Enzymes of vancomycin resistance: The structure of D-alanine-D-lactate ligase of naturally resistant Leuconostoc mesenteroides

Structure

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 463-470

  Kuzin, Alexandre P ^a   Sun, Tao ^a   Jorczak Baillass, Jodi ^a   Healy, Vicki L ^b   Walsh, Christopher T ^b   Knox, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; ATP binding; Drug design; Enzyme mechanism; MAD; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; DEXTRO ALANINE; LACTIC ACID; LIGASE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LEUCONOSTOC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEUCONOSTOC; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034657320     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(00)00129-5     Document Type: Article

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