The catalytic, glycosyl transferase and acyl transferase modules of the cell wall peptidoglycan-polymerizing penicillin-binding protein 1b of Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 350-364

  Terrak, Mohammed ^a   Ghosh, Tushar K ^a,f   Van Heijenoort, Jean ^b   Van Beeumen, Jozef ^c   Lampilas, Maxime ^d   Aszodi, Jozsef ^d   Ayala, Juan A ^e   Ghuysen, Jean Marie ^a   Nguyen Distèche, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d SANOFI   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TRANSFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HEXOSYLTRANSFERASES; LACTAMS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MURAMOYLPENTAPEPTIDE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; PLASMIDS; SERINE-TYPE D-ALA-D-ALA CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0032874101     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01612.x     Document Type: Article

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