Lactococcus lactis gene YjgB encodes a γ-D-glutaminyl-L-lysyl- endopeptidase which hydrolyzes peptidoglycan

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 5825-5831

  Redko, Yulia ^a,b   Courtin, Pascal ^a   Mézange, Christine ^a   Huard, Carine ^a,c   Chapot Chartier, Marie Pierre ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES INTERACTIONS PLANTES MICROORGANISMES LIPM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC SITES; CYSTEINE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TRIPEPTIDES;

BACTERIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMMA RAYS; HYDROLYSIS; PEPTIDES;

GENE ENCODING;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; DIPEPTIDE; DISACCHARIDE; GAMMA DEXTRO GLUTAMINYLLYSYLENDOPEPTIDASE; HISTIDINE; HYDROLASE; PENTAPEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN NLPC P60; PROTEIN YJGB; PROTEINASE; TETRAPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; POLYMER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATALYSIS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YJGB GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; TETRA;

EID: 34648825063     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00705-07     Document Type: Article

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