The 1.9 Å crystal structure of Escherichia coli MurG, a membrane- associated glycosyltransferase involved in peptidoglycan biosynthesis

Protein Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1045-1052

  Ha, Sha ^a   Walker, Deborah ^a   Shi, Yigong ^a   Walker, Suzanne ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glycosyltransferase; MurG; Peptidoglycan biosynthesis; X ray crystal structure

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UDP N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE N ACETYLMURAMYL (PENTAPEPTIDE)PYROPHOSPHORYL UNDECAPRENOL N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE TRANSFERASE; UDP-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE-N-ACETYLMURAMYL-(PENTAPEPTIDE)PYROPHOSPHORYL-UNDECAPRENOL N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE TRANSFERASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0033623762     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.6.1045     Document Type: Article

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