Cleavage Specificity of Enterococcus faecalis EnpA (EF1473), a Peptidoglycan Endopeptidase Related to the LytM/Lysostaphin Family of Metallopeptidases

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 398, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 507-517

  Reste de Roca, François ^a,b,c   Duché, Caroline ^a,b,c   Dong, Shengli ^d   Rincé, Alain ^e   Dubost, Lionel ^f,g   Pritchard, David G ^d   Baker, John R ^d   Arthur, Michel ^a,b,c   Mesnage, Stéphane ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^f MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^g CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Autolysin; Endopeptidase; Enterococcus faecalis; Lysostaphin; Peptidoglycan cross bridge

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LYSOSTAPHIN; LYSOZYME; METALLOPROTEINASE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN ENPA; PROTEIN LYTM; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PEPTIDOGLYCAN ENDOPEPTIDASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL BOND; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77951906268     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.03.033     Document Type: Article

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