LysK CHAP endopeptidase domain is required for lysis of live staphylococcal cells

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 294, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-60

  Becker, Stephen C ^a   Dong, Shengli ^b   Baker, John R ^b   Foster Frey, Juli ^a   Pritchard, David G ^b   Donovan, David M ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Autolysin; Bacteriophage endolysin; Coagulase negative Staphylococcus; LysK; Lysostaphin; Peptidoglycan hydrolase

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; DEXTRO ALANINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; LYSK PROTEIN; LYSOSTAPHIN; LYTA PROTEIN; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE; PEPTIDASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CATALYSIS; CELL WALL; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSITIVE ION ELECTROSPRAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TURBIDITY; ZYMOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIOLYSIS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; LYSOSTAPHIN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SEQUENCE DELETION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 63849286406     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01541.x     Document Type: Article

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