Substrate specificity of the periplasmic dipeptide-binding protein from Escherichia coli: Experimental basis for the design of peptide prodrugs

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2891-2901

  Smith, Mark W ^a,b   Tyreman, David R ^a,b   Payne, Gillian M ^a   Marshall, Neil J ^a   Payne, John W ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Cortecs PLC ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibacterial peptides; Dipeptide transport; Escherichia coli; Peptide prodrugs; Periplasmic binding protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; PERMEASE; PRODRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOELECTRIC POINT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 0032873182     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-145-10-2891     Document Type: Article

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