Enzymatic characterization and crystal structure analysis of the D-alanine-D-alanine ligase from Helicobacter pylori

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1148-1160

  Wu, Dalei ^a   Zhang, Liang ^a   Kong, Yunhua ^a   Du, Jiamu ^b   Chen, Shuai ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Ding, Jianping ^b   Jiang, Hualiang ^a,c   Shen, Xu ^a,c  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Complementary assay; Crystal structure; D alanine D alanine ligase; Helicobacter pylori; Mutant; Peptidoglycan biosynthesis pathway

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DEXTRO ALANINE; DEXTRO ALANINE DEXTRO ALANINE LIGASE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GENE DELETION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 51549110618     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22009     Document Type: Article

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