Structural basis for autoinhibition and activation of Auto, a virulence-associated peptidoglycan hydrolase of Listeria monocytogenes

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1509-1522

  Bublitz, Maike ^a,b   Polle, Lilia ^b   Holland, Christin ^b   Heinz, Dirk W ^b   Nimtz, Manfred ^b   Schubert, Wolf Dieter ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINIDASE; AUTOLYSIN; CELL WALL SKELETON; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASE FAMILY 73 PROTEIN; HYDROLASE; LIPOTEICHOIC ACID; PEPTIDOGLYCAN HYDROLASE AUTO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; AUTOINHIBITION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL INVASION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CELL WALL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ENZYME PRECURSORS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TEICHOIC ACIDS; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 62449111582     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06619.x     Document Type: Article

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