The biosynthesis of peptidoglycan lipid-linked intermediates

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 208-233

  Bouhss, Ahmed ^a   Trunkfield, Amy E ^b   Bugg, Timothy D H ^b   Mengin Lecreulx, Dominique ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MraY translocase; MurG transferase; Peptidoglycan; Undecaprenyl phosphate; UppP phosphatases; UppS synthase

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FLIPPASE; LIPID; MRAY PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PYROPHOSPHORIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPOGENESIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PURIFICATION; REVIEW; SOLUBILIZATION; SYNTHESIS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; KINETICS; LIPIDS; MONOSACCHARIDES; N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; POLYISOPRENYL PHOSPHATES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TERPENES; TRANSFERASES; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 39149123173     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2007.00089.x     Document Type: Review

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