Unravelling the structure of the pneumococcal autolytic lysozyme

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 391, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-49

  Monterroso, Begoña ^a,d   López Zumel, Consuelo ^a   García, José L ^b   Sáiz, José L ^a   García, Pedro ^b   Campillo, Nuria E ^c   Menéndez, Margarita ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA MÉDICA   (Spain)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline binding protein; Hydrodynamic particle; Modular organization; Pneumococcal lysin; Secondary structure; Structural modelling

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

AUTOLYSIN; CHOLINE-BINDING MODULES; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ENZYMES;

AUTOLYSIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; LYSOZYME; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; AUTOLYSIS; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MURAMIDASE; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 26844433030     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20050612     Document Type: Article

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