Identification of the asparagine synthase responsible for D-Asp amidation in the Lactococcus lactis peptidoglycan interpeptide crossbridge

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3752-3757

  Veiga, Patrick ^a,b   Erkelenz, Michael ^a,c   Bernard, Elvis ^a   Courtin, Pascal ^a   Kulakauskas, Saulius ^a   Chapot Chartier, Marie Pierre ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Centre Daniel Carasso   (France)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; ASPARAGINE SYNTHASE; AUTOLYSIN; LYSOZYME; NISIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ASPARTATE AMMONIA LIGASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE;

AMIDATION; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

ASPARTATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; D-ASPARTIC ACID; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MURAMIDASE; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; NISIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 66149086177     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00126-09     Document Type: Article

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