The PECACE domain: A new family of enzymes with potential peptidoglycan cleavage activity in Gram-positive bacteria

BMC Genomics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Pagliero, Estelle ^a   Dideberg, Otto ^a   Vernet, Thierry ^a   Di Guilmi, Anne Marie ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HYDROLASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANSER SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PNEUMOCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 23944447558     PISSN: 14712164     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-6-19     Document Type: Article

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