Crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine enolpyruvyl transferase from Haemophilus influenzae in complex with UDP-N-acetylglucosamine and fosfomycin

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 398-401

  Yoon, Hye Jin ^a   Ku, Min Je ^a   Ahn, Hyung Jun ^a   Lee, Byung Il ^a   Mikami, Bunzo ^b   Suh, Se Won ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fosfomycin; Haemophilus influenzae; MurA; MurZ; UDP N Acetylglucosamine; UDP N Acetylglucosamine Enolpyruvyl Transferase

Indexed keywords

FOSFOMYCIN; TRANSFERASE; UDP N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE ENOLPYRUVYL TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; UDP N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 1 CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE; UDP-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE 1-CARBOXYVINYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOSFOMYCIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

EID: 27244449189     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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