Studying a cell division amidase using defined peptidoglycan substrates

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 51, 2009, Pages 18230-18231

  Lupoli, Tania J ^a   Taniguchi, Tohru ^a   Wang, Tsung Shing ^a   Perlstein, Deborah L ^b   Walker, Suzanne ^b   Kahne, Daniel E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; AMIDE BOND; AMINO GROUP; CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; CELL DIVISIONS; CELL SEPARATION; CELL WALLS; ESCHERICHIA COLI CELLS; GLYCOPEPTIDES; IN-CELL; L-ALANINE; PEPTIDE MOIETY; PEPTIDOGLYCAN FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDOGLYCANS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TETRASACCHARIDES; ZINC METALLOPROTEASE;

AMIDES; CELL PROLIFERATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ZINC;

SUBSTRATES;

AMIDASE; AMIDASE AMIA; GLYCOPEPTIDE; HYDROLASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TETRASACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; CATALYSIS; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; CATALYSIS; CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ZINC;

EID: 73249119525     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja908916z     Document Type: Article

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