Activation of the l,d-transpeptidation peptidoglycan cross-linking pathway by a metallo-d,d-carboxypeptidase in Enterococcus faecium

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 874-885

  Sacco, Emmanuelle ^a,b,c   Hugonnet, Jean Emmanuel ^a,b,c   Josseaume, Nathalie ^a,b,c   Cremniter, Julie ^a,b,c   Dubost, Lionel ^d,e   Marie, Arul ^d,e   Patin, Delphine ^f   Blanot, Didier ^f   Rice, Louis B ^g   Mainardi, Jean Luc ^a,b,c,h   Arthur, Michel ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^g LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA LACTAM; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOPEPTIDE; METALLOPROTEINASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENTAPEPTIDE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHOSPHATASE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TETRAPEPTIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CROSS LINKING; CROSS RESISTANCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE CLUSTER; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-LACTAMS; CELL WALL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GLYCOPEPTIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE N-ACETYLMURAMIC ACID;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 76449097181     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.07014.x     Document Type: Article

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