Amidase domains from bacterial and phage autolysins define a family of γ-D,L-glutamate-specific amidohydrolases

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 230-234

  Rigden, Daniel J ^a   Jedrzejas, Mark J ^b   Galperin, Michael Y ^c  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; AUTOLYSIN; CYSTEINE; GAMMA DEXTRO GLUTAMYLDIAMINO ACID ENDOPEPTIDASE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037727706     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(03)00062-8     Document Type: Review

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