High resolution crystal structures of the Escherichia coli lytic transglycosylase Slt70 and its complex with a peptidoglycan fragment

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 877-898

  Van Asselt, Erik J ^a   Thunnissen, Andy Mark W H ^a   Dijkstra, Bauke W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

1,6 anhydromuropeptide; Crystal structure; Lytic transglycosylase; Peptidoglycan; superhelix

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ANSER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033609769     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3013     Document Type: Article

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