Development of a novel fluorescent substrate for Autolysin E, a bacterial type II amidase

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 380, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 554-558

  Lützner, Nicolas ^a   Pätzold, Bernhard ^a   Zoll, Sebastian ^a   Stehle, Thilo ^a,b   Kalbacher, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amidase enzyme assay; Antibiotics; Biofilms; Biomaterial related infection; N acetylmuramoyl l alanine amidase Autolysin E (EC 3.5.1.28); Peptidoglycan; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; AUTOLYSIN; AUTOLYSIN E; CARBOHYDRATE; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TYPE II AMIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYDROLYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FLUORESCENT DYES; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; OLIGOPEPTIDES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 60549085721     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.01.140     Document Type: Article

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