Targeting of muralytic enzymes to the cell division site of Gram-positive bacteria: Repeat domains direct autolysin to the equatorial surface ring of Staphylococcus aureus

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 4639-4646

  Baba, Tadashi ^a   Schneewind, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amidase; Autolysin; Equatorial surface ring; Glucosaminidase; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUCOSAMINIDASE; HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYPEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; DNA PRIMERS; ENTEROTOXINS; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032541330     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.16.4639     Document Type: Article

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