Purification and characterization of LPXTGase from Staphylococcus aureus: The amino acid composition mirrors that found in the peptidoglycan

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 389-398

  Lee, Sung G ^a   Fischetti, Vincent A ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; LYSINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN LPXTGASE; SORTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURVIVAL;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GLYCOSYLATION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 30744458893     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.2.389-398.2006     Document Type: Article

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