Crystal structure of Escherichia coli UDPMurNAc-tripeptide D-alanyl-D-alanine-adding enzyme (MurF) at 2.3 Å resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 304, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 435-445

  Yan, Youwei ^a   Munshi, Sanjeev ^a   Leiting, Barbara ^a   Anderson, Matt S ^a   Chrzas, John ^b   Chen, Zhongguo ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibacterial target; Bacterial cell wall synthesis; Crystal structure; MurF; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; APOENZYME; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TRIPEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034423412     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4215     Document Type: Article

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