The nisin-lipid II complex reveals a pyrophosphate cage that provides a blueprint for novel antibiotics

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 963-967

  Hsu, Shang Te D ^a   Breukink, Eefjan ^a   Tischenko, Eugene ^a   Lutters, Mandy A G ^a   De Kruijff, Ben ^a   Kaptein, Robert ^a   Bonvin, Alexandre M J J ^a   Van Nuland, Nico A J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; LANTIBIOTIC; LIPID; NISIN; PYROPHOSPHATE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CELL WALL; CHANNEL GATING; HYDROGEN BOND; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIPHOSPHATES; LIPID METABOLISM; NISIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 4744345463     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb830     Document Type: Article

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