The Enterococcus hirae Mur-2 enzyme displays N-acetylglucosaminidase activity

FEBS Letters

Volumn 581, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 693-696

  Eckert, Catherine ^a,b,c,d   Magnet, Sophie ^a,b,c   Mesnage, Stéphane ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Autolysin; Enterococcus hirae; Mass spectrometry; N acetylglucosaminidase

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ENTEROCOCCUS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE;

EID: 33846804223     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.01.033     Document Type: Article

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