Neisseria gonorrheae O-acetylpeptidoglycan esterase, a serine esterase with a Ser-His-Asp catalytic triad

Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 4932-4941

  Weadge, Joel T ^a,b   Clarke, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N. GONORRHEAE; O-ACETYLPEPTIDOGLYCAN ESTERASE; SERINE ESTERASE;

CATALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTAGENESIS; PEPTIDES; PH EFFECTS;

ENZYMES;

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; HISTIDINE; O ACETYLPEPTIDOGLYCAN ESTERASE; SERINE; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; MOLECULAR MODEL; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ESTERASES; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

EID: 34247542105     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi700254m     Document Type: Article

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