Membrane interaction of the glycosyltransferase MurG: A special role for cardiolipin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 3773-3779

  Van den Brink van der Laan, Els ^a   Boots, Jan Willem P ^a,b   Spelbrink, Robin E J ^a   Kool, Gerda M ^a   Breukink, Eefjan ^a   Killian, J Antoinette ^a   De Kruijff, Ben ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DMV International   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN; DETERGENT; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPID; LIPID I; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHATIDYLGLYCEROL; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN MURG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIPID VESICLE; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARDIOLIPINS; CELL MEMBRANE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREEZE FRACTURING; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037701593     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.13.3773-3779.2003     Document Type: Article

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