Recycling of the anhydro-N-acetylmuramic acid derived from cell wall murein involves a two-step conversion to N-acetylglucosamine-phosphate

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3643-3649

  Uehara, Tsuyoshi ^a   Suefuji, Kyoko ^a   Valbuena, Noelia ^a,c   Meehan, Brian ^a   Donegan, Michael ^b   Park, James T ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Applied Biosystems   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,6 ANHYDRO N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID; AMINOSUGAR; ANHYDRO N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID KINASE; ETHER; LACTIC ACID; MURAMIC ACID; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID PHOSPHATE ETHERASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISSOCIATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REACTION ANALYSIS;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; CELL WALL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ETHERS; GENE DELETION; MURAMIC ACIDS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 18944367563     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.11.3643-3649.2005     Document Type: Article

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