Analysis of the peptidoglycan hydrolase complement of Lactococcus lactis: Identification of a third N-acetylglucosaminidase, AcmC

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3493-3499

  Huard, Carine ^a,c   Miranda, Guy ^a   Redko, Yulia ^a,d   Wessner, Françoise ^a   Foster, Simon J ^b   Chapot Chartier, Marie Pierre ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; HYDROLYSIS; PH;

ENDOPEPTIDASES; ZYMOGRAPHY;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; ACMA PROTEIN; ACMB PROTEIN; ACMC PROTEIN; AUTOLYSIN; HYDROLASE; LYSOZYME; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HYDROLYSIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROPHAGE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS SUBSP. CREMORIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 2942554875     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.6.3493-3499.2004     Document Type: Article

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