'Open' structures of MurD: Domain movements and structural similarities with folylpolyglutamate synthetase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 301, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1257-1266

  Bertrand, Jay A ^a   Fanchon, Eric ^a   Martin, Lydie ^a   Chantalat, Laurent ^a   Auger, Geneviève ^b   Blanot, Didier ^b   Van Heijenoort, Jean ^b   Dideberg, Otto ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

ADP forming enzyme; Drug design; MurD; Peptidoglycan; X ray structure

Indexed keywords

FOLYLPOLYGLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; LIGASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DERIVATIVE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLMURAMOYL ALANINE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLMURAMOYL ALANINE GLUTAMIC ACID LIGASE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; UMA;

EID: 0034283162     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3994     Document Type: Article

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