Selectivity for D-lactate incorporation into the peptidoglycan precursors of Lactobacillus plantarum: Role of Aad, a VanX-like D-alanyl-D-alanine dipeptidase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4332-4337

  Deghorain, Marie ^a   Goffin, Philippe ^a,d   Fontaine, Laetitia ^a   Mainardi, Jean Luc ^b   Daniel, Richard ^c   Errington, Jeff ^c   Hallet, Bernard ^a   Hols, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; DEXTRO ALANYL DEXTRO ALANINE DIPEPTIDASE; LACTIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DIPEPTIDASES; LACTIC ACID; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM;

EID: 34249795168     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01829-06     Document Type: Article

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