Glycosyl transferase activity of the Escherichia coli penicillin-binding protein 1b: Specificity profile for the substrate

Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4007-4013

  Fraipont, Claudine ^a   Sapunaric, Frédéric ^a   Auger, Geneviève ^c   Devreese, Bart ^d   Lioux, Thierry ^b   Blanot, Didier ^c   Mengin Lecreulx, Dominique ^c   Herdewijn, Piet ^b   Van Beeumen, Jozef ^d   Frère, Jean Marie ^a   Nguyen Distèche, Martine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ENZYMES; LIPIDS; SUBSTRATES;

DISACCHARIDE PEPTIDE UNITS; DONOR SUBSTRATE; GLYCAN CHAIN ELONGATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DISACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; LIPID; MURAMIC ACID; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; N ACETYLMURAMIC ACID; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 1B; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYPRENYL PYROPHOSPHATE; PYROPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIPID TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION;

CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SERINE-TYPE D-ALA-D-ALA CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33645453789     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi051055m     Document Type: Article

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