Structure-based site-directed mutagenesis of the UDP-MurNAc-pentapeptide- binding cavity of the FemX alanyl transferase from Weissella viridescens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3833-3838

  Maillard, Antoine P ^a,d   Biarrotte Sorin, Sabrina ^a,b   Villet, Régis ^a   Mesnage, Stéphane ^a   Bouhss, Ahmed ^c   Sougakoff, Wladimir ^a   Mayer, Claudine ^a   Arthur, Michel ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; ARGININE; DEXTRO ALANINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLMURAMYL PENTAPEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WEISSELLA VIRIDESCENS;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; KINETICS; LACTOBACILLUS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NITROGENOUS GROUP TRANSFERASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

FILICOPHYTA; POSIBACTERIA; WEISSELLA VIRIDESCENS;

EID: 18944398046     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.11.3833-3838.2005     Document Type: Article

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