ^a   Keck, Wolfgang ^a   Gubler, Marcel ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell wall; Escherichia coli; Monofunctional glycosyltransferase; Penicillin binding protein; Peptidoglycan synthesis

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030603148     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(96)00809-5     Document Type: Article

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