Characterization of Ejl, the cell-wall amidase coded by the pneumococcal bacteriophage Ej-1

Protein Science

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1788-1799

  Sáiz, José L ^a   López Zumel, Consuelo ^a   Monterroso, Begoña ^a   Varea, Julio ^a   Arrondo, José Luis R ^b   Iloro, Ibon ^b   García, José L ^c   Laynez, José ^a   Menéndez, Margarita ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

CD; Choline binding proteins; DSC; Ejl 1; IR; Pneumococcal bacteriophages; Pneumococcal cell wall amidases

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; CHOLINE; PROTEIN EJ1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; EJL AMIDASE; ENZYME; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE;

ADHESION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING AFFINITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGAND BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEAT; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PHAGE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE EJ-1; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGES; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHOLINE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYMES; HEAT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; STREPTOCOCCUS PHAGES; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0036084635     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.4680102     Document Type: Article

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