Large-scale preparation, purification, and crystallization of UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-L-alanine: D-glutamate ligase from Escherichia coil

Protein Expression and Purification

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-29

  Auger, Geneviève ^a   Martin, Lydie ^b   Bertrand, Jay ^b   Ferrari, Paul ^a   Fanchon, Eric ^b   Vaganay, Sabine ^a   Pétillot, Yves ^b   Van Heijenoort, Jean ^a   Blanot, Didier ^a   Dideberg, Otto ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^c Institute of Structure Biology   (France)

Author keywords

Drug design; Overproduction; Peptidoglycan; Selenomethionine; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM SULFATE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PURIFICATION; SELENOMETHIONINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLMURAMOYL L ALANINE D GLUTAMATE LIGASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032103759     PISSN: 10465928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/prep.1997.0850     Document Type: Article

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