Crystal structure of MltA from Escherichia coli reveals a unique lytic transglycosylase fold

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 352, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1068-1080

  Van Straaten, Karin E ^a   Dijkstra, Bauke W ^a   Vollmer, Waldemar ^b   Thunnissen, Andy Mark W H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial cell wall peptidoglycan; Double psi barrel; Glycoside hydrolase; Lytic transglycosylase; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROLASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMICOLA INSOLENS;

EID: 24944507285     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.07.067     Document Type: Article

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