Use of 4-sulfophenyl isothiocyanate labeling and mass spectrometry to determine the site of action of the streptococcolytic peptidoglycan hydrolase zoocin A

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-77

  Gargis, Shaw R ^a   Heath, Harry E ^a   Heath, Lucie S ^a   LeBlanc, Paul A ^a   Simmonds, Robin S ^b   Abbott, Brian D ^a   Timkovich, Russell ^a   Sloan, Gary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; ISOTHIOCYANATE; MUROPEPTIDES; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABELING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEGATIVE IONS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEPTIDE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BENZENESULFONATES; ISOTHIOCYANATES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; STAINING AND LABELING; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI;

STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

EID: 58149347790     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01647-08     Document Type: Article

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