Crystal structure of UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine:D-glutamate ligase from Escherichia coli

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3416-3425

  Bertrand, Jay A ^a   Auger, Geneviève ^b   Fanchon, Eric ^a   Martin, Lydie ^a   Blanot, Didier ^b   Van Heijenoort, Jean ^b   Dideberg, Otto ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Drug design; MurD; Peptidoglycan; Synthetase; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CELL ENZYME; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; LIGASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SELENIUM;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIGASES; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; UMA;

EID: 0030927105     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.12.3416     Document Type: Article

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