Acceptor specificity and inhibition of the bacterial cell-wall glycosyltransferase MurG

ChemBioChem

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 603-609

  Liu, Haitian ^a   Ritter, Thomas K ^a   Sadamoto, Reiko ^a   Sears, Pamela S ^a   Wu, Min ^a   Wong, Chi Huey ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme catalysis; Glycosyltransferases; Inhibitors; Lipids; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BAMBERMYCIN; CARBON; CHLOROBIPHENYLVANCOMYCIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE MURG; LIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CATALYSIS; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BAMBERMYCINS; CELL WALL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MONOSACCHARIDES; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0042808617     PISSN: 14394227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbic.200300557     Document Type: Article

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