Assay for identification of inhibitors for bacterial MraY translocase or MurG transferase

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 280, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 315-319

  Branstrom, Arthur A ^a   Midha, Sunita ^a   Longley, Clifford B ^a   Han, Kiho ^a   Baizman, Eugene R ^a   Axelrod, Helena R ^a,b  

^a IRL Inc   (United States)

^b BAYER PHARMA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotinylation; Lipid II; MraY translocase; MurG transferase; UDP MurNAc pentapeptide

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY;

BACTERIAL PEPTIDOGLYCAN; BIOTINYLATIONS; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; MURG TRANSFERASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN PRECURSORS; SEPARATION AND IDENTIFICATION; TRANSLOCASES; UDP-MURNAC- PENTAPEPTIDE;

CHEMISTRY;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BIOTIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; LIPID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BIOTINYLATION; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0034192601     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/abio.2000.4530     Document Type: Article

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